I hadn’t written on this, and I didn’t anticipate I was going to, because it seemed like the greater netroots (and some of the gay blogs) had been doing a good job of explaining why, though many of us are demoralized by broken promises from the Obama administration, it’s important that we exercise our franchise in the special election in Massachusetts to fill Ted Kennedy’s seat. But I’ve also noticed a few dissenting voices, and I’m finding their arguments to be short-sighted at best. I’m going to get this out of the way on the front end: Martha Coakley sucks. She just does. There’s no way to get around it. Also? I fervently agree that, as LGBT Americans, the Obama administration has, so far, given us the shaft on a lot of his campaign promises. But, for two major reasons, this is not the time to try to make a political point by staying home on Tuesday:
1. Scott Brown is worse, and
2. The Senate is the most undemocratic legislative body on Planet Earth, and this is simply not a time we can afford to lose that 60th vote.
Let’s break it down:
