Reply #42: sheesh - that thread brought back some memories [View All]

Personally, I'm a pragmatist when it comes to politics, and a committed liberal Democrat in a conservative western town. But I remember what it was like to be surrounded by "true believers" on the left too. Here's an exchange from that Portland site:

>>if left wing activists spend all their time focusing on Dean, then >>bush will have been succesful at taking a huge blow at the progress >>of the movement.

>what progress is that? look around you.... since bush entered >office, with a republican legislature to boot, there's been no damn >progress. he's already successfully taken a huge blow.

I'm with the second person. The time for ideological purism and party lines is NOT 2004. Maybe we can get our country back from Bush & Co., but it won't be by refusing to compromise, or refusing to vote. It's called coalition-building!

My soapbox aside, I'm glad people are getting their questions about candidates out in the open, and I'm even gladder when people provide sources. May the best Dem win the primaries! :)