What will we talk about after Obama is elected?

[zanne]

DU has been a sounding board for all us frustrated, angry Democrats. What happens to DU after Inauguration Day?

[graywarrior]

1. There will be plenty. Trust me.

There's the clique problem to deal with in the Lounge.

[tekisui]

2. The real work begins. Holding Obama and the New Majority's feet to the fire.

The Progressive Agenda!

[jwirr]

31. Yes, working to get progressive issues enacted, lobbying our

reps. and continuing to educate the public.

[elizfeelinggreat]

3. I can't wait for this problem

if it is one.

[Motown_Johnny]

4. The need for 60 Dem Senators?

[Lint Head]

5. I'm going to continue to ask why the Bush criminals are not in jail.

:dem:

[The Straight Story]

6. Edwards' big house

:)

[Gman]

7. It won't take long before Obama will be raked over the coals by the purists here at DU

I say it happens before mid-February.

[BlooInBloo]

9. Dammit. I'm getting beat to the punch left n right.

[cobalt1999]

34. He'll be called the best republican president since Clinton.

I give it 3 months.

[HughMoran]

38. Heh, count on it

There'll be plenty going on here...

[BlooInBloo]

8. DUers will immediately start talking about how shitty Obama is as a President.

[TomInTib]

10. Don't you mean "if"?

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CrisisPapers/189

The only way Obama is going to be inaugurated is if, in the GOP view, everything is so far down the toilet that they need to hand the disaster off to the Dems.

Otherwise, the GOP will simply steal the deal.

[dysfunctional press]

11. the supreme court decision that puts mccain in the white house, perhaps...?

:shrug:

[awoke_in_2003]

44. No, they (GOP) won't pull that twice...

they have purged voter registrations, under-equipped traditionally democratic voting stations, and control the voting and tabulating equipment. They will simply steal it if need be.

[saltpoint]

12. I think from Nov. 5th onward we could do a Plagiarized Recipe Contest

on DU.

Man, does that sound like a great time or what?

[Triana]

13. Pelosi's complicity. Congress's spinelessness, etc. etc...

...there'll be plenty. And Obama WILL do some stuff we don't like too. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

[femmocrat]

14. How much things have improved.

How cheap gas is now.
How the houses are selling like hotcakes.
How the rich are finally paying their fair share.
How we can all go to the doctor when we are sick.
How happy we are to see the troops coming home.
How great our kids' schools are.
How peace and prosperity abound.

(Ok, some say I'm a dreamer.....)

[patrice]

15. Policy > Legislation . . .

[CrazyDude]

16. IF Obama is elected we'll be talking about ending this war

If McCain's elected, we'll be talking about the most powerless President since Gerald Ford.

[TheDebbieDee]

17. HOPEFULLY, we'll be talking about all the POSITIVE

change he is making!

[Cleita]

18. If he is able to get to inauguration, you can be sure the smear

machine will be in full throttle the minute he steps into the Oval office so no doubt we will be swatting the cyber cockroaches here all over the place who will work 24/7 to discredit him. However, if by some miracle judicial proceedings are started somewhere whether in Congress, the Hague or individual DAs prior to that, maybe finally the anti-American slime that have taken over our country will be in defense mode and hopefully running away somewhere. I can hope.

[DebJ]

19. Ousting the remaining Repub Senator (Specter) and replacing

him with a Dem too, as we did Sanctorectum with Casey.

Then, replacing DINOs with real Dems.

[Mike Nelson]

20. Oh, there will be

SOMETHING

[tularetom]

21. Are you kidding? We'll turn on him like a pack of rabid hyenas

Collectively that is.

[Hekate]

35. You took the words right out of my mouth. I may have to exit DU if Obama actually wins!

:rofl: sort of
and :popcorn: definitely

Hekate

[EFerrari]

41. We'll corral him like a party of chupacabras on a tray of margaritas.

lol

[awoke_in_2003]

45. Chupacabras prefer bloody Marys

:)

[tridim]

22. The Democrats will have no choice but to listen to us

:)

So I assume we'll talk/argue about the direction we want to take the country, post Bush.

[Fumesucker]

24. LOL...

The Democrats are going to listen to the same people they've been listening to since 1980 at least. And it ain't the Democratic voters.

[tridim]

36. Don't be so negative, the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

I doubt they want the hell we'd unleash if they ignore us. If we have super majorities across the board the Dems will finally be in position to really change this country.

[Fumesucker]

46. Unleash hell, go to jail..

The wheel with the most money squeaks the loudest.

You and I have nothing the politicians want other than our votes.

And who else are we going to vote for but the Dems?

The Libertarians?

Nader?

[tridim]

52. Wow, BushCo has really screwed you up.

It screwed me up too, so I know how it feels. Constant cynicism is poison.

