Give people a break as they decide 'which' Democratic party to support [View All]

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Everyone knows by now that there is more than one Democratic party.

There's the pro-choice faction and the anti-abortion faction.

The anti-Iraq war faction and the pro-Iraq war, PNAC faction.

The pro-corporation, anti-environmental faction and the corporations should be regulated and held accountable faction.

The public education faction and the voucher faction.

The government of, by and for the people faction versus the corporate welfare, privatization, supply-side economics faction.

The military-industrial faction versus the peace faction.

The Gun faction versus the Gun-Control faction.

The Wall of Separation between Church and State faction and the Faith-based Initiative faction.

The Gay rights faction and the homophobe faction.

The pro-union, worker's right faction and the pro-corporate, anti-worker faction.

The Affirmative Action faction and the 'reverse discrimination' faction.

Well...you get my drift.

There are more factions in the Democratic party than space allows to illustrate. This begs the question: why doesn't the Republican party have similar problems with various factions all looking for a voice? It could be that they don't allow dissent or difference of opinion on any issue.

Another theory is that there are 'infiltrators' in the Dem party using RWing-inspired wedge issues to keep us divided and suspicious of each other's motives. The Republican party doesn't have to deal with divisive groups like the DLC and you won't find anyone in their party calling themselves 'New' Republicans and trying to steer the party to the left.

So then...as the Democratic party suffers from some of its worst defeats and setbacks in our history...don't be surprised if many Democrats dwell in a bit of soul searching and introspection as they decide to WHICH party they want to belong.