The Democratic Party Is Basically The Washington Generals.

[BlindTiresias]

'Nuff said

(Yes, I voted straight Dem but goddamn they really do play like the Generals)

[brooklynite]

1. Which is how they won in 2006, 2008 and 2012?

Feel free to vent about tonight, but lets get rid of the stupid cliches...

[lancdem]

6. let's not forget that the dems also won the popular vote

.. in five of the last six presidential elections.

[libtodeath]

8. We win a big majority of votes cast

repukes have gerrymanderd,cheated and stolen their way to positions of power.
They are not anywhere near a majority.

[BlindTiresias]

11. I think you misunderstand what I am saying

The generals don't lose because they are incompetent or stupid, they lose because they are trying to play a game of straight, orthodox basketball while the Globetrotters realize the true limits of the game (almost none). Part of the show are the generals playing regular, straightlaced basketball while the Globetrotters bend and break the rules.

[BlindTiresias]

12. Limited victories, overall

When they do win they don't press the advantage. We will see what the future brings, yeah?

[elleng]

2. Guess so.

[AleksS]

3. They do generally. BUT, remember 2012 and 2008, and 2006, and imagine 2016

They do generally. BUT, remember 2012 and 2008, and 2006, and imagine 2016.

Democrats CAN do it. But goddamn they sure do their best to f*** it up.

Hell, 2006 was even one of those "midterm" elections.

[underpants]

4. Other way chief. The GOP are a product FOR the media to sell

[longship]

5. Wait until the game is over before you start crying.

Please, my friend.

Breathe. Relax. It isn't over. We've lost two Senate seats so far. And that isn't enough. And we're likely to get KS.

Plus we are likely to gain governors.

So, no worries, mate.

[lancdem]

7. i thought it was three senate seats?

not that i'm counting or anything.

[WilliamPitt]

9. Heh

"Come November, if the Democrats wind up flopping and flailing for an explanation as to why they got routed at the polls, let me offer a succinct reply: You stand for nothing. You are the Washington Generals to the Harlem Globetrotters. Everyone expects you to go down to defeat, because you always lay down, because you are paid to do so."

An Open Letter to My Democratic Spammer
William Rivers Pitt
Friday 03 October 2014
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/26605-an-open-letter-to-my-democratic-spammer

[Scuba]

10. Considering what the Republicans are offering the country, Democrats should win every race.

The fact that Dems are losing, badly, should be an indictment of the party leadership.

[Tom Ripley]

13. Tweety stole that analogy from me at the old Horse site 10 yrs ago