Wow, the loyalty oaths are starting early this cycle

[MadHound]

I checked in here an hour ago, and lo and behold, two loyalty oath posts are floating around, joining the handful that I've seen floating around the past few weeks.

One has to question why these demands for loyalty are starting so early in this election cycle. Is it because a particular candidate is being pushed on us, one who is unpopular with the left? Is it because the party feels it has to start the bullying early to compensate for the utter lack of action on the part of Congressional Dems? Really now, why is this happening four months out from the start of the primaries and over a year out from the generals.

Personally I think there is a great deal of fear running around the party, specifically the DLC/centerist wing, the ones who are holding the money and the real power. I think they realize that more and more people are waking up to their true intentions, and they feel the need to bully everybody into line. "No, don't vote for the peace candidate, vote for our war monger." "Never mind about those thousands of innocents dying, pay attention to the Supreme Court."

I smell fear in the air from these people, the fear that they are being exposed for the corporate tools that they are.

Good, they need a bit of fear, maybe they'll start listening to the people instead of corporate America.