Kos (of daily kos) wants to "break their back, crush their spirits"

[DemsUnited]

To which I say, hell yeah!

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/9/11055/1670/758/624699

Break their back, crush their spirits
by kos
Thu Oct 09, 2008 at 11:14:58 AM PDT

See, here's the deal -- we're going to win the White House, we're going to win big in the Senate, and we're going to rack up big gains in the House. Republicans know this and are preparing for the worst. Now think of 2004 -- we really thought Kerry was going to pull it off. Remember that? And remember how utterly devastated we were when Bush pulled it off? The pain was so much worse because we expected to win.

So with conservatives bracing for the worse, they won't experience the kind of pain we did. Not unless we deliver a defeat even worse than their worst nightmares. And I'll be honest with you -- I want them to hurt as much as we did. I want their spirits crushed, their backs broken.

So the way we do that is we deliver a defeat worse than they every imagined. We do that by winning states that have no business turning Blue -- like North Carolina, Georgia, Indiana, and so on -- states that were easy Bush victories in 2004. We do that by electing a 60-seat supermajority in the Senate. We do that by defeating their leadership, like Mitch McConnell in the Senate. We do that by defeating their heroes, like wingnut go-to hero John Shadegg. We do that by making sure a record number of Americans reject conservative ideology, leaving it utterly discredited.

The day after the election, I want to see an electoral battlefield littered with defeated Republicans, their ranks demoralized, their treasury in heavy debt, and no real leadership to take the helm. I want a vacuum so complete, that a bloody leadership battle between the neocons, theocons, and corporate cons shakes the GOP to its core, and leaves it fractured and ill-equipped to stymie the progressive agenda, much less ramp up for an even bleaker (for them) 2010.

<snip with more ass kicking goodness at link>

[Blue_Tires]

1. i support this message

[niyad]

2. works for me

[blueclown]

3. Piss on their graves too. n/t

[LSparkle]

9. LOL! I'm up for it!

[FatDave]

22. I'll already be dancing, pissing will take very little effort.

I mean, long as I'm there...

[blueclown]

28. The Texas Two-Step?

I'm up for it.

[iamjoy]

4. I Wouldn't Wish That On Them

I remember how utterly horrible I felt following the 2004 election. When I saw that damn map with the red on every county Dubya won, I felt as if I didn't have a country.

I wouldn't wish that feeling of isolation on anyone.

[TornadoTN]

11. Noble of you. But remember, they gloated and screamed "this is Bush country!"

I don't feel much compassion for the majority of these people anymore. Maybe that makes me a lesser person, but after what this country has suffered for 8+ years, I'm willing to wear that moniker.

[a la izquierda]

26. I'm only 31. I want my damn country back.

I'm fucking ILL at what this country has become, and I'm not even living in the US at the moment. I want to go home to a country of hope, progress and for fuck's sake, some sanity!!!!!!!! I'm so gosh darned tired of feeling like a fucking outcast outside my circle of friends. I'm tired of struggling, of having shit health insurance, of worrying to death that my husband CANNOT get sick because his insurance is an abomination.

Let them suffer like the poor, the liberals, the underprivileged have suffered.
But they won't, because an Obama presidency wont let them, and that makes me happy.



EDIT: Replied to wrong post, sorry.

[TornadoTN]

30. I'm 29 and I want the country my grandparents have been so proud of and served

I remember the stories they told of growing up in the Depression era and World War II. My grandfather fought bravely and heroically in Europe during World War II, my grandmother worked hard on the home front - because they believe in this nation and our leaders. The stories they told were emotional and sometimes heartbreaking, but there was always a sense of pride that no matter what, we are a great nation and can accomplish anything in the face of incredible darkness and despair.

I haven't seen a glimpse of that country, a utopia if you will, since I was in High School and my world view wasn't as wide as it is today. For the first time in my adult life, I feel like Obama and this party has given us the opportunity to be that nation again in the face of a horrible financial and political crisis.

[FatDave]

24. Your sense of pity is noted.

I, however, will have none. Not for these fucks.

[blueclown]

29. I would wish that on them.

Those fuckers deserve everything they get.

I am not going to be humble when Obama wins this election. Fuck that. After all I had to deal with the last 8 years, fuck that.

