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I recognize that the source of these messages may have ulterior motives, but these are the same messages many Americans are getting, and many won't realize there is an agenda behind those messages.
The people who got out and voted for Obama in 2008 didn't head to the polls yesterday. Why? Could it be because the Dems failed to get the message to them that what they did in 2008 will be undone quickly if they don't continue to support what they did with their vote in 2008? And the only way to do that is to continue voting for what you believe in, then communicating that to the person you elected.
I think the people who got out and voted in 2008 have seen their bubbles burst because there really hasn't been that much CHANGE. Yes, there has been change, but does it affect most people? Has it had an impact on their lives?
What if Dems had passed a robust public option health care reform bill earlier this year, and people across the country were beginning to receive information in the mail boxes about the new program. Information about the new options that will be available to them next year. Information about how their health care costs are going to be going down. Information about how getting everyone in the system will lower costs for everyone.
Would that have been enough to get some out to vote? Sure.
Would gay people who stayed home yesterday feeling dejected because they still don't have the same rights everyone else has have made more of an effort to support their candidates if Don't Ask, Don't Tell had been rescinded, and if they knew equality was going to be addressed in the near future? Sure.
The Democrats have failed to act on the message from the people in 2006 and 2008. They need to get with it, or they will find themselves sitting in the corner, sucking their thumbs when the GOP is back in control.
And make no mistake, Democrats in Congress: The Republicans will have NO SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT EXCLUDING YOU FROM THE PROCESS. You've made an attempt to do the right thing, and the GOP has not cooperated. It's time to shove them in the corner and give them pacifiers.
GET ON WITH IT, DEMS! DO YOUR JOBS!!
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