Betrayal*

The 2004 presidential campaign, and the resulting election, holds special significance for progressives. For many of us, it was the last intolerable blow against democracy as fascist plutocrats consolidated their power and, riding the crest of their 2% margin of victory, claimed a "mandate" to transform the country into a neocon nightmare.

But many of us remain skeptical of the process that led us here. More people are coming to grips with an idea that was only a sick feeling in the pit of progressive's stomachs following the election. It has developed from a suspicion into a conclusion. One author describes how many of us feel when she writes, "I'm now ready to admit that I strongly suspect that John Kerry threw the election".

One reason I bring this up is because right-wing bloggers still say idiotic things like "those whining liberals can't accept the fact that they lost the election." Actually, progressives won't accept the fact that the election was a soul-crushing neocon dance of madness straight into the firey pits of hell. Nor should we, ever.

More and more people have served notice to the democratic party: Never Again.

*In the words of Johnny Rotten - "did you ever get the feeling you've been cheated?"