Open Letter To The Pathetic Democratic Party – Part Deux

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Well, the 2014 midterm elections were a disaster.

We all saw it coming. The polls were telling us so. I blogged about it as did others. But you just didn’t seem to care. You stuck with your strategy of sending endless, desperate emails begging us for three dollars – as if that was going to make any difference.

You, as a party, ran away from Obama, refused to mention the benefits of the Affordable Care Act, refused to talk about the drop in unemployment, refused to use what was at your disposal to sell yourselves. You appeared to do nothing (other than beg for money) and hope that everyone would just vote for you because the GOP is bad. That was your big strategy – and look what happened. You got creamed with the lowest voter turnout since WWll.

Yeah, that was a pretty stupid strategy. I could have told you that. I DID tell you that. But you didn’t listen or care.

And NOW, some of you are out there saying you are not going to obstruct the GOP.

WTF?

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) told Politico when discussing the prospect of Democrats blocking the Republican agenda over the next two years “That’s bullshi—…. I’m not going to put up with that.”

Claire McCaskill (D-MO) said, “Our caucus needs to take a hard look at the way we do things and make sure we are putting the policy issues first before politics. The habit we got into in doing nothing, no one was happy with that. I hope that we never go back to that.”

Do you want to lose your jobs? Is that your goal?

Haven’t you noticed that the Republicans want to gerrymander more districts and keep more people from the polls? They will be working their collective hind quarters off to make that happen in 2016. And what? You are not going to try and stop them????

It isn’t rocket science. If you want to get a feel for what Democratic voters want – just look at the comments on liberal Facebook pages. Trust me, you will learn a lot. Ignore the ignorant trolls and focus on what smart individuals are saying. Call Howard Dean. Watch MSNBC.  You will find themes and and even possible solutions. Listen to the people.

You are nothing without us.

As a liberal blogger and activist, I pledge to go after the Democratic officials who are not delivering clear messages about what they will do for the American people. My specific focus is women’s rights. I will not only blog about these folks and expose them to my readers, I will set up action alerts on various Facebook pages and groups, and I will detail how the targeted Democratic elected officials are failing their base. I will provide a phone number and sample text so that voters can call them directly. I hope that other liberal bloggers and activists do the same. Memes are great but they don’t win elections. We need to act.

We are sick and tired of your poor performance. We pay your salaries and YOU WORK FOR US.

It is time for all of you to grow spines and take cues from Elizabeth Warren, Alan Grayson, Al Franken & Bernie Sanders.  They ran on strong messages,. They clearly articulated their progressive agends – and they won. Voters crave and reward this kind of leadership.  Start doing your jobs and find ways to motivate voters.

Hint: Don’t bombard us with emails asking for money.

Sell your strengths. We are hungry for strong leaders.  We don’t want and won’t elect weak politicians who refuse to fight for their constituents.

It’s YOUR job on the line. You’d better get to work if you want to keep it. And that doesn’t mean caving to the lunacy of the right wing that is in control of the Republican party.

Kimberley Johnson
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