"We Must Crush Their Spirits"

If you want to know how the wacky left is approaching this election, just look at this screed from the head wacky lefter at DailyKos:

I've been making the case the last couple of weeks that we can't just focus on winning in November, but that we have an imperative to take advantage of a historic opportunity to break the conservative movement's backs and crush their spirits. In the White House, that means getting Obama a broad popular and geographic mandate for change. In the House, that means annihilating the Republican caucus and working toward a 100-seat Democratic majority. In the Senate it means getting to a 60-seat filibuster proof majority.

Republicans will claim that McCain wasn't one of them, hence rationalizing away their loss. But if we decimate their ranks, including their conservative icons, it'll make it harder for them to justify their spin. Remember, we want them broken, their ranks thinned, their treasury in heavy debt, their morale in the gutter, void of any leadership, discredited in the eyes of the public.

Hence our need this year to take advantage of this perfect Democratic storm to not just win, but to utterly wipe the board clear of as many Republicans as we can catch in this wave.

Poor Markos. He thinks Republicans think the same way lefties do, and that's where he's wrong. Republicans don't base their thinking on emotions and feelings the way lefties do. If they lose, they're crushed. They can't understand how fate and karma could let them down. If Republicans lose, we regroup, go on, and win again later. Don't forget, we'll have the most inexperienced president in history in the White House, and given the screw-ups that are sure to follow as he and his arrogant minions stumble through their administration, Republican morale will probably be pretty high. A massive "wave" victory is sure to follow, if not by 2010 by 2012 for sure.

Now, should Obama lose, you will see wailing and gnashing of teeth like nothing seen since the Angel of Death took a walk through ancient Egypt. Talk about your crushed spirits.