[WinkyDink]

48. ARE YOU INSANE????? Do you KNOW they are calling SENATOR Obama a TERRORIST??

I have had enough of wimps and Casper Milquetoasts in our Party.

[iamjoy]

49. I Still Want To Win

and I still think this country needs to win. I want a decisive victory because I don't want anyone feeling like the results were somehow invalid. I doubt they will accept it, but still, I want it to be legit (Obama to have a true majority in the electoral college and popular vote)

But, when it is done, I have no intention of rubbing their noses in it. I want to be a good sport - gracious in victory.

[intheflow]

52. I agree.

1) I saw a bumper sticker after the '04 election that said something like, "Dear President Bush. On Nov. 3, 56 million of us voted for a very different America. We are not going away." Well, neither are the people who vote for McCain in this election. We'll still have to live and work side by side with them. That'll be much harder if we smear it in their faces.

2) Being mean and vindictive is the Fundamentalist Republican brand, and I refuse to buy into that worldview.

3) It's just bad karma to wish ill on others. :)

[magdalena]

57. I know how you feel, I try to be compassionate towards everyone.

However, most of these people refuse to acknowledge that they are responsible for the embarrassment of a country the US has become under Bushco. The pain of these vile humans getting their "feelings hurt" or "feeling isolated" is laughable compared to the pain of the families of soldiers who have lost their lives fighting an unjustified war in Iraq, the pain of innocent Muslims who are being held captive, tortured, and murdered, and the pain that we are all starting to feel as our economy is rapidly deteriorating. Not only do they refuse to acknowledge what they have done - they continue to cause suffering through their abhorrent rallying strategy of inciting hatred towards Obama (read: African Americans and Muslims). They are merely reaping what they have sown. You can be sure that whatever they reap will not be nearly enough.

[City Lights]

62. I would and I do.

No mercy!

What made it worse in 2000 and 2004 was knowing that more people went to the polls with the intention of voting for our side, but their side *somehow* managed to walk away with the prize. And they added insult to injury by rubbing it in and gloating, as though they'd won in a landslide. Bush crowed that he had a mandate. They are scum to me. Unworthy of my empathy.

[foo_bar]

5. "Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the women!"

(Conan the Guvnor)

[Curtland1015]

7. Haw! That's exactly what I was going to type!

:D

[dmallind]

20. or hot water, soft lavatory paper and good dentistry

Cohen the Barbarian - Conan's aged and wiser alter ego on the Discworld

[boobooday]

6. A worthy goal

Total victory!

[DinahMoeHum]

8. Fuck yeah! Crush 'em like a bug.

:kick::kick::kick:

[BrklynLiberal]

10. I agree 100% with this message!!! I want to be able to run out into the streets and jump up and

down, with tears of joy streaming down my face, and hug all my fellow Democrats!
I feel no pity whatsoever for any of them. They are evil, whiney, dirty hypocrites.
If there was NEVER EVER another repuke prez I would be thrilled.

In effect, I wish on them what they have been wishing upon us...

[ShortnFiery]

12. Yes, it's up to you also Philly Flyers & NY Ranger Fans - BOO the heck out of Palin Saturday

as she PRETENDS to be the quintessential "hockey mom" by dropping the first puck of the Season. :evilgrin:

http://www.comcast.net/articles/sports-nhl/20081008/Flyers-Palin/

[BrklynLiberal]

41. ooooooooooh noooooooooooooo. What a crock of crapola.

A little partisan isn't that?? I hope all the Dem hockey fans puke on the ice...

[berni_mccoy]

13. They are about to learn the true meaning of Karma

[izquierdista]

14. They must be conquered

“The greatest happiness is to scatter your enemy, to drive him before you, to see his cities reduced to ashes, to see those who love him shrouded in tears, and to gather into your bosom his wives and daughters.” --Genghis Khan

Liberals have been on the receiving end long enough. No more.

[ccharles000]

15. kick

[Vincardog]

16. I am with you . Lets turn even TX blue. That will stain their underoos

[Muddy Waters Guitars]

42. Texas will be blue by 2012-2016 at least, as will also

Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. Many other states, too. Demographic changes will be bringing a Black/Latino majority to these places.

[Teaser]

17. Co-fucking-sign

.

[vaberella]

18. This is the most inspiring article I've read yet. I love it!! We do this together,

do it above reproach and we do it kicking their ass to oblivion.

