I think dealing with all the Stupid in our political discourse has finally had an enervating effect on me. I’m having trouble seeing why it’s worth writing about the nit-wits who are running for the Republican nomination. If they weren’t such a vicious crew, I’d just laugh at them and be done with it. What is there really to say about the hostage crisis over the debt limit that Steve Benen isn’t already saying?
And it’s not like I can promise you that things will get better if Obama is reelected. It’s likely that we’ll lose the Senate, and that means it hardly matters whether or not we can win back the House. We’re basically stuck with the current situation for the next six years, and that’s if we’re lucky.
It’s hard to keep your core energy cranked up when what you’re basically fighting for is all negation. All kinds of horrible things can and will happen if the Republicans gain more power. We cannot allow that to happen. But it’s hard to stay motivated when a shitty status quo is the best that can be hoped for and there’s no chance of vanquishing the Stupid.