All I'm saying is that I'm not going to blame the new Democratic majority before they even have a chance to prove themselves. I think you'll be surprised.

[Fumesucker]

55. Not the bushies

I have expected perfidy from Republicans for several decades now, that doesn't surprise me or even much upset me.

Now I expect it from Democrats too and that upsets me.

[Blue_In_AK]

23. Hopefully after he's elected

we can get back to being critical observers of the political scene, free to speak our minds about the president's shortcomings, without the fear of being tombstoned if we don't agree in lockstep.

ed. Oh, my God, did I actually say that? Oh, I am so sorry.

[seaglass]

48. It will be interesting to see what happens after election day on DU

since we've never had a Democratic president.

I understand - sort of - the protective bubble Obama is currently in but I assume after the election he will be like any other Democrat that DUers are allowed to trash with the vilest of Republican talking points in addition to legitimate criticism. (not pointing to you Blue :-))

[spanone]

25. relax....there will be pleny of anger and frustration

:toast:

[Bobbie Jo]

26. How about all the arrests, trials and convictions?

I know...as if. :eyes:

[RNdaSilva]

27. Changed my mind about a full report.

But, had something to do with Hillary and Edwards. Regurgitating history, PUMAs and voyeurism.

McCain will have been passé...maybe good for a week of threads though.

Hopefully no bombing of Iran resuting in a state of war emergency...martial law.

This assumes a date of November 5th as the starting point. Would still have a couple of months before he officially takes office.

[Generic Brad]

28. We'll have have to change the name of this site

No more Democratic Underground. Perhaps Democratic Overlords? :crazy:

[treestar]

29. Noticing how the M$M will unjustly criticize everything Obama does

But mostly enjoying the outrage of Rushbo and Annthrax - watching them implode will be really fun!

[tridim]

37. They'll probably try.

But I think it'll get old really fast as they start to lose viewers.

[Aristus]

30. After he's elected, I'm gonna party like it's 1999.

I'm not really thinking about what comes after.

[Initech]

32. There will be tremendous pressure to hold the previous admin accountable.

[Stinky The Clown]

33. Making sure liberals don't get left out ...... or just plain fucked.

That's what I'll be talking about.

[Fumesucker]

47. They won't even offer liberals a cigarette afterwards.. n/t

[Zhade]

39. Making him do what he's promised, of course.

We can't afford to be fooled like we were by prez clinton.

[OmahaBlueDog]

40. Seriously, I think both parties have days of reckoning coming after the GE

On our side, the coalition of the DLC and conservative-to-moderate democrats (e.g. Bill Nelson, Mary Landrieu) is coming to a close. Even if Obama wins, I am not sure I see the party-as-we-know it continuing.

On the GOP side, I think they're in worse shape - short term. The small-government types are fed up with what they perceive as a business as usual attitude. Many of these folks have more-or-less libertarian values that are increasingly at odds with the Evanglicals. I don't think Obama is going to serve as well as a lightning rod for these folks as Bill Clinton did in the 90s. If Obama wins, I think there will be a lot of finger pointing and blame and (as they love to call them) Come-to-Jesus discussions. What may emerge is a strident, anti-tax, anti-government, anti-immigration party on what I think of as the Ron Paul model becoming the new face of the GOP.

We'll have stuff to discuss -- trust me

[Evoman]

42. Probably questioning why if Obama was elected, McCain is sitting in the oval office.

Then hoping fervently for a dem win in 2012. Lol...same as always.

But really...he's either going to have to win by a large margin, or you need to make the republicans (maybe with the liberal use of guillotines) really afraid of stealing elections.

[lamp_shade]

43. Comedian Rush Limbaugh....

... if he hasn't slashed his wrists by then, will come out both barrels blasting.

[TexasObserver]

49. we will discuss every move Obama makes, every appointment he makes, etc.

And that is how it should be.

I have a binary approach.

1. Get him elected, and reserve all attempts at controlling him until after he is elected

2. Keep him headed on the path that is best after he takes office

I don't disagree with those here who want to keep Obama on a path leaning more left, but I see no value in talking about it the next three months.

[theboss]

50. The first thread on how he is a sell out will appear 8 minutes after the inaguration, I'd bet

This place will still be a bitch fest.

[theboss]

51. Just wait until he shakes W's hand and praises the Bush family's "legacy of service" in his address

You know it is coming. And it will send this place into a tizzy.

[iamthebandfanman]

53. oh, dont worry

once hes president its open season again id imagine.
i think we all agree we want him elected, but after that im gonna feel free to criticize any policy i dont like.

[mmonk]

54. I don't see a restored Constitution. I imagine my rants will remain

the same.