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In reply to the discussion: Stop with the damn dirty politics against other Democrats [View all]rbnyc
(17,045 posts)Let me qualify that a little bit. Dirty mud-slinging, that sounds bad. It's hard to come out in favor of that. Why would I? And I do support Bernie Sanders who leads by example when it comes to positive campaigning.
I have posted while angry many times, and I have used venomous language in my personal assessments of the HRC candidacy. Mostly, that was while she was alone in the field and I was terrified that she would remain alone in the field.
It is easier to stay positive with an outstanding champion to support.
At the same time, too often when I see folks here raise serious concerns about Hillary, they are reflexively labeled as haters and their concerns are just dismissed. The Democratic Party is having trouble holding onto many liberals and progressives who are deeply concerned about corruption, campaign finance, income disparity, financial regulation, entrenched power, plutocracy, etc., and just calling our concerns baseless and hateful isn't really helping.
I don't trust party leadership, and I resent many of the concessions that have been made in the name of moderation and strategy - or subscription to the third way philosophy of essentially continuing to redistribute wealth from the middle to the top while holding voters in check with somewhat progressive positions on social issues. I think party leadership needs to change. And I think it's important to talk about that.
There is a kind of civil war going on within the Democratic Party. You can try not to take a side, but I don't know if that's the most helpful plan.
I have taken a side and...