And those people who you purport to care for apparently you really despise. It's all about you and your self righteous  sanctimony and women losing their rights and Medicare being eliminated well, hey, that's all just a game to you but real people get hurt.

 As you know, I was (am) a Hillary supporter and took some umbrage from the media and others who equated Trump and Clinton--just Coca Cola or Pepsi when it was, in fact, Coca Cola v. Sewer Water.  But, that was then, this is now. We will never get that perfect candidate so we need to get the one who offers progressive views and programs and is electable in whatever environment four years from now brings.  Democrats, of course, can't just re-fight the last war.  

However, to complete our analysis of what went so wrong, we should not gloss over what Admiral Michael Rogers, head of NSA and US CyberCommand, said, just today, that a "nation state" interfered in the election, benefiting one campaign as its goal.

  And, of course, the role of Comey and the FBI,needs to be assessed from the gratuitous editorializing last July, the "new" emails found 10 days before the election, and the "nevermind" two days before the election.  All outside of DOJ guidelines and advice.  Maybe it had no bearing on the results, but that seems entirely unlikely.

The Donald is planning the mother of all infrastructure bills,

Fiscal conservatism is out the window with the President Elect,

This is an example of the purity folks are talking about: "fellate Wall St" and no, Welfare programs weren't sacrificed.  Changed, yes, some hurt, sure, but many poor people still got services.  Was it perfect, no.  Things got demonstrably worse when again, purity allowed the GOP to win the presidency.

A NY Senator has to work with Wall St?  C'mon man.  That's NOT shady.  You know what Wall St. also provides?  Jobs to NY'ers and plumbers and electricians and cleaning staff and all kinds of other people who live in Westchester, Putnam, Nassau, Jersey......you ever been to Wall St during rush hour?  You know what you see on the subway, working class people of ALL shades bro.

You folks need to work with the allies you have not the ones you want.  I promise, you're not going to die, no one will know what you do in the voting booth.  I hope you all will remember this in 2018.  I'm not hopeful.

So no, it's not OK.  You want people to worry about people who might face some hard times, meanwhile those of us that face an actual threat now are supposed to say, nah, let's let your stuff take priority. Do you hear yourself?

You and too many other Americans continue to be under the delusion that both sides are the same. One more time with feeling, they are not.  

It really east to talk in clichés as you do and assume the role of moral poseur. But you're really in no position to issue demands of anyone, because you have no skin in the game. Adults realize the value of compromise and playing the long game politically, and that sometimes you have to bite the bullet, make tough decisions and sacrifices and endure the unbearable -- at least temporarily -- for the greater long-term good.

Do you think Marshal Kutuzov and the Russian army wanted to surrender Moscow to Napoleon and the French in September 1812? Of course not, it ran against every fiber of their being to give up such ground to an invader. But they did so after the Battle of Borodino because they realized that if they stood their ground any further, the alternative outcome would have been far worse. Through tactical withdrawal and strategic redeployment, they lived to fight another day -- and they ultimately won the war.

Any fool can draw a line in the sand, kdog. When you do that, you effectively reduce the question to whether or not you can back up what you say. In politics, that means do you have the votes.

And if you don't have those votes, then you're really talking out of your a$$ and will likely be exposed as such in short order, unless you're a really good bullschitt artist. And if I'm on the other side and I DO have those votes, and you're in my way, then I'll simply throw a sharp elbow and knock you aside without so much as a second thought or glance.

At its heart, politics is the art of the possible, which is a concept you refuse to even acknowledge, never mind bother to understand. Occasionally, guys like you will somehow get themselves elected to public office, but nine of ten will be one-term wonders because they mistake bluster for accomplishment.

If you want to be taken seriously in political discussions, kdog, then you need to be a serious person, and right now you're not even close. You want to know how I know that? You gave yourself away last spring before the New York primary, when you complained about how difficult and onerous it was to change your party affiliation on your voter registration and that's why you couldn't vote for Bernie Sanders -- even though the State of New York merely requires you to complete and sign this one-page form and submit / mail it to your local county Board of Elections.

Without even realizing it, you had effectively told me that you didn't even bother to try. Dude, I've been involved in Democratic Party / grassroots political organizing for 30 years, and you might have considered that perhaps I know a little something about registering people to vote and amending their party affiliations. When you tried to bluff our way through, you insulted my intelligence and frankly, that surprised me.

Look, I'm sorry that I've been really busting your chops here, but dammit, you're better than this. I know you are. if you want to grow as a person and truly actualize your potential, then you need to break out of your immediate comfort zone, toss aside the cynical shell you present here, and start endeavoring to truly understand where others are coming from, rather than merely assuming that you already do.

If you ever change your mind and want to actually learn about how to be effective politically in your community and become involved, I'm more than happy to help you get started. Just get in touch with me through the email address I've provided to TL, and I'll connect you in person to a local Democratic Party official in your community. who'll get you going. From there, you'll no doubt meet a lot of like-minded local residents who share your interests and concerns.

The door is open. Whether or not you choose to avail yourself of the opportunity is entirely up to you.