Stop calling my party WEAK..go somewhere ELSE and do that!

[Tom Rinaldo]

83. "My Party, far more often right than wrong"

From my post above.

For all practical purposes there are only two consistently viable choices for voters; the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. In order for our democracy to function as it should it must be a participatory democracy. I chose to participate, and once I made that choice I understood that it takes work to keep any political party functioning. So I do grunt work for the Democratic Party. I choose to do at least my share, to help the party I affiliate with remain viable. Believe me, there is no glamor in being a committee member at a local level, just responsibilities and a lot of usually tedious tasks. Our committee organizes the local caucus where candidates for local offices are selected. I have run those caucuses in a fair and neutral manner, and honor the decisions made by the Democrats who attend.

Sometimes that means working on behalf of some local elected or nominated politicians that I am less than enthusiastic about. So be it, that's not unusual. But I of course reserve the right to withhold my personal efforts on behalf of anyone who I have extreme reservations about. In practice that has never happened. It was a no brainer for me to support Hillary for example once she had the nomination. The same is true on a local level. But I won't check my opinions at the door when I go to a Democratic meeting.