[rvablue]

19. And the cherry on top will be helping to boot Palin from the Gov. mansion in the next election!!!n/t

[SharonRB]

21. Go, Markos

I'm SharonRB and I approve this message.

[The Great Escape]

23. Remember The "We Are Not Sorry" Website?

Check it out for a reminder about why they must be crushed.




http://www.notsorrynoteverybody.com/

[TornadoTN]

34. I just looked at that filth - I really hope the world didn't pay them any attention

I'm a gun owner and these guys are just pathetic and quite honestly, they should have their guns taken away for being such ignorant morons and violating all of the rules of firearm safety.

[carnie_sf]

25. I'll always remember

the whatever-cons telling us to just get over it after Bush stole Florida in 2000. I will never forgive them for that or for the way they have hijacked my country and it treasury. So screw 'em, I hope it hurts like hell and the GOP bleeds slowly to death on the sidewalk while passersby piss on them.

[FatDave]

27. A crushing defeat will be a good first step.

But we must also leave their whole ideology completely discredited. We do that by fixing this country and never hesitating to point out the many failures of conservative ideology. What caused the Great Depression? Conservative ideology! What's about to cause another one? Conservative ideology!

Fuck these shitheads. Never again.

[bunkerbuster1]

31. I want them to stop calling themselves "Conservatives" out of shame.

Then I'll know we have really won.

[workinclasszero]

32. This thread delivers!

I want to see the Götterdämmerung of the f'in republican party!

After its dead, I want to piss on its grave!:toast:

[AtomTan]

33. I'm gonna stand over their grave

til I'm sure that they're dead.

[workinclasszero]

36. Yup, Bob Dylan had it right..

Masters of War

And I hope that you die
And your death'll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand over your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead.

[budkin]

35. I am SO with you Kos

After the pain of the last 8 years I am going to pour it on these bastards!

[bvar22]

37. Doesn't go far enough.

Drive a Stake Through the Heart, soak the coffin in Holy Water, and drop into the mouth of an active volcano for the Expressway to HELL.

In reality, I would like to see the Democratic Party discredit the ideology of Conservatism:

*De-Regulation,

*Privatization of Government responsibilities (Prisons, Military, Law Enforcement, Health, Communications, International Trade, Transportation, and Energy)

*"Free" Trade

*Consolidation/Conglomeration of Business

Unfortunately, too many Democrats are feeding at that trough.

[maxrandb]

38. I Want

To Stomp a Festering Hole in the Repig Party, and damage it so severely that it's only able to crawl to the margins of power where it belongs.

I want to kick their a$$es so badly, that you won't be able to find two Republicans to rub together in a Public Men's Room.

I want a landslide so deep and so wide, that it rolls over Limbaugh and Hannity and buries them so deep their only chance to have another show will be on "Fat, Drug-Addicted Celebrity Weight Loss Challenge"

I want to kick their a$$es so badly that we will go back and RENAME EVERY GOD-DAMNED THING THEY'VE NAMED "REAGAN" TO CLINTON OR OBAMA.

I want the USS Clinton
I want Clinton International Airport

I want every little pissant post office, or outhouse they've named "Reagan" torn down and turned into kindling for the fire we will use to heat the tar!

I hate these fricking people, but I hate even more that they've made me hate them.

[Danascot]

39. Not One Republican!

I've been talking up the idea to my generally non-political friends and family that if they are unhappy with the last 8 years, the economy, the war, Katrina, environment, torture, the constitution, the courts etc, etc, they should send a message conveying their rejection of the way things have been run by not voting for a single republican on election day: not for president, not for congress, not for state office, not for local dog-catcher. I'm getting support for the idea ranging from thoughtful to "hell yes!". I'd like to crush the republicans out of existence for what they've done to our country.

[BrklynLiberal]

40. Kick..in case anyone missed this.

[TheKentuckian]

43. Agreed! Destroy and burn down their failed philosophies,

salt the earth they stood on, and piss on the ashes.

Republicans, their trickle down economics, and their interventionist foreign policy are the greatest threat in this nation's history. We were in less danger from the Redcoats, Commies, or any terrorists.

[Matariki]

44. And FINALLY challenge the bullshit harmful legacy of Ronald Reagan

[grannylib]

45. I wanna be outside when the teevee talking heads call the

White House for Senator Obama - I fully expect to hear shouts of joy and relief and HOPE from coast to coast, and I bet it will be fully audible!

