Reply #175: Without yet reading the thread, let me say bullshit [View All]

I've not only voted for Democrats my entire life, but my family has as well. I have worked on political campaigns since the age of 8, all for Democrats. Some of whom were even family members running for office/re-election. I have donated time and money to several county Democratic party organizations as well as the state and local party. I have worked in SE Texas, East Texas and DC, all for Democrats. I have never voted for a republican, ever. I vote 3rd party here in Texas at times just because we don't always have a Dem challenger, so I vote for the token Libertarian or Socialist candidate if there is one. Otherwise, I have been a loyal Dem voter and worker.

Don't you dare fucking tell me that I am not the party's base just because I won't vote for a corporate shill who so happens to have a D behind her name. As a liberal, as a compassionate human being, I am supposed to support someone who still supports the Iraq War, who has made threatening remarks about Iran, who thinks that the "answer" to the US healthcare crisis is funneling more money into the coffers of the insurance industry? No thank you.


And if that IS what the Democratic party is now all about, then maybe you are correct, maybe I no longer belong to this party that I haven't recognized for many years. When the party structure again starts to support workers and unions, our students and soldiers, human rights and the least among us, then we just might have a party of the people again. Until then, I guess the corporatists really have taken over both parties.