The Country Will Be Spinning Out Of Control Before 2018.

[TheMastersNemesis]

By the time we have the next election there won't be a country we recognize with the GOP in control. They are determined to destroy all progress in the last 100 years. There won't be much to salvage by then.

[LonePirate]

1. Will be? A case could be made that it already is.

[ananda]

7. Yep

An unending downward spiral.

[MineralMan]

2. So, are you saying we shouldn't bother thinking about 2018?

Is that it? Well, you're wrong about that. We should be planning right now how we will turn out a record number of Democratic voters in every state for the mid-term elections.

My advice to all DUers: Don't listen to this crap. It's just plain wrong.

[TheMastersNemesis]

3. The Point Is We Should Be Raising So Much Hell They Become Paralyzed.

Just organizing for 2018 will not be enough. It means we should be creating so much chaos for GOP that they get thwarted with their plans. Too many people are still complacent.

[MineralMan]

4. Perhaps you should have made that point in the OP.

It wasn't evident in what you wrote.

[Blue_true]

5. Even if we retake Congress by a big margin in 2018.

The people that we elect will have to dive freeform into a deep pit to try to pull the country back near the rim, with far left purists and republicans attacking them the whole way.

[Fluke a Snooker]

6. It's at the point where I get triggered every time I pass by a GOP campaign office.

I've never felt this foreboding disgust before. My adrenaline literally shoots up 30 points when I drive by one, and takes awhile to go down. Luckily, it doesn't affect my snooker play and I can usually get one or two century breaks per event. But still...