I know that it's not the thing you're supposed to do on the eve of an election. But I'm genuinely concerned for the post-election health of Obama activists. I don't think they'll be depressed or in a rush to get therapy or anything like last time. But more basically: what are they going to do with themselves? They've spent so much time preening about their vicious browshirt tactics and honing their legal and physical thuggery that I'm very much afraid they'll rebound from flushed victory to listless aporia.

Think about it. No more vandalism crime waves. No more attacking pro-McCain senior citizens. No more publishing literal hit lists. No more hanging or burning Palin in effigy. What will they do with themselves?

I mean, other than getting government salaries for continuing the Obama campaign's signature intimidation tactics, up to and including open legal violations based on the most stunningly stupid pretexts. But only some of them will be able to score those plush jobs. What will the rest do? Because I don't think that "continuing to brainwash kids into literally worshiping Obama" and "continuing to brainwash kids into obeying their Leader" are things people get paid to do outside of public schools.

Eh. They'll probably just live off the New Deal II programs that the impending Democratic supermajority is so eager to create. So I guess no worries.

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