Why anti-DINO people are worse for the party [View All]

[LynneSin]

You're so hell-bent on destroying the democratic party and any chance of stopping the war, impeaching the president and halting this economic disaster because a few democrats out there don't pass your litmus test? Damn, that's really sad.

I label no one a DINO, not even Joe Lieberman, who has suprised me many times with progressive choices that he has made (He helped stop the California Energy Crisis when he allowed his committee to investigate what was going on once he got committee chair after Jeffords defected - yeah, even Joe Lieberman does some good).

How many times must we post about the good that a democratic majority will bring us and that those we label "DINO" will still allow good people to be the chair of important committees including Conyers, Waxman, Murtha, Leahy, Kerry, Kennedy to name a few.

I have a somewhat conservative democrat for my senator. If there is another democrat in the primary I will vote for that person (I don't think there is) and in the fall I will still vote for him. Because my DLC somewhat conservative democrat is still needed to make a majority. I'll deal with having him (btw, it's Tom Carper - no where near as bad as Lieberman) because I know he'll help get good democratics in key committee chair positions and I know he'll support the democratic leadership which means democratic bills NOT republican ones will hit the floor.

If you don't like your "DINO" candidate then don't vote for him/her in the primaries - that's our time to get rid of them. But this fall we need everyone to focus on getting rid of republicans. It's simple math - more "D" than "R" mean we have a chance. Right not, even if every "DINO" gets on board and all democrats want to end the war and impeach the president - the bill will never even get a debate in committee. It's all about numbers - we need more of them if we are to even get a chance to debate these issues. Without it, it will never happen