We’d rather just keep losing issue battles and elections over stupid stuff.

Ian Welsh wants to know, “Why Can’t Progressives Lobby Or Fundraise Effectively?”, considering how cheaply our politicians can be bought by the right wing.

My comment:

The so-called left has never been willing to fund any long-term projects other than those that form silos around particular issues and individual races.

The problem is that each issue battle and each individual race has to fight against a more than 40-year, multi-billion dollar campaign to convince Americans that rich people and their corporations are always good and should never have to pay taxes, and gummint is always bad and wasteful and will control your life.

I have been preaching since mid 2001 that a concerted effort to combat the misinformation is the only thing that will change this situation.
http://makethemaccountable.com/index.php/progressive-media-strategy/

Unfortunately, considering the lack of response I’ve gotten, I’m now convinced that even when the Republicans have managed to thoroughly discredit Barack Obama and pin all of Bush’s failures on him, the so-called left will still not see the need for such a concerted effort.