You know, to be entirely serious, i do feel bad for the Teabaggers whenever they issue one of their "clarion calls" or "calls to arms." Things aren't going well for them, and they're stuck in the classic splinter-party conundrum. They want to abandon the GOP and go third party, except they know that this will forever shunt them off to the third-party ghetto where they'll never win another election. Third parties don't even get invited to debates -- that's messed up. They'd rather stay inside the GOP and take it over -- but are stymied by the larger number of centrists and moderates who resist the glorious purification. Hell, any Republican who can do simple math knows that they'd be in control of the Senate right now, if not for the likes of Christine O'Donnell and Todd Akin. So what do they do now? I mean, how long are they going to have to wait to see real change? They've been at this for, what, at least three years now?
Sadly, they may have a bit longer to go. Look, guys, have you ever heard of the Green Party, or Ralph Nader? People on my side have been disillusioned and dissatisfied for ages. Back when you teadrinkers were happily lining up at the trough and voting for Bush, we were screaming that neither of the two parties represented OUR interests. We wished that the Democratic Party was a true liberal party that would take drastic action against corporate malfeasance, make bold moves to improve the environment, decrease the size and the scope of the military, allow full rights to gays, and hey -- decriminalize drugs! Any moral person can see that the Drug War is senseless and evil!
See? We've barely scratched the surface on those issues. A Green Party activist who's been plugging away for 25 years can look back and say, well, at least we have gay marriage? Legal weed in two states?
The struggle goes on.
So teabaggers, be patient and keep at it. You've got a long road ahead. Things might look better in a few decades if you don't lose hope. For now, you're going to have to accept that Chris Christie or Jeb Bush is going to be your nominee in 2016, rather than Rand Paul or Ted Cruz.
Also, we must accept the loss of Christine O'Donnell. Gosh, she was cute.
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Progressives would know something about chipping away until they eventually get what they want, its the strategy they've been using for over 30 years.
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