Reply #75: What does it "take to be represented?"

[JAbuchan08]

voting for some "middle-way" path that doesn't represent me? I may be abrasive, but I'm trying to change minds here. There may be some room in the Democratic party for so-called pragmatism, I even agree that change must be incremental in many cases, but the Dems have got to actually work for change. They can't just decry George Bush say ", but there's nothing we can really do" and call it a day.

To be perfectly honest I don't understand the point of your post.

The problem is that the "center" has bought into the same smear campaign of the left that the right has been pushing for the last 30 years (at least). They've internalized the idea that the left isn't good enough, smart enough or well liked enough to win, and that is a self-defeating idea.

So I repeat, what has "pragmatism" and "centris" achieved? and I'd also like to ask, why should I care for the "center" when the "center" granted George W. legitimacy, went along with Iraq, voted for the patriot act and has generally treated it's own voters with contempt for 8 years?