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In reply to the discussion: The Dems have only themselves to blame for the proliferation of Republicanoid zombies [View all]Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)Ask dflprincess about "showing up at meetings" and finding the party establishment disregard the wishes of the majority of the attendees. Hell, you could ask me what happened in Oregon when I proposed a resolution condemning Reagan's wars in Central America. The Scoop Jackson fans who ran the county party suddenly "forgot" to tell me about meetings and events, and when I pressed them on it they said they had suspended activities because it was an off-year, which was a lie. I didn't get actively involved again till 2000. Even in my neighborhood caucus in Minneapolis, the insiders ran the show and seemed peeved at all the people who showed up in 2004. That was the year I volunteered for the Kucinich campaign, was a good sport and canvassed neighborhoods for Kerry and spent all of a cold Election Day door knocking, only to have Kerry concede before the polls had closed in Ohio and not fight the obvious irregularities. Then in 2007, the nomination was somehow a two-person race before a single caucus vote had been cast. So yeah, I'm cynical.