Let Me See If I Have This Straight

[ProudLib72]

In the last few days, he messed up healthcare, pissed off our allies at G7, is now meeting with a dangerous dictator, and we are arguing about how it's unfair that the DNC will not let someone run on our ticket if they are not a Democrat?

Where are our priorities? And don't talk to me about walking and chewing gum at the same time. There really is nothing to argue about. Now over at Independent Underground, I hear they are having a very lively debate on this same subject.

[aikoaiko]

1. I think we can handle a couple of threads on the subject. Afteral, the DNC thought it..

...important enough to do now.

[chillfactor]

2. agreed....

you are either a Democrat or you are not. if you run on the Democratic ticket BE a Democrat....not an interloper.

[ProudLib72]

4. Does the backlash seem manufactured?

That is what gets me.

[ecstatic]

5. Backlash by who? If it's by non democrats, then yes, it

is manufactured. Non democrats have no right to "backlash" over something that doesn't concert them.

[ProudLib72]

6. That's the question. The DNC decision is being construed as a divisive issue by some

I see it in other threads. It's only a few posts, but it is there. And now the term "elitist" is popping up again... after about a year of dormancy. Some of these posts are, I believe, made in good faith. I really do not understand how this is an issue.

But haven't you noticed these threads about what Jane Sanders said or about the DNC decision garner the most attention? That is scaring me. Posts about child detention centers and healthcare don't get as much response. I just looked through the threads on the first page. Four are over 100 posts. Two of them are over 200 posts. Those two are about Jane Sanders and the DNC's new rule.

[FirstLight]

3. ...

I get it... there's much to digest every day and it gets worse every day.
And while the election may be our best chance to take back some control, I personally think it's petty to get uppity about Dems or Independents, bla, blah, blah
...WHOEVER gets the job done!!! How about some fucking UNITY on the left, since the right is psycho?

If this is the fucked up reality we are dealing with, it's "All hands on deck"

so the two issues shouldn't be opposed IMO

[Honeycombe8]

7. +1. nt