As usual, the pious mealymouthed hypocrites are out yapping about how the Democrats ought to "get over" the fact that they lost the election. While I'm all in favor of people not investing a scintilla of interest more than necessary in the outcome of a single election when they could be paying attention to ME and my opinions, I'm not above poking a stick into a bag of cats just to stir 'em up.
Having witnessed eight years of how the Republicans "got over it" vis-a-vis the 1992 election, my advice to the Democrats in the crowd is to take them at their word, and follow their example!
When you can't find a George Bush policy issue to disagree with, attack his children. Attack his wife's looks, and her sexuality. The dresses! The hats! The hairstyles! It's so much easier than having to think about economics! Make up insulting nicknames for them, and never fail to clumsily insert the nickname into conversation.
When you have no creative intelligent alternatives to a policy, pick on his weight. Or hair. Or his eyes...ANYTHING frivolous.
When Bush has adjusted his agenda to include policies that you have struggled to get him to acknowledge, don't celebrate that you managed to use intelligent argument to get him to see the validity of your ideas; instead, claim that he "stole" your idea.
Conspiracy Theories! No matter how ridiculous, no matter how unsupported, make sure you repeat every single rumor you hear without doing any fact checking. (It ought to be obvious to anyone that the only reason Bush became president is a vast network of conspiracy involving South American drug lords, the Skull and Bones society, Walt Disney's frozen corpse, and the C.I.A. Don't forget to include the Masons!)
Play the race card! What's salt for the goose is salt for the gander, and this back n'forth over minor differences in the color of human skin ought to be good for about six or seven more election cycles, until you all finish interbreeding enough to be one color. (Ignore the fact that you humans all taste the same when cooked).
Undermine efforts at compromise! After all, it's not about finding agreement, it's about who WINS.
At the midterm elections, elect a Democratic congress with one primary agenda: making Bush look bad. Rather than do what you claimed you'd do, focus on finding SOME WAY of getting Bush impeached. Turn about is fair play, you know.
Dig, dig, DIG into Bush's past! Trust me as both a recovering alcoholic, and a former cocaine user, when I tell you that you'll be able to find something! There are more arrests, more cover-ups, bimbo eruptions, and pools of vomit and blood awaiting you if you simply dangle enough cash out there. When someone comes forward with a story, don't check it for facts or for details, but immediately rush it into the press! If you throw enough mud, some of
it will stick, because some of it will be true.
Never forgive, never forget.
Always assume the moral high ground; it ought to be obvious to any GOOD people that anyone who voted Republican is just plain EVIL; hold your fingers up in a cross when say they're Republican and look at them like they are covered in shit. Make vomiting noises at them!
As a subcategory to the above, whenever ANYONE dares to disagree with you about anything, call them a "Nazi" or a "Fascist." Imply that they are not loyal to America.
Don't forget the hardcore response, either. Make sure some of your "fellow travelers" kill people and blow up government buildings; it will make you look rational and reasonable by comparison, and you'll be able to offer yourself as a bulwark against the vast rage that's out there in America.
There you go~!
As I said, I didn't vote for Clinton, but I have eight years of payback built up for having to endure commentary by idiots who can't write their way out of a second grade spelling bee. On the other hand, I'm not going to needlessly take Bush to task for anything at all, until he does something really stupid. I'll leave that to YOU.
DRaftervoi: Knight of the Long Knives