Biting our tongues and holding our tempers [View All]

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There are quite a few people here who hate the DLC. There are just as many people here who are very radically to the left of almost everyone else. We are all on a scale somewhere, and except for the trolls and freepers, everyone is likely a few degrees (at the very least) to the left of the center mark.

However, and note this is a bone of contention with many, many people won't accept any candidate unless he is quite a distance from the center mark.

To me, there are two choices we have for the election in 2008 for president. We can either all agree to disagree and get at least SOMEONE in the white house, or we can keep moaning and groaning about the DLC and end up with NO DEMOCRAT in the white house at all.

The GOP is right about one thing, regardless of how much we want to deny it: the left is made up of a lot of smaller groups, each with its own agenda, and quite often these smaller groups clash on issues, making us more fractious than ever. The GOP doesn't have that kind of diversity, and, unfortunately, it shows. Their philosophies are pretty much the same, differing only ever so slightly on some issues. But because they are a "united" party, they are able to get vote committments.

It is December, 2005. The closest major election is now 11 months away, and could determine the course of American history--literally. There are opportunities for us here, and we should try to make the best of them regardless of who the candidates are. 2008 is still a long way off in comparison, and we need to concentrate on who is electable NOW.

Perhaps I am "preaching to the choir" but we need to show a united front. If, in your heart, you are a true Democrat, you will agree it is better to fill the seats immediately and then figure out who had tickets to begin with.

So this poll is about you--the Democrat, the voter, and the frustrated American. Are YOU willing to put your own desires aside temporarily and help elect Democrats, DLC or otherwise, to those seats we can grab for the 2006 election? Are you willing to compromise some of your own issues in order to fill chairs?

If we can't get exactly what we want, it's still better than having THEM in Congress, isn't it?