Hillary Clinton Email About Gay Parents Should Seriously Trouble Her LGBT Supporters...

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64. Fear of "backlash" -- the perennial rationalizaion...

... for refusing to demonstrate the courage of their convictions.

Her objection to a necessary, and right, change in the rules is depressing, but it's par for the course for a candidate who's unofficial slogan is "No We Can't."

The Democratic "strategy" of pre-emptive surrender has done more to damage our party than anything the Republican noise machine could do to us. Their repeated demonstrations of weakness sows hopelessness and cynicism. It's the reason Democrats have been losing ground. The injuries are self-inflicted.

When will they realize that standing up for principle, win or lose, is the only way they can redeem themselves and inspire voters to come out and vote for them?

Even Bill Clinton "got it" once upon a time when he said: "When people feel uncertain, they'd rather have somebody who's strong and wrong than somebody, who's weak and right."

When will they realize that "strong and right" is the only way to win the day over "strong and wrong"?