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[sophiaserpentia]

My gosh, but the Democrats completely messed up the DADT repeal, didn't they? There's theoretically a chance it could be voted on again next week but... I would be utterly shocked. They put it off, put it off, put it off, and now it's too late, the Republicans are going to sweep in November and it will be at least 10 years before we have another shot at DADT.

ENDA is not even on the horizon, apparently. I haven't heard it mentioned in a long time. And the DOMA repeal? Doubt it was ever even seriously considered.

It's safe to say the Dems have completely disheartened the GLBT community at this point, and we're big enough to swing some districts. Most of the credit for gay rights victories this year actually go to Republicans.

Frakkin' cowards. They are about to get beat by the tea party... the tea party, the modern Know-Nothing ultra-philistine iconoclasts who on a normal year would be the fringe weirdos who get a brief mention on the local news for showing up in colonial America costumes on election day.

The moral of the story? Don't compromise. I'm a pretty firm believer in this. I mean, sometimes it's okay to let go, to pick your battles sparingly, but generally you should try to exchange A for B as long as A and B are each things that someone fully wants. If you take A and cut it in half and offer that in exchange for half of B, you satisfy no one, and there is no victory to proclaim.

Also, a little bit of populism would have gone a long way.

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[orb2069.livejournal.com]

If this follows the same script the Republicans use, they'll drag it out and inch it forward at every election in an attempt to get asses into voting booths - I mean how long has it taken the GOP to even mention repealing Row vs. Wade? Even when they had control of the media, presidency, house, senate, and were ramming crooked midnight spending and redistricting bills through so fast the media never even noticed?

I don't know what to think of the tea party - It seems kinda like the djinn - Once you've pulled every crazy you can find out of the woodwork and not only introduced them to each other, but encouraged them to form cells? I think even the GOP is eventually going to regret this. I know the rest of us probably will.

Personally, this season, I have the choice between a Democratic career pol I don't actually mind (Adler: Voted Yes for the Hate Crimes expansion, eliminating the death penalty, for the good parts of the health care bill and against the dumber amendments - though there's some stuff I disagree with) vs. a GOP backed ex-football player who magically seems to have a shitton of money to spend on attack ads. I've seen how this little trick plays out for GOP folks: The national party manages their campaign and fund raising for them, then they vote line or the party yanks their machine and support the very second they fall out of line, effectively throwing them to the wolves.

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

I think the GOP is already starting to regret it. Although... did you catch the lovely bit of theater last weekend where a bunch of GOP talking heads lambasted Karl Rove? I think this is actually Rove's idea. He knows the public associates him with Dubya whom they still hate, so what better move for the GOP than to be seen shunning the vestiges of Dubya Republicanism?