Do any other folks here get the feeling Obama is TRYING to drive progressives out of the party?

[Savannahmann]

59. Think it through.

Let's say that we are talking about racists who want to cut welfare. Who are they going to vote for? They're going to vote Republican. There is no way that they will vote Democrat, and they're not going to stay home, they want their voices heard, even if the Representative doesn't vote to end welfare.

Now, to the Progressive/Liberal elements that are perpetually being taken for granted. Are we going to stay home next election? No, we're going to march like good little boys and girls down to our polling places, and we're going to cast our ballots for Democratic Party people. Even if they don't stand a chance in hell of winning, we'll march down there and vote Democratic. It could pour rain and animals could be lining up two by two looking around for a big boat, and we'd still march down and vote Democratic.

It isn't the Progressive or Liberal vote that the Democrats are trying to win, it's Republican votes that they're never going to get. The Democratic Party Nominee could be a blithering jackass like Filner, and we'd still vote for him because he's the Democratic Candidate. We are the base, we shout and scream because we are the ones that show up and volunteer and we're the ones that man the phone banks and we're the ones that go door to door passing out information because we want the Democrat to win.

And they repay us by sending us a form letter, sometimes, and buying us some popcorn on election night, sometimes, and then the next day they call up and ask us if we can donate a little more for some runoff elections.

Then they get into office, and they immediately send us calls for help, help in raising money for their re-election campaign. Money for their PAC to fight the RW. But when they vote, they vote however the hell they want, utterly ignoring us. If denouncing us gives them one point of approval, they'll do it without a seconds hesitation. Then they send us more emails and mailers to tell us how we have to donate or we'll lose a Woman's right to choose. Or they highlight some RW asshat to tell us how they're fighting for us. Just ignore the details of that fight.

So as you look with jaded eye at the PTB, and you wonder why those we worked to get elected are denouncing us, remember this. They already have our vote, and if by bad mouthing us and disappointing us they can get one vote from the RW, they'll do it. The same way that the Republicans beat up on the far RW, because they are going to turn out and vote Rethug no matter what.