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Edited on Tue Feb-14-06 01:11 PM by slor
Some of us here have a deep distrust of members of the Democratic Party that have been too cowardly to take on the chimp regime, and have even appeared to be outwardly supportive of him and his policies. We saw in Paul Hackett, a man that was willing to stand up to the lies of this administration, and did not mince his words about it. We saw him come within a couple of points of winning in a area of Ohio that is as red as it gets. To hear that this man was pushed out of politics, and to hear, at least initially, the methods used to reach that goal, were troubling to say the least. At first glance, for some that may not know all of the facts, it was another potential example of Dems snatching victory from the jaws of success. That may or may not have been the case, we will never know. But what saddens me more is the anger I have seen directed at those that were troubled by what happened to Hackett.
We all want the bush regime out of office, and short of stealing an election, which we have seen rethugs do twice, I will do whatever it takes. But, I also want the best candidate sent up for the job, and this seemed like we were not getting all of our options. When I enter the voting booth on the next election day, I will support whomever my party sends up. But I will not forget the reasons why we are where we are. I will not forget that Gore wanted a statewide recount of Florida, but was advised against this by his lawyers, which played right into the hands of rove and the right-wing media. I will not forget how Howard Dean was marginalized by people in his own party, even while he was saying the things I wanted a politician to say most. And I have no doubt, this decision regarding Hackett, will play right into the hands of rove. As such, I will retain the right to question those in charge of our party that allowed these, and many other poor judgments, to occur.
The fact is, that we do have "bad apples" in our party, and some want us to vote for them just because they have a D next to their name on the TV screen. Well, I will not do that during the Primaries. We need true progressives to fix our country, not DLC types, and those are the candidates I will support. In this instance, Brown is certainly an excellent choice. But when I hear Schumer is behind the scenes, I certainly have good reason to ask about it, without being called a member of a circular firing squad. There were some that explained the situation to me in a calm and non-hostile manner and I appreciate that. We are all a little tense, and even frightened by what has happened these past 5 years under this administration. The upcoming mid-terms elections are the most important I have seen in my lifetime, and have a strategic significance much greater than many of our fellow Americans may realize. I can disagree about the candidates and the strategy, but come November, I will be a pragmatist, and support any and all of our Democratic candidates. But when they win, we here at DU also need to stand together and hold their feet to the fire to push a true Progressive agenda to rebuild America.
Thanks for reading my post, and I apologize for the lack of eloquence, I just felt the need to say it to my DU family.
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