[eallen]

46. The radical right declared war on America. We must not quit until they lose.

:hippie:

[WinkyDink]

47. Throw in a dash of the Rude Pundit, and this is a real winner!

[stevietheman]

50. Works for me! n/t

n/t

[Arugula Latte]

51. I am furious tonight. I am furious with their race-batiing and Nazi tactics.

I want the Republicans crushed and pulverized and beaten to a bloody pulp at the ballot box.

[cliffordu]

53. I am cliffordu and I approve this message.....

[Lugnut]

54. Hell, yeah! n/t

[Bigleaf]

55. Let's curb stomp the motherfuckers!

[Kaleko]

56. Taking the high road doesn't mean you become a space cadet

who doesn't recognize when it's time to show some spine.

When you're being bullied by a horde of merciless thugs and bigoted swine, you have to be able to mobilize a thundering form of righteous wrath. That is very different from vindictive hate & fear, but destructive all the same. The Republican conceit needs to be wiped off the faces of everyone still spouting the fraudulent ideology.

Wrath is an appropriate response under the circumstances, methinks.

[TheKentuckian]

58. I want to see the day

that Reagan's name is taken off every street, building, and boat down to a Coast Guard dingy.

[dmr]

59. My heart is still hurting from Coup 2000, and I will never, ever

forget or forgive.

Then they robbed me of hope in 2004.

Frankly, my heartache and my anger is so totally meshed it is literally at times, too unbearable.

I don't think those people could even possibly feel anywhere near what I've felt. Those people are made up of different stuff than me. Here are a few consistent differences: I am tolerant and open-minded, I care about my fellow man, I am willing to share, I prefer peace, I am not greedy, I would die for every word in our Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Other differences: I don't throw a rock and hide my hand, I don't lie to make others look bad, I don't take from others who are in more need, I don't blame others for my troubles, I don't stack the deck, I don't cheat,

I also read and believe in critical thinking.

I am also freaking sick and tired of having to endure my government being hijacked by organized crime that was elected by ignorant American voters who believe every fucking lie a politician feeds them.

So yeah, if they can feel some pain and discomfort, I'm all for it. But I doubt they will ever feel anything near what I and the rest of you have felt.

[Frumious B]

60. It calls to mind the following exchange from Conan The Barbarian

Mongol General: Hao! Dai ye! We won again! This is good, but what is best in life?
Mongol: The open steppe, fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and the wind in your hair.
Mongol General: Wrong! Conan! What is best in life?
Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women.
Mongol General: That is good! That is good.

I'm with Kos and Conan on this.

[Norrin Radd]

65. Weird aside, but, in Leiber's Fafhrd and Grey Mouser Books,

"Kos" is the name of the god who the barbarian Fafhrd worships.

[barack the house]

61. It's good to see people ready to keep the momentum going but can keep it positive too.It's a great >

time to be progressive.

[FlaDem83]

63. Agreed!! I don't want a victory

I want a rout, a landslide, a massacre. I won't rub it in, but I want it to be AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE, that Obama won and that this country is not going to peverted and decimated by the Republican brand anymore. I want Obama to have the political capital Bush only dreamed of.

[WillyT]

64. Oh Hell Yes !!! - K & R !!!

:bounce::applause::bounce:

:woohoo:

[Gregorian]

66. No. No. No.

That is not what we want. That is not what Obama wants.

I want them to change. Nobody would like to see them hurting like I would. I would LOVE revenge. I would love to see Rove in solitary confinement. But no!

I want them to change. Would I rather have Bush hung, or would I rather have Bush see the light and become a good human being? Think about it!

We're going to win. Think about winning AND having them come over to our side. The side of light and honesty and goodness.

No, we don't want to crush spirits. We are one. It's not a perfect world, and right now we are far from one. We're killing Iraqis. But even under the very worst of circumstances, we can move in a good direction. And I'm not smoking something- I've just lost the second of my life partners. I'm grieving. And don't wish me well. It's life. We all go through it. I just am very clear about where we go from here. Look at Senator Byrd. Look at what happened when Wallace was shot. Arianna Huffington. John Dean.

Let's win twice. Bring them to our side. There's too much revenge. Be big.