Reply #22: i am not easily disappointed

[whalerider55]

i've been in politics and around it long enough to have very low expectations.

pelosi and reid are the chosen leaders of the leaders we chose. and it is ok if i think SOME of (SOME of) their choices suck. Why do SOME people generalize what I say into something that I haven't said?
Oh, it's a rhetorical device, i forgot.

please respond to my question about Roemer- you didn't. why am i scrorched about it? because it sends a message, that is why. just like saying scalia is ok by me. it sends a message that even though on a national level we've "missed" the fact that three consecutive elections "may" (i'll grant you that the possibility exists that the last three weren't taken by subterfuge... though there is a lot more evidence for that than the Loch Ness monster, which i also believe in), we're ok, hold tight, we'll come out of this... nothing needs to change.

as for every democrat standing up, i suggest that for the simple reason that it makes the emphatic statement, loud, clear with no equivocation, noi possible misinterpretation, that, heck, the dems ARE the party that is willing to stand up for the right to vote, to get back voter confidence.

I hold elective office as a progressive,and was elected as one and will continue to be one. And one thing I have learned is that you always speak truth to power, always always. Power hates what you have to say, but when you speak truth to power, you are speaking to the community, who also may not agree with you, but they will respect you... and often re-elect you, because they know where you stand, they know what your values are, and because of that, they move beyond single issue agendas. Isn't that what we are all trying to do as a poltical force here in the US today.

And i'm glad the Judiciary was on this November 5th, and think that after Janaury 6th, when the same House Judiciary will have to hold bi-partisan hearings to review what COnyers has discovered as they decide on the presidential election becuase all, or maybe one democratic senator (who may not KNOW but has a suspician that there was way bad joo joo happening on election day)stands and supports the house in their petition, maybe then we'll speak truth to power as a party, and as citizens.

And no, the party doesn't have to agree with ME before I give my money and time. Hell, I don't even agree with me a lot of the time. But the party has to offer me more than don't sweat, we're with you, we're working on it back stage, and ignore what we say, just watch what we do... some day.

Talk to me about the message Roemer as DNC chair sends. I'd really be interested in your thoughts on that. As a progressive.

whalerider55