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In reply to the discussion: Ralph Nader: 'Cowering' Democrats face defeat [View all]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)They were against us on all the issues that really mattered. The 80% figure you talk about comes from counting meaningless procedural votes, like approving the daily calendar and shit like that. They insisted on diluting the ACA. They were all against "card-check" on union organization. They backed the anti-worker "free trade" deals every time.
We never needed right-wing prima donnas who acted like they were doing the party a favor by associating themselves with it. Progressive ideas simply weren't ever THAT unpopular. Assuming that we're in the ideological minority and that all we can get is tinkering around the edges is the same thing as giving up.
A party that really wants to win has to fight TO win...and that means fighting to win the argument on the issues. We've got to stop campaigning like the GOP did under Everett Dirkson and Gerald Ford in the Sixties. It just doesn't work to try to win by default or by being "safe". Safety is surrender.