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Molly Ivins: Sharpen wits and man the battle stations. No time to waste feeling sorry for ourselves.
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One reaction to electoral disaster should be avoided at all costs: it's that annoying radical mantra, "Things have to get worse before they can get better." The only possible response to that bit of specious thinking is, "Not with my child's life." It is indubitably true things are about to get worse---Paul Krugman quotes a junior official at the Heritage Foundation on the mood of business lobbyists: "optimism bordering on giddiness." They all have their wish lists ready, and it's Christmastime for the special interests. The only recourse is to fight them smart and hard. Giving them enough rope to hang themselves with just means we all hang along with them. Sharpen wits and man the battle stations. No time to waste feeling sorry for ourselves.
http://www.creators.com/opinion/molly-ivins/molly-ivins-november-7.html
via: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/13/1344348/-Cheers-and-Jeers-Thursday