Remember…

the first couple Democratic debates? Remember when it was Hilary’s race to lose and there was no way that the same country that put W in office twice* would elect a Muslim named Hussein? Remember how he came off as aloof or as an elitist or inexperienced? Yeah, then he’d come out for the next debate, sharper, clearer and harder than before.

And the speeches. The one on race? Fucking-A incredible. I still look at that and think “Yes. This.” as shorthand for so much confusion and rage and awkwardness in my life explained evenly and intelligently without the negro spiritual music rising in the background. And when he took the stage in Denver to accept the nomination for the Blue? And stormed through the manufactured drama, and then Rocky’d past the Alaskan Ivan Drago and blew by the once venerable senator from Arizona until it was 1080p clear that a majority of us Americans wanted That One in office?

Yeah… that was great.

What we’re forgetting is that during that amazing run-up to the election, we held him to his word, we asked hard questions, we made the man work and he turned around each and every time and showed you his math.

What we’re forgetting is that now that he’s in office he needs to work as hard—harder— because we demanded it back then and now— let’s be honest—now, we’re kinda making little jabs and calling bullshit and dismissing politics at a time when it is lame, scary and disappointing instead of the high-drama of a live-tweet debate.

What we’re forgetting is that it was never really about him. We weren’t kindly asking for change or demanding change; We are the change.

Take five minutes and bang out a quick message to your rep (http://whoismyrepresentative.com/) explaining why the lack of the public option for health care is not an option.

Quit your bitching, get focused and get loud, the same way we did in November.

S’up playa? http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

Hat tip to @fedge, @Moltz, Alina Smith, day of dreamweavers and all the other pipe-hitters for keeping the public option.

* Possible steroid use