The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
I was a big time lib back in 2008 so I actually drank the Kool-Aid. I believed him and I believed in him. I actually took is his fucking “Change” mantra seriously.
Can’t really blame you for that. He was seemingly a Bernie Sanders type for a lot of younger people tired of the Bush regime. It was like lightning in a bottle for him. You’ve got a younger, dark-skinned candidate with real charisma and an apparent passion for change going up against another old, white republican in John McCain.
He would not have been as successful coming off of a Gore presidency.
You’re here now and you know better. They’re never getting that genie back in the bottle.
Obama thoroughly poisoned the well when it comes for hope of any positive change amongst progressives and it was absolutely a slow-burn radicalising period for a lot of people. This created a perfect opportunity to agitate amongst disaffected progressives and I’d argue that it’s part of the backdrop of why the Dems can no longer mobilize their own fucking voterbase to prevent Trump from getting into office a second time despite knowing exactly how bad he is (!!!) There’s a collapse in the Democratic party and they all know it. They sold their voterbase on a lie and burned so many people. Now they can invite people to a ceremony for the Fell For It Again awards, which doesn’t get nearly as much traction, or they can run a “nothing will fundamentally change” candidate, which doesn’t get nearly as much traction either.
They really stripped the copper out of the walls to sell for scrapvotes and now, a decade later, they are wondering why nothing happens when they flick the light switch on.
When you think about it, isn’t this the real change we can believe in?
I was a big time lib back in 2008 so I actually drank the Kool-Aid. I believed him and I believed in him. I actually took is his fucking “Change” mantra seriously.
Can’t really blame you for that. He was seemingly a Bernie Sanders type for a lot of younger people tired of the Bush regime. It was like lightning in a bottle for him. You’ve got a younger, dark-skinned candidate with real charisma and an apparent passion for change going up against another old, white republican in John McCain.
He would not have been as successful coming off of a Gore presidency.
Unfortunately - even back then I was old enough to know better. In any case - by early 2011 I had figured out who and what he really was.
Ditching the public option and keeping John Bolton proved he was a fraud
You’re here now and you know better. They’re never getting that genie back in the bottle.
Obama thoroughly poisoned the well when it comes for hope of any positive change amongst progressives and it was absolutely a slow-burn radicalising period for a lot of people. This created a perfect opportunity to agitate amongst disaffected progressives and I’d argue that it’s part of the backdrop of why the Dems can no longer mobilize their own fucking voterbase to prevent Trump from getting into office a second time despite knowing exactly how bad he is (!!!) There’s a collapse in the Democratic party and they all know it. They sold their voterbase on a lie and burned so many people. Now they can invite people to a ceremony for the Fell For It Again awards, which doesn’t get nearly as much traction, or they can run a “nothing will fundamentally change” candidate, which doesn’t get nearly as much traction either.
They really stripped the copper out of the walls to sell for
scrapvotes and now, a decade later, they are wondering why nothing happens when they flick the light switch on.When you think about it, isn’t this the real change we can believe in?