Et Tu, Rendell?

Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell is the latest prominent Democrat to tell progressives to suck it up and vote blue:

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell says discouraged liberals need to "get over it" and support the Democratic Party, before they regret it.

"This isn't about President [Barack] Obama," Rendell said on MSNBC's "Last Word" Monday night. "It's about whether the Democratic Party, not perfect, but certainly bent on trying to preserve theories in government and progressive practices, is going to be in charge of the Congress or the Republican Party. And it's not the Republican Party of old. This is a scary Republican Party."

Of conflicts the left has had with Obama, Rendell said, "We ought to get over it."

"If we've got some issues with President Obama, save them for another day," he said.

1. The Democratic Party ain't exactly the Democratic Party of old, either. In many ways, that's a good thing, because the party has progressed with the country on many social issues, even when it still lags behind public opinion. But in other ways, it's lamentable: The Democratic Party of the New Deal has been replaced by the Democratic Party of the Bipartisan Deal.

2. Saving one's grievances "for another day" in the age of corporate personhood and unlimited political contributions is increasingly futile, as Election Day is the only day that the average person's voice still has even a remote chance of carrying over the din of lobbyists shuttling between elected officials and their corporate masters.

3. It isn't just the president with whose governance many progressives have issues; the Congressional Dems aren't exactly covering themselves in glory lately, either.

4. Hey, Rendell, maybe instead of yelling at us, you should yell at the dipshits in your state who are trying to exploit the abortion exception in the health care bill, which was proposed, championed, and ultimately supported by the Democrats you're admonishing us to vote for, without a trace of irony that THIS IS THE KIND OF SHIT that's alienating progressives from your retrofuck party who's actually moving BACKWARDS on women's autonomy.

Harrumph.