Amazing, isn’t it? They’d rather whine about the loss than do something to win.
I think this is part of the grief process for some. And some just seem to prefer being losers. It’s easier than doing the hard work of winning elections, which is the only answer.
The people who aren’t just losers will burn themselves out on whining soon and get back to work. The rest never change and must be ignored. No candidate or judge is ever good enough, blah blah blah. It makes life so easy. You just sit back and proclaim that it’s all over, because the Man is holding you down! Wahh!
A few weeks ago when Governor Walker won the recall election in Wisconsin a lot of conservatives mocked the “Wisconsin crying man” who said repeated something to the effect “democracy died tonight” “America as we knew it is dead” and he blubbered without shame on national TV.
Unfortunately, we have a lot of Wisconsin crying men (WCM’s) on the conservative side. It would not surprise me to find that some who mocked the guy a few weeks ago are now saying the exact same thing from the opposite side. I think those who feel they need to vent those feelings should watch the video of that guy blubbering in front of the camera. Then they may better appreciate what it really looks like.
Your insight that it may be part of the grieving process is useful. I think at some point most of them will realize how pointless the hand wringing is and buck up for the future political and legal fights that lie ahead.
I’m gravely disappointed with the decision and feeling down about it, but this is not the end of it all. We don’t need to sugar coat the decision or pretend that it will all be easy, but giving in to despair is not a particularly American trait. We would do well to resist it.
There is always this weird subset of Freepers who say that any discussion of awful truths is whining, throwing in the towel, or surrendering.
I can never understand that mentality: that to reveal a bad truth is to be bad. It doesn’t make sense.
I imagine if some Jewish Freepers in the 1930’s sat around and talked about how bad the new leader Adolph Hitler is, and how they should move to America before the borders are sealed, there would have been other Freepers saying “Oh, there you go again, whining...always seeing the bad about everything.”
It’s weird.
Oh well, I’ll just continue to campaign for conservatives, manning phone banks, walking precincts, etc., as I have done since I was 13 years old, and I’ll also hold my nose and vote for Romney, because another four years of Dear Leader will change this country into Venezuela or Rhodesia.
Ed