Reply #64: My skin is thick enough [View All]

[Zodiak]

but I have enough self-respect to not accept abuse; you would do well to heed my request if you ever wish to engage me again. You can try to bully another with curses, caps, ridicule, etc., but you will not do it to me without being called on it and subsequently ignored. It is a simple request that I am aware isn't part of the official "rules" of the internet or DU. Honor it or not, your choice.

You and I will never agree on this. You are top-down, and I am a populist. You can trust the reps to do what is right, but I and many like me will get our say regardless of whether you think we should or not. This is how it works, now. Grassroots energized this party and fought in the trenches when establishment Dems snoozed, and we are not going away to let business as usual occur just because we have the power.

You have left out that the leadership has another role, and that is to speak for the party before the media. Do we really want to trust that role to a back-room decision without ANY input? Has that worked out well for us in the past? If not, why would taking the same route work now? I want someone who believes in transparency in government, which disqualifies all DLCers (who won't even reveal their donors). I also do not think that a conservative Democrat would be well-qualified to do the job, either, because of their history at jumping party lines. I do not believe I ever said anything about popularity...that was your inference. I just want a true blue Democrat....not even a liberal.

I will never accept that it is right or necessary to run things exclusively on money and back-room decisions. Nor am I ignorant to not accept it, as you imply. I just believe that the People's party belongs to the people, and the elected Dems who are not on-board with that idea had better atone with the people or become irrelevent over time.