Thank You Gawker!

By Dave

Gawker sums up my exasperation with liberal dissatisfaction and outrage at Obama. The title says it all: News of First Major Progressive Legislation in 30 Years Enrages Liberals:

Look — we like Alan Grayson. We will defend him against those centrist "oh but Democrats have to play nice" assholes who say he goes too far when he says truthful things about Rush Limbaugh. Alan Grayson gives good quote and is a credit to the House of Representatives. He should continue to let his freak flag fly.

But jesus, christ, an Alan Grayson 2012 primary challenge against Obama? Obama, who is not just "Bush-lite" but Bush-same! (Remember when Bush attempted to negotiate an international climate deal, pass a jobs-focused economic stimulus, reform the nation's health care industry, and come up with a hopefully coherent plan to end the Afghanistan war in one year? And remember how his attempts at all those things were stymied by an uncooperative and undemocratic Senate, but he still managed to make real and tangible gains on each of them? Oh, no, you probably don't remember that because it was a joke we were making about how you have lost all sense of perspective.)

I mean seriously, I'm going to scream if I have to hear Olbermann, Markos, or anyone else rant about how this bill does nothing at all. Nothing except insure an additional 30 million people, heavily regulate insurers, reduce the deficit, etc, etc, etc.

Come back to Earth, people! I understand. Liberals are passionate people. We care. We want to make the world a better place. But just because it doesn't happen overnight doesn't mean you pick up your toys and go home. We have to learn to start confronting the world as it is, not the world we wish it was. Rahm Emanuel is right, the only nonnegotiable principle here is success. If you want to change the world, this is the game you play. You move the ball a little bit down the field at a time. You put points on the board.