Reply #96: We are not talking about picking out a new pair of shoes, this is about [View All]

[zoeyfong]

choosing the leader of the free world. Are you saying you are proud to support a man who committed america to an unwise, unnecessary, unwinnable war for reasons that could range from stupidity to the height of criminality? I guess i'm just not the Democrat you are, because my loyalty to this party does not go quite far enough to allow me to vote for such a man. You can say he is incrementally better than bush, but if that's all it takes to represent our party who really needs it? You know, the past behavior of a party has a present and future effect on its ability to attract new members and grow. When the democratic party has disgraced itself time and time again, how can we really expect anyone to support us? Frankly, i think the media chants of Dean's (and others') unelectability are so much hot air, but nevertheless, this is about more than just winning in 2004. This is about doing the work necessary to achieve the long term changes i presume most of us here want. Kerry is not going to get us there; he is part of the problem, not part of the solution.