A lead role in a cage
Now, because some people do not read, and then read in a lot of what was never said, I will offer disclaimers. I know many people worked hard, fought, and voted against the GOP, and that many of these people had the Demographic the GOp thinks they own (i.e. older white males.) For those that fought, and are smarting right alongside us, the rant does not apply to you.
I get on DU to see what many thought. There was a lot of anger, a lot of pain, but predictably, there were a cadre of Reagan Democrats who got on here and started slamming liberals. Of course the TOS does not allow me to name names, but there was a tired screed from a MRA saying women voters cannot be depended on, and that we should stop trying to court them as much as working class white males. I heard people say Mitch won because we are attacking coal. I heard some say that we need to approve Keystone right now. I heard all of them slam Obama, despite the fact that many of us on the left feel his problem was too much, and not too little bipartisanship. Of course, there was the beat dopwn on Milennials, as if they were too stupid to vote, and not simply disenchanted, especially when people from the libertarian faux-left and right both kept bleating their sheep mantra "If Voting changed anything, it would be Illegal." Amd yes, I heard the refrain to quanatine african countries, despite the fact that sick people could get to us through Europe, and no one would dare blockade the UK.
The line I quoted was from Pink Floyd, where it asks "did you exchange a walk on role in a war, for a lead role in a cage?" The fact is, many voters did just that. They felt angry at Obama, and cut off their nose to spite their face. Yes, I am angry at Obama, but letting the GOP run ramshod is not the way to make him turn left, especially when you know the MSM is saying "it's time to turn right now" just in time for Jeb. I understand many of the older, centrists voters may feel isolated, they feel Obama did not listen to them. Some of that is true, but a lot of it is simple arrogant pride, the fact they did not want to haver to listen to or talk with those they did not consider their peers. The Mantra of the democrats since Clinton won is never ever ever to say anything that might upset the Reagan democrats, because they only let us in because the GOP fucked up in too obvious a way this time. Of course, that meant kissing the ass of to coal, gas and other industries, since we knew they could buy the TV that mant regana democrats listened to.
I will be blunt, Reagan democrats, we do not have to like each other, indeed, the days of my thinking I share a common national spirit with you are in cirtical condition, and these votes last night tell me that you still think of Browns and Blacks, Milennials, LGBTS and others as the hired help that shoudl dare not look you in the eyes lest we get slapped. We know that, as is it is set up, the 2016 race will be between who gets to flatter you, by a Clinton who is happy to attack minorties to Jeb who is also willing to do that, though both of them insist they are NOT racist. We also know the race thing is a cover for the money thing, both of them play you against eahc other so that they can hide the fact that they hate you barely less than they hate us!
However, I would say that we look past the cage, and see a common enemy, the fact the conservatiove faction of both parties is plotting all of us to be sebnt to the scrap heap. All of us, including YOU. When you sip your PBR and BUD, you will realize that the Chinese own one, the Brazilians own another, so you cannot even enjoy your sixpack without submitting. As much as you may think us snot mose liberals ignored you, what do you think will happen, when even the CEOS get replaced by forgien powers, people who come from countries that do not cry "Taxpayer dollars" whenever the state and induistry works together! Folks, the aristocracy, the one for whom the airport is much more a place of culture then a bedroom, will not humor you, because they will know that they won, and that YOU helped hand this country to them.
Like or it not, we are all in this together. The silver lining of this is, even if we dislike each other, we know that we have a reason to work together: survival.