Greenwald: Progressives and the Ron Paul fallacies

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105. Yes, he is correct that many progressives, cast aside by their own party, find some of his

views 'compelling and crucial'. Why do you doubt that? Go to any of the Independent boards and you will see many progressives, sick and tired of their party supporting forever war and the Great Wars on Drugs and Terror, and voting every time to support the Patriot Act etc. etc. etc. and you will see that Glenn Greenwald is simply stating a fact, and in a way, issuing a warning the Dem Party. They can ignore it, as you are doing, or risk losing not only Independents which are a huge part of Paul's support, but also many of their own democratic base.

The discourse here lately has been beyond foolish. To ignore a threat like this or to think you can illiminate by trashing the messenger is the same thing the party did in 2010. They did nothing to bring back the Independents and the young voters who had grown so disillusioned with them.

And if we end up with a Republican president and Congress I will blame those who are running around the internet and elsewhere trashing messengers rather than engaging those whose votes they seem to think they are entitled to. Someone in this party needs to reign them in before they drive even more voters away.

They learned nothing from 2010 and it is scary to see how many people are being turned away from this party by the hateful and inaccurate rovian tactics being used against anyone who even dares to point out some facts.

And if Democrats remain blind to what is happening and do not see the threat of someone like Paul at this particular time, they will be wholly responsible for the outcome. NOT the voters, NOT Paul but the Party who have allowed their operatives to make fools of themselves and the party and who are achieving the exact opposite of what is necessary to stop a Republican majority.