The Democratic party can reasonably expect to lose two Governor's seats tonight. And they might slowly but surely be losing a lot more than that.
I'm a Democrat.
I'm a Liberal Democrat.
And call me crazy, but when the American public gives the Democratic Party a huge majority in both houses of Congress AND the Presidency, to boot, I expect something to get done. Quickly.
I'm still waiting.
And frankly, I'm a little sick of hearing about Blue Dog Democrats and Arlon Specter Democrats and forgot-who-the-hell-they-are-or-who-voted-for-them Democrats. Pass something, or I'll tell you what, this newly minted Stray Dog Democrat might get up off the porch and start taking a look around the neighborhood to see what else is going on.
Regardless of how I cast my vote, it seems pretty likely the Democrats will do something that seemed virtually impossible after last November: lose both houses of Congress.
But being gutless, divisive, lazy, unprincipled and abandoning those who elected you to lick the ass of those who buy you off will do that.
You're not bulletproof, and the American public is VERY fickle. If you're assuming even fifty percent of the people who voted for you in the last election even know the difference between a Democrat and a Republican, you got it wrong. They wanted change. And in long about twelve months, unless you grow a pair (and that includes you, too, ladies) they're going to want change again.
Another thing you did this week that has lost a lot of my respect, and I have to be fair because I called bullshit on this when the Republicans did it, too, is you're lying about the economy.
You're lying.
You're well-selected cabinet and cadre of oh-so-much-smarter-than-the-rest-of-us advisors has been burning the midnight oil trying to cook the numbers so you could tell us the Stimulus Package is working and the economy is recovering.
Really? I called bullshit when the Republicans told me the economy was great because all of their friends seemed to be doing ok and the stock market was booming and now I'm telling you you're full of bullshit when you tell us the economy is recovering. Why, because Ford is making money? Because the banks and insurance corporations you gave OUR money to seem to be doing better. No fucking shit, Sherlock, if you gave me a bunch of someone else's money I'd probably be doing better, too. One number, and one number ONLY should be important to those who actually work for a living... the unemployment numbers. And those numbers are NOT going down.
So, you watch your ass, because I'll put up with a lot. A little corruption here and there, fuck your secretary, dance around the truth... we expect that from inveterate liars such as yourselves. But what I don't expect, and what I will not stomach, is being lied to in the same way the Republicans lied to me. The economy is NOT better, and it's getting worse for the people I know and the people they know.
And if you're going use the wealth of corporations to show me things are getting better I'm here to tell you that you might as well be George Bush. And next November, I might do something I've never done before. Because this Stray Dog Democrat ain't on a chain.