Reply #19: a few points in response ... [View All]

[welshTerrier2]

as i said before, i don't really care who started DFA ... what i do care about is what is the primary objective (no pun intended) of DFA ...

what's my criteria? my criteria for joining DFA would be based on the following:

1. what is DFA's main objective?
2. can it be successful?

i never said that Dean is too warlike ... what i did say is that he caved in to the pressure with the "60 day" statement he made about Iraq ... let's save that argument for another thread ... i also did not say that Dean was not honest ... i said i thought he caved in on a critical issue ...

now, on criteria number one, IF DFA is Howard Dean's 2008 campaign organization, i'm not interested in joining at this time ... IF the purpose of DFA is to give disaffected Democrats, Greens, Socialists and others a community to help push out the DLC, regardless of what candidate they supported in the primaries, or the general for that matter, then i like what i'm hearing ... so that's what i'm trying to understand ... frankly, no one here's been particularly helpful in providing an answer ... chastising me for being unclear about the primary purpose of DFA doesn't help the situation ...

and on issue 2, i'm admittedly even less clear ... at some point, i need to decide whether the work i do could be done more effectively from inside or outside the party ... i'm currently affiliated with a local organization of "progressive Democrats" although many members are Greens also ... most of the work i've done this year was for local candidates ... i'm not down to a single issue, but the selection of DNC chair might affect whether I stay or go ... there was actually talk at the recent governor's conference of picking John Breaux ...

if someone wants to provide some meaningful response to the purpose of DFA, i'm listening ... if all you have to offer is criticism for my raising the issue of Dean's dominant role, i'll seek my information elsewhere ...

are you any less confused now ??