In the world of comedy, they say you always want to leave them wanting more. I guess the Democrats have accomplished that. It’s not surprising that they told people at the Netroots Nation conference largely what they wanted to hear, but they also gave out a wake-up call that I’ve been trying to send for months now. Policy accomplishments are nice, but they are of secondary importance. The number one job that the Democrats are doing at the moment is simply not being Republicans. That may be an uninspiring message, but it’s their single biggest accomplishment and nothing even comes close to it in importance. The policy accomplishments are more important for what they can do to maintain the allegiance of the public than they are in themselves.
I’m not saying that policy doesn’t matter or that the Democrats weren’t elected to get things done. I’m saying that the Republican Party cannot be allowed to govern this country at the executive or congressional level because they will ruin us and get an unspeakable number of people killed. You can disagree with me, but that’s what they did under Bush and they’re twice as crazy now as they were just two years ago.
So, wring your hands all you want about what’s not being accomplished. I’m still quite pleased that we’re debating what we haven’t done rather than what the Republicans have.
