Sitting Out the Vote in 2012

A commenter on Cesca’s site, emphasis mine:

“I'm really frustrated (already!) at some progressives' suggestions that, since Obama hasn't passed their "liberal" test, they'll stay home again. As if what's been happening since the current Congress and state legislatures were seated isn't instructive enough.

If progressives stay home this time around, we ain't seen nothin' yet. Based on the most current poll numbers, the GOP has an empty suit (Romney) and an empty head (Palin) in the top two. The media is currently fawning all over Bachmann, a certifiable lunatic if I've ever seen one, imho. Just let one of these bozos get elected, especially with a GOP Congress, and they'll make the Bush years something to be nostalgic about.

Jesus Christ, people, GET OUT AND WORK FOR THE ELECTION OF PROGRESSIVES AND PRESIDENT OBAMA, however imperfect he may seem. Damn sure the GOP and the Tea Party will have their minions out beating on people's doors...”

If you have even the slightest inclination to sit out the vote in 2012, or to vote for a third party, first of all, you are a buffoon. Second of all, you must refuse to allow yourself to sabotage Democrats because you have no idea what’s actually happening in this country, i.e., you think it’s just “politics as usual” (like my 84-year-old Dad). It is emphatically not “politics as usual”, We are literally fighting a war between Democracy and fascism. And we aren’t even close to winning. So swallow your immature compunction to say “I told you so”, which is what causes people to sit out a vote, and just do it. VOTE, damn it!