The Rude Pundit: Your Stupid Fight About Who's a Better Democrat Is Stupid

[Pachamama]

51. +1000

I agree with what the Rude Pundit said using the analogy of focusing on putting out the fire right now and worrying later about rebuilding the fire department, inspectors etc.

And I agree with your comment about the focus needs to not be on just having the Oval Office and change coming from the bottom up - although we do need to make sure the leadership from the top reflects the values that we want represented.

I believe that the Jerry Falwell and Christian Coalition etc. understood this well and have been working hard for almost 40 years and look what they have been able to do. Of course, this doesn't take into account gerrymandering etc., but if we don't have people running for office or the realization that in some areas of this country, a more moderate candidate may need to be accepted in order to win the majority (and thus the control of Congress) then I do not believe we have a chance to stop the fire from spreading and put it out.