Left concern about HRC is NOT "hatred"...it's about what we stand for as a party and a country

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

198. I'm not sure why you think policy doesn't matter.

To me, it's the very heart of whether someone really is a Democrat or not.

Do they support policies that improve the lives of everyday human beings? That's what 'Being a Democrat' always boiled down to in my lifetime. Democrats supported the average guy on the street, Republicans supported corporations, religions and the wealthy at the expense of the average guy or gal.

What you want to say is 'Whatever the politicians who call themselves Democrats do, that's what defines the Democratic Party.'

That's a tautology. It's saying 'They're all Democrats, because they say they are, so whatever they do, is what Democrats do.'

And it's that very attitude that caused me to drop off the rolls as a Democrat, and change over to Democratic Socialist.

I don't give a damn about voting blindly for a group simply because of a letter. People are worth voting for in direct correlation to the policies they support that help the poor, the dispossessed, the workers and people who want to work. If the Democratic Party doesn't want to do that any more, then fine, they can continue to drive people away from the party. Fewer and fewer people will vote, and among those that do, more and more will vote for other candidates.