An Open Letter to Democrats.

Dear members of the Democratic Party, elected officials hailing from said party, and left-leaning political spectators,

Please, please, please, please don’t fuck this up (catch the J. Stewart reference, anyone?). We need this election, and we need ti badly. I think we can safely say we’re within striking distance of a united Congress and President.

Put your minor differences in liberal ideals aside for a moment, and think of the unifying concerns we all face. Health care, gas prices, defense spending, social security, declining housing market, unemployment, global social welfare (like contributing to disaster relief funds), and the list goes on (and was only in a marginally intentional order). While we, as democrats, may have minor differences in opinion about the best outcomes and procedures to procure such outcomes, we all have the same vague ideals in mind. Now, think about what we could get done with either of the two nominees. I won’t name them since that could be read as endorsement. Your favored or your less favored will still accomplish many of the goals of our party when paired up with the democratic Congress.

So is getting YOUR nominee to be the nominee in November worth risking throwing the high office to McCain? Let’s knock off the in-fighting; focus on constructive ways to strengthen your candidate and our party at the same time so that no matter who it is, our candidate doesn’t enter November with a black eye courtesy of the Democratic Party.

Sincerely,

Metadnauseam