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In reply to the discussion: I've, and most of us who have been here for quite sometime realize one thing........ [View all]KPN
(15,699 posts)and is happening. We can either try to tap into those who want to see a different result or not. Many of those people don't vote for a candidate because of the D, and many of them don't vote because of the R or the G. ... But all of this is really beside the point. The real issue is how have we directly affected the lives of poor and working class people in a positive way? Slowing their slide down the socio-economic ladder may be but doesn't feel like a positive to them. Understandably. And maybe patience doesn't seem like a virtue when one is on that slide. That's the issue that underlies this rift in a nutshell. Calling "dissenters" attackers doesn't strike me as helpful. It certainly doesn't win them over. Instead why don't we focus on how best to capture their energy and votes?