We are Them, You are Us
(Repeat of a comment we left over at FDL)
drbonzo puts on quavering old-man voice
I remember my freshman year in college, when I somehow managed to get into the “advanced” physics section that was separate from the “regular” class albeit for just the first semester.
One of our very favoritest classmates was a weasley little man (reminiscent of “Clever” Hans von Spakovsky, come to think of it) who was extra full-of-himself and quite impressed with having been labeled “advanced.”
In the last class of the Fall semester, Andrew (for that was his name) said, in his best, whiniest Clever Hans voice, “Oh, that’s right. Next semester we’ll be in class with them.”
And the professor, bless his heart, looked Andrew in the eye and said, “But Andrew, you are ‘them’.”
All the twittering going on today, here and elsewhere in the ’sphere, reminds me of poor Andrew. Whether you’re an Obama-ite who wishes the Clintonistas would just ‘get over it,’ or an Obamamaniac dreading the likely influx of Clinton staffers into the GE campaign (”Icky! Icky!”), or a disappointed Clinton supporter who knows in your heart that the Wrong Candidate Won, or whatever …
The fact is, we all here are ‘them’ — bright, passionate people who know that any one of the Democrats who started out this primary would be better than McCain’s promise to continue the Bushist train-wreck for another four years. It’s not about you, it’s not about me, it’s not about Barack or Hill or any one person. It’s about taking back our country from the thugs who’ve hijacked it over the past eight years.
So c’mon, folks — let’s get lined up to kick some serious ass in the General. Our country needs us.