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Defeating the Post-Election Blues
Monday, 2004 November 8 - 11:17 pm
We've had almost a week now to recover from the election. So where do Democrats go from here?

I've seen a lot of folks who were very angry or depressed by last week's election results. There was lots of talk of moving to Canada (Canada's immigration web site traffic increased 500% the day after the election), of giving up on politics... or really, of giving up on America.

But little by little, that seems to be changing. Democrats are realizing that true liberal patriots must stay here to continue to the fight; by leaving, we would be allowing demagoguery and reactionary thinking to defeat us. And we are finding nuggets of hope, like in the youth protest in Boulder, the unprecedented show of strength from Democratic grass-roots organizations like MoveOn.org, and the re-awakening of unabashed liberal voices in the media (a la Michael Moore, Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, and our beloved Ana Marie Cox).

As I talk to more Democrats, we take increasing comfort that 56 million of us still believe in progressive ideals. Despite the pundits who talk about how America is shifting towards the conservative, liberalism is not going away. It is only a matter of time before Democrats finally get their act together and unite people behind our common values like the environment and civil rights, rather than pseudo-religious nonsense like "the defense of marriage" and "protecting Christianity the Constitution from 'activist' judges".

I believe there's something revealing about the fact that younger people, women, and intelligent people vote for Democrats. It tells me that if we can just reach people's youthful idealism, if we can connect with people's inner compassion, and if we can demonstrate the logic of progressive thinking, we can eventually win. I'm sure there was a time when people worried that slavery would never end, that women would never gain the right to vote, or that children would never be protected by labor laws. Progress may take time, but in an enlightened democracy, it is inevitable.

Besides, in the five years it takes to become a Canadian citizen, George W. Bush will be out of office.
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Comment #1 from Crouching Hamster (Guest)
2004 Nov 20 - 7:43 pm : #
I met three Canadian guys who want to "date" me, not just "hang out" with me. (They actually date in Canada.)

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