The Democratic Party is a political party - not a cult.

[Aerows]

It isn't a single minded cult. Those that think it should be should form their own party, because the Democratic party isn't a cult, nor to we exist to serve a cult of personality.

[Scootaloo]

1. It's easy to brush off

Just remember that those demanding loyalty, are quite possibly the ones who ditched the democrats in 2008 after the primaries.

Then laugh.

[Aerows]

2. I see this crap

and I wonder who on earth falls for such transparent ploys for loyalty above all else?

When someone tries to shame me, goad me, or push me to accept a candidate or a position that I do not agree with, I go into full-on dubious mode.

[blkmusclmachine]

3. Then you'd better stay out of the Obama picture diaries!!!

[Scootaloo]

4. What? I don't know what you're talking about here

[Aerows]

10. I do.

And the people that are there are exactly who I am not going to listen to when my conscience tells me not to on a policy matter.

[Doctor_J]

13. now that is some culty stuff there

Creepy imo. This party is the country's only hope to keep us from republican rule, and right now it's doing a really lousy job of it. Time to think outside the box.

[daleanime]

17. And you should....

fastest way to make me dislike a candidate is to tell me that I MUST support them.

[840high]

21. ...^ that

[Katashi_itto]

5. I will never vote for a candidate whose supporters push for loyalty oaths.

[TheKentuckian]

7. Anyone can have over the top supporters, in this case it seems like an organized strategy

is the issue.

[Aerows]

11. It really is

and it does more harm than good, but they don't see that.

[Vincardog]

19. Would anyone on your list have an inevitable tone to their message?

[NaturalHigh]

8. You beat me to it.

[Doctor_J]

14. icky. But it doesn't have to continue through 2016

We can break the log jam

[Marr]

23. That forum is so creepy.

Nothing but fawning praise and pledges of personal devotion.

[libdem4life]

9. Who said or inferred it was? There is this fact. At the end of each 4 years there is a thing called

an Electoral College. Not the smartest idea from the past, but law nonetheless. I'll rephrase my decision knowing nothing about anyone demanding or even hinting at some loyalty oath or cult...this isn't the Promise Keepers, FFS.

There are two "groups" counted that actually elect the President. My vote will be in one of those two groups...as a Democrat. My vote will count.

[Bobbie Jo]

12. Oh brother

This is really getting silly.

/hide thread.

[tomsaiditagain]

15. $$$$$

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ is the political mine field. Democrats n Republican's count their cash as the country goes to hell.

Its really sad ya know

[wyldwolf]

16. Explain the latest 'loyalty oath' meme to me

I think I must have missed it.

I know the last one. In 2008, some very misguided souls started PUMA and were roundly and rightly condemned for it. At it's core, though, was a refusal to be loyal to the Democratic party's nominee.

Now people calling FOR party loyalty (or giving the impression of it) are being roundly condemned.

Here's my loyalty oath:

I'll support a yellow dog before any Republican.

[slumcamper]

18. OKAY...so what's your point?

The Democratic Party is a big tent, indeed. Are you implying that the "fifty shades of gray" and multiple cults of personality (Cruz, Perry, Walker, Santorum, Gingrich, Trump, Huckabee, Carson, etc., etc.) that characterizes the fractured and fragmented Republican party is a cult? The absence of an ideological core or prophet-like figure renders it little more than a collective of diffuse viewpoints loosely girded as the "political right."

[Chimeradog]

20. ....

No one should tell anyone who to vote for. I'm just sick of the 1% being all that matters in the "good ole USA" these days.

That said I also cant go to my grave with a clear conscience if I ever voted for a repub. They represent everything that is wrong with the nation today.

[AZ Progressive]

22. The only standards should be the following:

- The Democratic Party believes that Democracy / a Democratic Republic is the best form of government.
- The Democratic Party believes that power should rest in the hands of the people rather than an elite minority.
- The Democratic Party believes that prosperity in America comes when the American people are prosperous as a whole.
- The Democratic Party believes that being rich is a privilege, not a right
- The Democratic Party believes that having the means to support oneself is a right, not a privilege.

[applegrove]

24. Democrats want Americans to succeed no matter who

they are. A variety of lives and goals are okay with them. The GOP only wants the rich or the rare extremely lucky to succeed. They want everyone else to live quiet as mice in constant desperation all the while admiring their bosses who pay them as little as is possible. Yup. The GOP want Americans to be of one mind.