Reply #9: Hey, keph, I haven't talked to you in a long time. [View All]

[revcarol]

Want to thank you for your long and assiduous service to DU. There were times when only DU and your posts kept my sanity!!

I read part-way through the previous thread, and I couldn't believe I was on Democratic Underground. Even though things have been sorta vicious around here the past couple of weeks, that was over the top.

Here in New Mexico I have been working on the Kucinich campaign, and one of the things we have done is get Greens to come back into the Party.And I never felt that once they signed on the dotted line, they were second class citizens. Maybe because I had never felt that Greens were second class citizens before.

We are 12% Green in this state(at least before I re-registered 100). We are so green in my area that the Governor prefaces every speech down here with, "I know a lot of you didn't vote for me, but..."
We had hoped the Party would listen to the Greens and progressives.
But we have been shut down. I am heartbroken because I have been a member of the Democratic Party for 42 years and was on a first name basis with Senator Chavez.

So I understand your frustration. We progressives are always promised, "We'll get around to it, once we're in office." And it never HAPPENS. It's always tomorrow, tomorrow...42 years later.

I won't say "Hang in there," because I would be insulted if someone said that to me, after 42 years. But, I understand your frustration: running to the center the Republicans have set for us is really running to the right. And so we've got two bologna sandwiches from which to "choose" so that we can vote for a spoiled bologna sandwich in Nov.

Just know that I care, and I apologize for the abuse against you. One of these days, these people are going to come to their senses.


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