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[pop goes the weasel]

In an otherwise good post, you can't resist a gratutitous slap in the face to *everyone* to your personal left: "You know the kind - people who like to write about how terrible Kerry is because he's too right wing." Are you really so embarrassed that the Democratic Party has a left wing that you just plain don't want us to show up and vote for Kerry? Or is it that you just want us to shut up and never ever disagree with what they're told again? Sorry, but if you try to shut us up, we will feel that the Democratic Party can't be changed, and that it is pointless to belong to it. If we walk out, we don't want to hear you whining next yesr about how we cost Kerry the election; we walk because you insisted on showing us the door. You can't have it both ways. You are also making a huge mistake in confusing people who have poor political skills with "extremists." There are plenty of extremists, both left and right, who have superb political skills. The Republicans recognize that, which is why you see so many right-wing extremists in positions of power. But the Democrats? No, you want us to shut up.