The Nation article: we must transform the dem. Party

[eniwetok]

32. I didn't think this was some state secret...

Are you that unaware of Clinton's support for NAFTA and his betrayal of organized labor? Are you unaware of his penchant for corporate deregulation?

Look... politics is a juggling act where parties often steal issues from the other. Bill Clinton stole free trade, welfare reform, and cops on the street from the GOP. We're often blind when Dems betray us because they still support issues that we DO support. Take Schumer... a social liberal yet someone who fought some common sense tax reforms for hedge fund owners. Bill Clinton was for health care reform and even raised the top tax rate... yet he was also a corporate Dem.

We can't let a candidates positions blind us to what true Democratic positions should be. If we do then we're doing 180s and not even realizing it. Dems were against Bush's irresponsible tax cuts in 2001 and wanted debt paydown... then many reversed themselves when Obama said he wanted to preserve most of Bush's irresponsible tax cuts... and debt paydown disappeared as an issue.

Bottom line... we either care about principle... or we blow in the wind with the changing positions of Dem candidates. I'm a principles guy.