Reply #29: Actually, I agree with much of this post

[seaveggie]

There are important points being raised with this post. It's time that progressive-minded folk begin to honestly question how far we can ride the DNC. The democratic party of the 21st century is essentially a slightly-to-the-left movement compared to the republicans. "Slightly" is NOT going to get us anywhere.

How about a single payer healtchare system, like the rest of the democratic capitalist countries have? How about an open assault on the rampant consumerism that's blasted to our children in corporate media gone out of control? Where's the honest, serious criticism of US foreign policy, one that's creating terrorism and hatred for Americans all the way to the "homeland"? I could go on. None of these things were raised by Kerry, at all.

The plain fact (even putting vote fraud aside) is that the exit polls showed a clear preference for Bush's "values". The problem with Kerry - and the rest of the DNC, Dean aside - is while Kerry could critisize well, he didn't really stand for anything. No passion. No values. No win.

Kerry should have won in a landslide. This was the most vulnerable, and failed presidential administration in 100 years. Fraud should not have come close to affecting this one. The fact is that Kerry blew it, the DNC blew it, because as a corporatist party they are not able to advocate real social change, just a slightly different status quo. A lot of people saw that, and were turned off. We should be too.

For me, I'm turning to the Greens, I think. The DNC is dead for progressives.

Just my two cents.