There is only one way to stop the gun insanity infecting this great nation — progressives and all other Democrats must vote with discipline in every federal, state and local election in every election cycle.
That’s the only way. That’s it. Nothing else will work.
You are a complete and utter fool if you think otherwise. This issue, more than any other, illustrates the truly horrific ramifications of our erratic voting performance, especially in midterms and local elections, over the past 35 years. We have allowed a distinct minority segment of the voting populace to impose their extreme and dangerous views on us because they vote with discipline and we don’t. It’s that fucking simple.
We are delusional if we think we can somehow alter or transform the views of the GOP and the NRA on this issue. They are locked in. They have their hoard of intransigent voters who vote in every fucking election for the GOP candidate regardless of who the candidate is or whatever in the hell is going on with GOP intraparty politics. They know the path to power lies in their collective commitment to vote with discipline. And they do it.
We are the majority. Yet, we have rendered ourselves powerless on this issue and so many others because we fail to realize what the GOP realized some 30 years ago. I firmly believe, based on my many years of canvassing and working on the ground for progressive and moderate Democratic candidates, that this is a cultural issue. It has little, if anything, to do with party leadership or quality of candidates. There are large segments of our base who simply believe that voting in midterms and state/local elections is meaningless and inconsequential.
We need billboards, radio spots, TV ads and even fucking flyers in every major Democratic stronghold which says… “IF WE FAIL TO VOTE, THIS IS WHAT WE GET… “ and there should follow a picture of Trump, or Roy Moore with his stupid fucking pistol, Jeff Sessions with his crazed KKK-eyes, or an automatic assault rife, etc.
Folks need to know that voting is a sacred act. We can’t fuck around with non-voting or protest-voting. The other Party is becoming increasingly more extreme and more detached from reality. That Party is dominated by misogynists, xenophobes, racists, homophones and narcissistic anti-intellectual capitalists. That Party represents a clear and present danger to our way of life and possibly our very existence. Our Party, while certainly not perfect, believes in science, believes in fact, believes in equality, believes in economic opportunity for all, believes in civil rights, etc. In our two-party system, we absolutely promote and further the interests of the other Party when we fail to vote with discipline. That’s a fact whether you like it or not. We don’t have that luxury.
Vote people. Vote with discipline.
THE SINGLE GREATEST ISSUE FACING THE WORLD —AND NOT JUST THIS GREAT NATION — IS THE FACT THAT PROGRESSIVES IN THE U.S. ARE NOT DISCIPLINED VOTERS AND THEREBY CEDE POWER TO THE UNHINGED GOP. IT IS THE ISSUE THAT SUPERSEDES ALL ISSUES.