Reply #256: The vast majority.... [View All]

[iconoclastNYC]

First of all how do you even figure that out? Its not really possible....whats the far left position on social security versus the moderate left view of social security? whats the far right view of environmental protection versus the moderate left?

How many people in the party know the issues well enuf, let alone where on the spectrum thier position on the issue falls? I'm far left (who would identify with that, knowing the stigma?) How many decmocrats get all coy when you ask if they are a liberal and want to use the term progressive instead?

The issue here is that sometimes you have to accept a short term loss to realize a long term gain.

A lost Senate seat is acceptable if helps position the party for the future.

A bad democrat is worse then a republican in a seat, because the republicons can claim bi partisanship, and 10 or twenty different reasons.

The cons didn't win by making appeals to the middle, and neither did Bush. This DLC mushy-middle triangulating centrism is killing our party, aided and abetted by people like Joementum.

Its time to stand up for our principals and may DINOS think twice about selling out the party.