Ah Yes, Once Again, The "Split the Left" Strategy Is Hard At Work [View All]

[Yavin4]

Wanna know why union power has declined?

Wanna know why we don't have national healthcare?

Wanna know why the quality of life for working and middle class Americans has fallen in relation to other industrialized nations?

Wanna know why the Military Industrial Complex is bigger now than it was during the Cold War?

Wanna know why key social programs go unfunded?

Wanna know why income disparity has grown exponentially since 1980?

Because the left cannot stay united for five fucking minutes and lacks any real political maturity. If the left cannot get EVERYTHING it wants right now, they bitch, whine, and bolt for the hopeless true "progressive" star leader who never seems to materialzes. This Split the Left bullshit between the ideologically pure and the common sensical ones has been going on ever since the 1968 Dem convention in Chicago.

In 1968, anti-war protestors tore apart the Dem convention in Chicago, and Nixon was elected. In 1980, a sitting Dem president got a primary challenge from the left, and we got Reagan/Bush I for 12 years. In 1992, briefly, the left came together with Clinton, but that unity disappeared in 2000 when Gore ran and lost the presidency because Gore was not ideologically pure enough. The political reward for that piece of brilliance was Bush II for 8 years.

Obama has been president for less than 100 days, and once again, right on time, here comes the ideologically pure left starting up bullshit once more. Krugman is the latest leader of the "Split the Left" movement, and the defense of Krugman is that someone needs to push Obama more to the left. Really? Like the Chicago protestors did in 1968? Like Ted Kennedy did in 1980? Like Jesse Jackson did to Dukakis in 1988? Like Nader did to Gore in 2000? This shit has never worked in the past, and it has brought us Nixon, Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II. Some Liberals will never learn and will never understand the dynamics of American politics.

Some would then retort: "Do you want us to be lemmings like the Republicans? They're out of power." Hmmm...let's see. When in power, the Republicans unite around their leader, and every Republican politician, pundit, and economist extoll their virtuous leader. So, yes, Republicans are lemmings and they're out of power. However, look at what they accomplished by being united whilst in power:

Compare the top tax rate in 1968 vs. today.

Compare defense spending as a % of GDP in 1968 compared to today.

Compare income disparity between 1968 vs. today.

Compare healthcare coverage between 1968 vs. today.

And on and on. Yes, the Republicans are out of power, but they have gotten almost everything they wanted whilst in power.

In sum, get off Obama's back. He's trying to make change in a political system that's been dominated by right wing ideology for almost 30 years, and it's not going to be easy nor simple. SUPPORT THE LEADER THAT'S TRYING HIS BEST TO DO RIGHT BY US AND PROGRESSIVES INSTEAD OF TEARING HIM DOWN AT EVERY FUCKING TURN.

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SUPPORT OBAMA, THEN DON'T FUCKING BITCH AND COMPLAIN ABOUT A MITT ROMNEY / BOBBY JINDAL ADMINISTRATION IN 2012.