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In reply to the discussion: The Rude Pundit: Your Stupid Fight About Who's a Better Democrat Is Stupid [View all]Whiskeytide
(4,463 posts)... scale based upon reason and common sense. At some point, a candidate's actual positions and record becomes unacceptable, regardless of the fact that they might have a "D" beside their name. Staying with the burning apartment theme, if a fireman comes through the door with a can of gasoline, I'm stopping them.
I suppose that "purity line" can fall in different places for different people. But for it to fall at only one or two issues is asinine, short sighted and unfairly prejudicial to fellow Dems. By that latter point, I mean that if there are 12 planks in the platform, and you withhold your vote because a candidate doesn't follow 2 of them, you've just shat upon your fellow Dems who might be directly affected by policy on the other 10. That's pretty simple.
I suggest that if you declare yourself a single issue voter, you are thereafter relegated to complaining ONLY about that issue. It controlled your vote. Thus, it should control you post election quarterbacking.