Grieving is over - Why it's actually a great time to be a Democrat

The Hill ^ | 12/30/16 | Dave R Thomas

[DeathBeforeDishonor1]

For a few weeks now I have joined my fellow partisan Democrats, drinking when I was not crying.

The awful memories of those stunned TV commentators snatching defeat from the jaws of a great early exit poll victory. The hard-earned accomplishments of the past 8 years now at risk due to and an unfit, unwelcome new president. Looking ahead to the damage inevitably inflicted by a unified Republican government on the environment, the social safety net and global leadership.

Yet as a new year begins, I find myself past the 5th stage of grief and on to an unexpected new state of mind: optimism.

Because looking beyond the ashes of 2016 and the inevitable initial defeats of 2017, I see immense opportunities for my party and our capacity to lead our country.

It’s a great time to be a Democrat. There are several reasons why.

First and most important, Democrats remain the party of the future. We are the young, the diverse, the tolerant and the educated. Trump’s negative appeals to fear, intolerance and hatred sow the seeds of future Republican defeats and marginalization.

[rod1]

Our future leaders are unlikely to come from the Senate anyway. Future leaders are more likely to be drawn from among the 1,000 plus office holders (many younger) most of whom are in the fly-over country.

We do absolutely need Congressional term limits. No more half-cenutry politicians.

[TnTnTn]

Don’t know if I can stand all this winning that keeps coming....yes yes I can!!!

[vette6387]

“Our future leaders are unlikely to come from the Senate anyway.”

Hopefully NONE of them will ever become leaders. My point is that as an institution, The Senate is a disgraceful place for worthless men and women to join and stay for the entirety of their adult lives while doing absolutely nothing to improve our country. The Senate has devolved into a little group of 100 people who act like the “fat freddies” that run Saudi Arabia. Perhaps if we went back to the founders vision of the Senate being a body filled by the state legislatures, it might possibly get better, but as it stands, it’s merely a roadblock to successful governance.

[PGalt]

LOL! Good grief. DEPOPULATE d’rats from the body politic. Posts BUMP!

[Capt. Tom]

"We are the young, the diverse, the tolerant and the educated."

Your education is indoctrination into dream world socialism.
That education, your tolerance, and your youth won't help you, or us, against the sword of Islam. -Tom

[griswold3]

We are the young, the diverse, the tolerant and the educated.
Don’t forget ‘the arrogant’.
The diverse and tolerant only apply if you agree with them.

[ConservativeDude]

I’m not sure that “dwarf” is politically correct, that is, unless we are talking about Lord of the Rings.... :)

[Garvin]

Dear Dave,
Grow a pair.

Garvin

[Rockingham]

What this dope calls optimism falls more correctly into the category of delusion. No party owns its voters, and a successful Trump administration will permit the GOP to realign the politics of the country by solidifying and expanding support from traditionally Democratic voting blocs. The GOP has both the stronger position and the political initiative. That is a tough combination to beat.

[Brilliant]

NJ, CA and IL will probably be bankrupt by the time 2020 rolls around so that list will look like a list of ne’er do wells even to Democrats but then.

[Trillian]

We are the young, the diverse, the tolerant and the educated.
LOL, they are so delusional.

[kearnyirish2]

Either way, she got a lot of votes.

[stevio]

California use to be a swing state.

[tinyowl]

I find myself past the 5th stage of grief

Evidently then their grief progression is a circle rather than a line.