Turns out calling me "F$#^ing retarded" or "On Drugs" doesn't make me FIRED UP, it makes me think you think I'm an asshole, and that doesn't exactly win my vote, now does it?

Advice for Democrats who want to win WITHOUT "The Left of the Left" this election season.

Step 1. Get Republicans to phonebank for you, Get Out The Vote for you, go door to door for you, and send donations to you. Get Republican teabaggers to do all that crap for you, because you can only insult Progressives and "The Professional Left" so many times until we figure out that The Democratic Party wants our money and support, but after that, we can piss off.

Step 2. Once you've realized that Republicans WILL NEVER DO SUPPORT YOU, LET ALONE VOTE FOR YOU NO MATTER HOW LOUD YOU SING "KUMBAYA" AND TRY TO APPEASE THEM, you'll have already lost seats in both chambers of congress. Lots of seats.

Now that we have dispensed with what should totally freaking obvious to everyone who isn't an insulated, out of touch and WEALTHY DC insider, here is some thoughts on the most recent edition of "Punch that hippy, bipartisan style!"

You see, when you bend over backwards to please Republicans who think you are a socialist Kenyan terrorist who should be impeached, while at the same time you insult the people who worked the hardest out of all of your base to get you elected, you lose that support, and you DESERVE to lose that support.

And after calling "The Professional Left" and the "Left of the Left" all of the nasty names you can think of that your DC insider crowd loves to hear, if you think I am still FIRED UP for half measures and watered down reform YOU ARE THE ONE ON DRUGS.

If you think the landslide electoral win of 2008 was a CALL FOR BIPARTISANSHIP WITH REPUBLICANS and not a MASSIVE REJECTION OF THE GOP, you might be the one with impaired judgment.

If Republicans HATE progressives and the Democratic Administration in the White House thinks we are "f#$%ing retarded", AND I am more liberal than either party, why the hell should I vote this November?

Why should I be FIRED UP?

Why should I be "enthusiastic"?

And no, Republicans are worse than Democrats is NOT a valid answer. Not when the same Democratic party that supported Bush is opposing Obama and Obama supports the Dems who oppose him.

Because the fact is, if I were trying to throw an election, what I would do is ignore and insult my base (you know, the people who might actually vote for Democrats!) at a time when my political opposition is really FIRED UP. I would give my opponent legitimacy while de-legitimizing my supporters.

The fact is, Mr. Gibbs, If you're trying to convince us NOT TO VOTE FOR YOU in 2010 or 2012, Mission Accomplished!

And if not, and you are this inept at messaging, maybe it's time you stepped down from your post, Mr. Gibbs.



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Crossposted at The Progressive Electorate.com