All you who have declared that the Dems won't do anything to retaliate against the GOP and will just

[Maraya1969]

roll over guess what? You are all rolling over! Why should we blame our elected officials when we are just as bad.

As long as the GOP thinks it can get away with whatever they want, that is what they will do. They know what kind of pussies they are up against. If we don't grow some and they don't start facing retaliation we are all doomed.

I think our party can hack just as good as they can. Our party can plug up congress just as good as they can. Our party can pass bills in the middle of the night just like they can. But more importantly, our party can do much more because we are so much smarter than they are.

Do you really think this is the time to be talking about how we are the party with the morals and that is why we sit around sucking our thumbs?

I am so fucking serious. It is a disease of the Democratic party. And maybe its because we care about people and don't want to hurt people but what good is that when evil people see it as their clue to burn the fucking village down? Because they don't give a shit about people.

And right now the only word I can think of is "Retaliation"

I don't know the answers but there are plenty of much smarter people than I who can.

[Xipe Totec]

1. Two points. First, it won't be the Dems but the entire country who'll turn against the GOP

And second, when your enemy is self-destructing, it's better not to get in the way.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. This is the only thing

Politicians under stand. And they tend to be behind the curve by a mile.

[Hekate]

4. Are you sure you're in the right place, Leftism? You sure seem to have swallowed the RW Kool-aid.

You: "It seems to me that most of the country is strongly supporting the GOP, the ACA was not the greatest gov. Program and could be improved on. It seems after the election results it appears that most of the country wants to go back to work. Maybe our democratic reps should focus more on what voters are wanting and needing instead of trying to run on an empty platform of free handouts."

[demmiblue]

5. Go away. n/t

[demmiblue]

7. Damn, I feel like I have some sort of magic. Poof!

[Hekate]

6. So it's okay to call Democrats "pussies" now at DU, Maraya1969?

You: "As long as the GOP thinks it can get away with whatever they want, that is what they will do. They know what kind of pussies they are up against. If we don't grow some and they don't start facing retaliation we are all doomed."

[NCjack]

8. The DEMs ability to protect ACA is a margin of 8 DEM senators. Can

the line be held? Maybe not.

The folks with real power are Republicans who will write their congressman, senator, governor, and state politicians a letter that states simply: if you cause us to have no health-care insurance, less coverage, or higher costs, on that day I shall move my political registration to Democratic and I will vote a 100% Democratic ballot in all future elections.

Begging the assholes is no good. They don't care. Politicians run on these three inputs: sex, money, and votes. If you can show them that enough Republicans will switch, then they will adjust to hold those voters. Voters giving Repukes politicians sex and money need to withhold that approval until they vote to make ACA better and cheaper (good luck on that).

[mcar]

9. K&R

Tired of the constant denigrating of Dems by some on this site.