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In reply to the discussion: Party Loyalty [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)the way Dems do the Left, is because they are no threat to the Corporate State.
The Left otoh, IS a threat to the real goals of those who hold much of the power in this country now.
Iow, we don't just have the 'opposition party' to fight, we have the Corporations, Wall St, the MIC who don't view even wackiest far right morons as any threat to their interests.
But enough of the way Democrats are treated by their own party.
You are right that they do not want the Left having any influence in the party, but right again, that they can't win without them.
So they do what we see here, attempt to marginalize them, emotionally manipulate them, to VOTE and then go away.
I think it's time now for the Left to start organizing and to put an end to these tactics.
Eg, instead of saying things like 'well, I can't stand (fill in the blank) but if s/he is the nominee I will vote for them'. That's ALL they want to hear. They don't CARE if we don't like their candidate, so long as they can bully Dems into voting for them by attacking them etc, you see it here all the time, that's ALL they want.
So, my feeling is we let them know that 'NO, either you find a candidate that the Left can vote FOR, or you DON'T get our votes this time'.
We have bargaining chips as voters, but haven't been using them. It's time to start getting serious about taking OUR PARTY back out of the hands of the Third Way before it's way too late. A change of tactics on the part of the Left is definitely needed at this point.