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In reply to the discussion: The Democratic Party is a Big Tent [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)may have especially if I, as a Democrat, agree with them. That is not the same thing as taking them into our party because their own party has gone so utterly crazy. We have done that, and rather than learn from US, they have pulled OUR party to the Right. They need to stay in their own party and try pulling it back from the edge so that we can have more than one party and yes, work with them on issues where we find common ground.
But reading DU lately, there appears to be an objection to working with other parties on issue we need to get their support for. Eg, Grayson and other Democrats have worked with Repulicans like Ron Paul on issues where they have common ground. I agree with Paul on several issues regarding Foreign policy and commend those Democrats who have worked him on Wall St issues, issues.
But I don't want him in our party.
The 'Big Tent' means to include those who had traditionally been excluded, Women and Minorities eg.
Somewhere along the line there are those who seem to think it means rightwingers, like the Third Way who support Republican policies. And that is why our Party doesn't get the things done that need to be done. We have allowed Right Wing policy supporters into our tent when we should have kept them out.