Don't Get Yer Skivvies In A Twist. This Is Precisely What You Voted For!

[Purveyor]

Hey, progressives who not only sat out the 2010 elections because you were MAAAD at President Obama but convinced OTHERS to sit out the election because you were MAAAAD at Obama, hear all that noise outside this morning? All the fluttering of feathers, the cackling and scratching at the dirt? The eggs dropping every which place?

Them's yer chickens comin' home to roost, honey chile! You saddled America with this teabagger congress. And now, you shall reap what you have sewn.

S&P has issued a press release with the official decision that the U.S. credit rating is now AA+, the first time in history that American government debt has not received its top rating of AAA. The release, via The Wall Street Journal, cites the recent Washington fight over raising the debt limit as the prime reason for its decision:

Of course, the right wing blames Obama:

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, who clashed with Obama repeatedly during the recent debt ceiling dispute, attributed the downgrade to government spending.

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http://technorati.com/politics/article/dont-get-yer-skivvies-in-a/

[Demit]

1. Oh for heaven's sake. Give the straw man a rest.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

2. I sure didn't sit out, and I voted Democratic all the way, but I can't say I was happy. However....

Did Obama do his part? Was he backing me, as his base? Or was he playing footsies with the right wingnuts, trying to be liked BY THE VERY PEOPLE THAT WERE CRUCIFYING HIM AT EVERY TURN?

[txlibdem]

14. Best. Tell it like it is. Post. Ever.

eom

[libmom74]

17. +1

[peacebird]

3. oh FFS. Give it a rest. We didn't stay home in droves, it's just the teabaggers showed up en masse.

I am SO sick and tired of this BS meme that somehow this is all the fault of progressives.

Get a grip - Faux news spent 24/7 pumping up the "grassroots" "allAmerican" teaparty - and stoking their rage.

The Koch brothers created and funded that "grassroots" movement, and the Supremes struck down Citizens United.

THAT IS WHY WE LOST IN 2010. Not the progressives.

[msongs]

4. love how people are trying to let dems/obama off the hook for their decisions & choices in office nt

[canoeist52]

5. I voted too but, EXPLAIN THIS!

http://www.themilitant.com/2011/7519/751957.html

"The Massachusetts House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill April 26 limiting the right of teachers and other municipal employees to collectively bargain over most health-care benefits. The vote was 111 to 42, with 81 Democrats voting in favor. "

I guess the (D) didn't make much difference.

[Bluenorthwest]

6. We had 71% turn out, a record, and elected Democrats here.

We elected authentic Democrats. As did many other places and States. Take note of all of the 'pro Obama' framed posts on DU that harshly criticize many of the Democrats in Congress who did win in 2010, such as DeFazio and Kucinich, and explain why that happens at all if the ardent choir members are so concerned with turn out and keeping Democrats in Congress? Why do they post 'primary Kucinich' when they do not live in his district, and when they will turn around and say 'don't blame Obama, we need more Democrats in Congress' then post something nasty about DeFazio for not voting with the President.
The entire song and dance was stilted from the start, the statistics do not support this, and the behavior of the OFA identified DU posters does not suggest they give a shit about turn out, or about Democrats in Congress, save an an excuse to make when it serves them.
Have a lovely day.

[Chorophyll]

7. "Them's yer chickens comin' home to roost, honey chile!"

Not only do I think it's a load of crap that progressives sat out 2010, but people who adopt this "humorous" writing style do not do their point of view any favors.

[KG]

8. some days, DU is pure comedy gold...

[Rageneau]

9. The person who sat out the 2010 campaign was Obama himself.

Until the last week or so of it -- when the handwriting was already dark on the wall -- the President acted as if he were far above the political struggle, and as if the Tea Party was nothing but kooks who could safely be dismissed (like those nutty Swift-boaters).

At that time -- DURING the campaign -- many of us expressed our fear that Obama was underestimating the enemy, under-engaged in the campaign, and under-committed to victory in 2010. I can link you to websites of that day that were BEGGING him to "come to work."

Maybe rank-and-file Democrats didn't fight hard enough in 2010, but IMHO, we took our example from our cool, detatched, I-got-this, no-sweat party leader, who, frankly, has always had things come to him pretty easily.

Until now.

[Kahuna]

15. Bullcrap! Because you say it, doesn't make it so. The president..

went all over the country telling voters to not give back the keys to the car to the same people who drove us into the ditch in the first place. Now maybe you didn't hear him, but he did campaign and that was his message.

[Fuddnik]

10. Unrecc for bullshit.

I don't know anybody who stayed home. I don't know anyone who talked people into staying home.

The right mobilized the baggers, and funded the shit out of them.

But, with all the self-absorbed, holier than thou browbeaters around here, it's enough to make you want to stay home in 2012, damn the consequences, just to spite them.

[CelticThunder]

11. Unrec.

[hobbit709]

12. what a crock of taurine metabolic byproducts.

Progressives turned out. It was the middle-of-the-roaders that went the other way.

[saras]

13. I've got it covered. All three of them will vote Obama next time. Now you fix the voter suppression.

[unapatriciated]

16. very tired of this bs blame game

I didn't stay home nor would I ever try to talk anyone out of voting. Even though I live in the very red state of Georgia I went to the polls and voted a straight D ticket.
Keep up the blame the progressives game instead of acknowledging the reality of our criticism and fears of the rightward turn our party has taken ....
You just might get your wish and we will give up changing the course of our party and stay home.

[MissDeeds]

18. Unrec

Enough of this crapping on the progressives. If any voter wasn't motivated to vote, look at who was responsible. This "F- you, now vote for our guy" is sickening.