Medea Benjamin, March 7: “progressives should Stand with Rand”

[Savannahmann]

32. Again with Party over Principle

We would staunchly oppose any Republican who stood for any issue we notionally care about. It is threads like this that convince me that our Party stands for nothing except opposing Republicans. If a Republican came out on the Talk Shows tomorrow standing up for and suggesting a Federal Law in favor of Gay Marriage, we would oppose it just because we hate the Republicans more than we care about what are supposedly our issues.

It is very distressing. We opposed war, and every day mentioned how many had died the day before, and how many had died total. Then we won the White House. Does anyone know how many are dead in the war on Terror right now? Do we hate the RW so much we would throw away our Principles just to oppose them? Apparent we do.

So go ahead, continue to make our party platform one thing and one thing only. That we hate the Republicans more than we care about any issue. That way, when we continue to lose elections for the House and Senate, we can blame the RW, Rush Limbaugh, Beck, and stupid voters. But from where I sit, the voters aren't the stupid ones.