Any Bernie Sanders people interested in seeing if we can start a group to

[Flying Squirrel]

56. Skinner is a bit busy right now shilling for Hillary.

Call me cynical, but it's my opinion that he is doing this as a purely political move to balance the scales of the 2007-8 Democratic primaries. Still, it does make one wonder where he really stands with the more liberal members of this website. Are we just a nuisance, are we unimportant? We're already treated this way by establishment Democrats, it kind of stings to be treated the same way on DU - and make no mistake, when the owner of the website stakes out a position so clearly this early in the game, it's a slap in the face to the rest of us. If he's playing politics to try and win back (or win over) the Hillary contingent, it's at the expense of the more liberal contingent. If he's just stating a real, deep conviction, it's still inadvisable given that he is the website administrator coming down squarely against a major segment of the site.

Once again, there's a reason my financial contribution decreased last year and went away altogether this year. I'm sure he'll allow what you are asking for, but it's clear that this permission will be given without any real enthusiasm on his part.