Reply #9: I never did want to purge the party of anyone...

[TreasonousBastard]

over points of view, and really hate the term DINO. For instance, in a place like Nebraska, we're lucky enough to have any Democrat at all, and since he represents a deep red state, there's no point in complaining about how he represents them.

It might be nice to think about piles of minor parties actually having a voice in government, but we seem to be stuck with a two party system, so both parties have to be mildy off center, with a few radicals on the fringe to keep things stirred up. If we ever did manage to purge and purify our party to the extent the Republicans have, I firmly believe we would end up in much worse shape than they are-- the far left just doesn't have the stones or the appeal the far right has.