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In reply to the discussion: Why I didn't listen... [View all]DinahMoeHum
(21,788 posts)and read some words from a REAL progressive, Doris "Granny D" Haddock:
http://www.grannyd.com/speeches/sub-speeches/dont-stand-in-the-way-4-30-03.htm
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There are many among us who will not support a candidate unless that candidate is perfect on every issue. Politics is about winning. For us, it is about winning to save lives and raise people up from poverty and illness and loneliness and injustice. Those posturing on the left sometimes forget that. Don't tell me that you can't support a particular candidate because of this or that. This isn't about you and your precious political standards. It is about saving nature and our people. We are coming out to win, so please don't stand in our way. When we have reasonable people in power, let us start our arguments again, for we can not move forward unless we have a decent government underneath us and a Bill of Rights to let us speak freely.
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(bolded emphasis is my doing)