Reply #18: You don't get it and never will [View All]

[douginmarshall]

That's OK we each have our own vision of America and what we want it to be. This is not meant to be policy. It is the vision that we strive to work toward. This is what guides us in being Democrats. What has been the vision of the Democratic Party. There was a day when the Democratic Party was driven by principle, do we remember RFK, Phil Hart, Patrick Moynahan, Barbra Jordan, Eugene McCarthy, Ed Musky, HHH, MLK, and all the others that I am not remembering.

As a kid and then a young man I always knew that as a Democrat I stood for what was right. That serving your country, not just military, was honorable. We lost that somewhere along the line and I want it back.

You say, "So, obviously, all this leaves me quite cold. What does any of it MEAN? Why do you (or anyone) find it inspiring? It's just political rhetoric"

This tells me that you have not understood Clark and his supporters. You need to understand that this was from the heart and not for political gain.