KRUGMAN: I’m liking Obama more and more as he slogs through his second term. (Me Too!)

[johnlucas]

40. The Democratic Party is just an organizing body. Principles are separate from Party

Doctor_J, I'm here to tell you now that you're NEVER gonna find the "real Democrats" that you think you're looking for.
What does that even mean anyway?
A Democrat is merely a member of the Democratic Party.
It's not some special designation that tells you where the person stands on an issue.

Political Stance & Political Party are 2 INDEPENDENT THINGS.

These political gangs are just organizing bodies to collect behind for exercising principles.
Don't take 'em too seriously.

The Democratic Party was once the organizing body of the Southern slaveowners, the Confederates.
Now the Republican Party is the organizing body of those Southern Confederate descendants.
Which party is the REAL party of the Confederates?
Which party is the TRUE party?

See? Those labels mean nothing.
It's just a name.
There might be a time in the future where the Democratic Party might be the organizing body for ANOTHER evil cause.

Quit conflating party with principle. You're gonna CONTINUOUSLY find yourself disappointed trying to put that square peg in a round hole.

The Democratic Party is merely a tool to use. Nothing more.
There's nothing special about it.
What IS special are those principles.
Use this organizing body, this political shell to get those principles put into practice.

DINOs ARE Democrats by definition.
All you have to be is in name only to be a Democrat.
There's no central guiding belief behind this political tool.
The people organizing under that banner are what's important.

If one day the coalitions realign & the Democratic Party becomes the organizing body for ANOTHER set of political interests, you won't get confused & you will rightly be allies with the people holding the principles.

You already see the "real Dems". That's the ones with the (D) besides their name at the voting booth.
Instead of wasting time looking for that, look for the people with the principles.

John Lucas