Yes, the Democrats have been, by and large, disappointing. Yes, although they’ve gotten some things done, it sure hasn’t felt like much, or enough, or the right things. Yes, progress has been slow, and the Democrats refuse to fight the way they should, the way we want them too. Yes, they are in fact mostly total pussies.
But. Before you even THINK about sitting the elections in November out, remember this: Republicans are counting on people like you to NOT VOTE, because their people sure as hell will. And if they take over the House and maybe even the Senate, do not think it will just be “more of the same.” Why?
Because Dems have passed health care. A watered-down version, maybe, but we can improve it and fix it. Dems have passed legislation so that credit card companies can’t screw you over anymore. Dems passed Lily Ledbetter, another step toward equal pay for equal work. Dems have defended things like Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid and fixing our broken immigration system and they oppose Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and they are currently trying to extend tax cuts for the middle class and programs to help employ the poor and even if they are weak and pathetic and in the pockets of lobbyists Democrats STILL, by and large, are much much better than Republicans would be.
What would Republicans do? They would repeal health care, for starters. They would cut government services for the poor and disabled and elderly. They would cut school funding and advocate firing teachers if they can’t or don’t teach to the test, no matter what the circumstances of the child being tested might be. They would shrink government, resulting in lost jobs for teachers and firefighters and cops and lots of other people we rely on. They would extend tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans and bring back, yet again, two rusty old standbys: a missle defense system and trickledown economics–two things we know don’t work and will cost us billions. They’ll outsource more of our jobs overseas, privatize Social Security, scale back Wall Street reform in favor of the speculators, undermine worker safety laws, and finally, if they don’t get their way, they’ll shut down the government.
How do I know Republicans will do all of these things? Because they’ve told us they will.
So please. Do not try to tell me you just don’t care. Do not try to tell me that they’re “all the same.” Don’t try to tell me you’re tired or busy or just not inspired anymore. Because if you do not go out there and vote, crazy people (Sharon Angle, Christine O’Donnell, Carl Paladino, Rand Paul) will win and will take over our government and if you think things are bad NOW…just wait until next year. These people think government is evil, that we should all fend for ourselves, that if we want roads and schools and parks that we should pay for those things ourselves and if we can’t afford to pay (just like those lucky duckies who can’t afford to pay taxes) then we should just eat cat food and die. These people are NUTS. You do not want them in charge.
And if NONE of this wins you over in any way–then please vote for my sake. And the sake of my kids that I want to have someday, and who I want to grow up in a world where they can still hope to be anything they want to be and to still have a shot at what we used to call the American Dream. This may not happen anyway. But it surely won’t happen if we let Republicans be in charge again.
Please?
This is so unbelievable that the gall and rage is rising in my throat and choking off all breath. The stabbiness is reaching epic proportions. This must be what apoplexy feels like.
She really is a new kind of “politician” (in quotes because is she? Celebritician?). 
