1. A lot of people have told me to post this on other sites or send it to other bloggers. Why are you waiting for me to do it for you? You have the power of email (and you obviously know how to comment on a blog!). Do. It. Yourself.

2. Other arguments have been made that "well, if we don't do it, who will?" or "This woman is dangerous! We must expose her!" or "This would have happened to Sebelius" (the implication being that because the other side does it, we should too). You who are making those arguments don't have your eye on the ball. If you think that who gets elected to the most powerful position on earth (newly infused with far-reaching unprecedented executive powers) is important, you MUST ignore all other aspects of the campaign other than those messages that get you to victory. To do anything else is terribly selfish and self-indulgent, and sabotaging of that goal. Something about "that woman" (a phrase that in and of itself, even when said by a woman, carries centuries of misogyny on its shoulders) upsets you? Tough fucking luck. You're being too self-obsessed with what matters to you rather than what matters to winning. I'm not going to tip-toe around that crap any more!

3. Someone named Marc came on here and said basically "I'll do what I want on my blog." Fine. Be stupid over there, then, not here, Marc. Your comment has been deleted.

A couple other comments got through that, getting back from lunch, I found had been approved by the staff here. I deleted them. Yes, Al is on the warpath. The filter is being tightened here.

And to whomever called this post "chicken littling" here's the difference. People play chicken little over the things they cannot change. This is something in our abilities to change, from the bottom up. It is therefore a pragmatic call to arms, not a railing against gravity or natural law!