Thread to mourn the passing of the soul of John Kerry

[longship]

141. I agree with you wholeheartedly.

But that's not what's happening here. And you probably know it.

My question. How many of the Democratic Party leadership does one have to throw under that bus before there is a new more agreeable leadership waiting in the wings?

If we throw out what we have without having people to move in with our values, the only thing we accomplish is to give the next election cycle to the opponents, who definitely do not have our values.

It took the Christian Coalition and the Religious Right a couple of decades to take over the GOP. I was very active throughout that period, from the late 70's on and watched it happen before my very eyes.

Carping about the national party doesn't do much good when one hasn't done anything to change it. And that change will take a very organized effort that starts at the precinct level. We are in this pickle now because we've missed the boat. It sailed long ago. We'll not catch it until we learn to do what the CC and RR did.

I don't mind the carping. I do mind the willingness to demonize everybody in the party who doesn't agree on a particular issue.

The first step is to stop throwing the party leadership under the bus. The second step is to work within the party structure to change what you do not like.

That's how the fucking system works. Wishing and hoping, or posting nasty flames on DU, doesn't do the trick.