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In reply to the discussion: Stop with the damn dirty politics against other Democrats [View all]dreamnightwind
(4,775 posts)Maybe you missed that? David Allen is Skinner. I don't know his full involvement with making the DLC site (I would welcome him expanding on that so it is accurately understood, but I don't have any great need for him to do so) , but it is (was) right there in his company's portfolio.
My take on his perspective when choosing the name (Skinner please correct if this is not accurate) is that Democrats at that time, immediately after the G. W. Bush (s)election, and with virtually no voices in the mainstream media to represent their views, felt they had nowhere to turn (I know I felt that way, terrible time that was), and Skinner's intent was to form a site where Democrats could regroup while Bush had the White House. It probably sounded cool to use the "underground" term rather than something like democraticpartysupporters.com or whatever would have more accurately fit their mindset.
Anyway, it is what it is, we can choose to participate here (so long as we are allowed to) or not. Advocating for good policies and candidates who will push for them should aways be acceptable here, that's how I try to approach it.