Reply #19: No. I'm a Democrat. [View All]

[Ken Burch]

I had a Green period, and I am back now. Dennis Kucinich made a place in the party for progressives and activists.

From 1992 to 2004, people who believed in peace, human rights, workers' rights and social justice weren't welcome to have a real say in the party(while CEO's, defense contractors and Scoop Jackson groupies called the tune. The party's new conservatism cost it Congress in 1994 by alienating the base, and cost it the White House in 2000 by sticking with the same strategy that had failed for six years in a row.

I want to get those people currently in the Green Party, and the millions of others who want a progressive alternative to the status quo, in the Democratic tent. Driving them out led to defeat. It's time to bring them back.

At the same time, I can see that some DU posters need to find a new rhetorical style to fight for their issues. The anger is justified, but there needs to be another way to express it.

And the Benchleys of the party really need to go away or at least be quiet. They have nothing to offer and their rhetoric doesn't help things either.