Dark Victory (Filibuster op-ed piece)

[silvermachine]

http://makethemaccountable.com/podvin/more/050525_DarkVictory.htm

Good one. And too true.

[ClintonTyree]

1. Good read....

I wish we could convince some of our "shiny happy" Democrats on DU of this fact, but there are those who are only interested in compromise. Sometimes you just have to get your nose bloodied in order to stand up for your beliefs, you actually have to be in a fight to win one. You'll never win when you always capitulate.

[silvermachine]

2. Compromise is pointless...

...with the GOP. What puzzles me is that many don't seem to understand that we need to define our positions in an unflinching manner so that we can shape the terms of debate. Trying to appeal to reason when dealing with the right is a guaranteed non-starter. The posters here that are trying to show the compromise as some kind of "victory" are really deluded. We need pols like George Galloway who are not afraid to go all "Groundskeeper Willie" on the GOP's collective asses.

[bpilgrim]

3. progressives afflicted with the political equivalent of battered spouse...

"Once again, the Republicans have gained ground while the Democrats have declared victory. The nuclear option compromise is a victory welcomed only by those progressives afflicted with the political equivalent of battered spouse syndrome, people who rejoice that this latest brutal beating is not as painful as some others. After absorbing countless floggings in recent years it is understandable that liberals are desperate to declare success. Yet it is hardly a success to sanction the confirmations of judicial fascists like Priscilla Owen and Janice Rogers Brown whose hostility towards the Constitution is as implacable as it is irrational."

resist the BEGININGS, consider the END

we evil DU'ers are obviously OPTIMISTS and must, as outsiders, keep pressuring the INSIDERS to stand up and FIGHT, the SOONER the BETTER.

this has certainly been my take for a while, but especially after the most recent capitulat... i mean compromis... i mean VICTORY.


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