K&R

PEACE!

democrats has to seize this moment, take total control and not look back.

Ego should be thrown right out the window without touching the ground.

This is the moment DEMOCRATS, grab it with both hands and feet.

One of the best posts I have seen here in a long while.

otherwise, I'm waiting for a progressive party to form when the Republican party fails.

It seems the stakes are higher than ever. The fringe right have essentially taken over the Republican party and they want to drastically change our country for the worse, including the merger of church and state.

From my over 50 years of life has learned that the primary reason women are oppressed is other women. Women have never, and will never, act in unison on any issue. Although currently fool republican men are leading the charge to make women second class citizens, there has always been a good sized minority of women that would rather sabotage the aspirations of other women than realize that as a gender they could have equal rights and power as men in our republic.

With any concept or organization that claims to deserve a pre-agreed commitment without having to verify, prove, and earn it's followers approval each and every renewal.

I believe that the most important aspect of American citizenship, and perhaps the greatest gift we can offer a society attempting to emulate our greatness, is that involvement is required. Education, awareness, sociological benevolence are all requirements of a responsible citizen.

Nobody gets my rubber stamp.

I think women should start preparing to organize general strike days if this keeps up

which is why Dems need to actually be Dems, and represent the little people for real. No more of "we're a little better than the other party".

The way to consolidate public support is to support the public.

As it is, the Democratic Party is so morally bankrupt that it's hard to make a strong case for them to non-Democrats. It really is mostly a matter of "have you seen the other guys"? We give people too little to believe in, playing cynical political games where people's quality of life is triangulated away between the two corporate parties.

That's exactly why I was so incredibly disappointed with the administration Obama put together. It was a truly special moment in time. The people had risen up, to a degree I hadn't seen. That scene at the inaugural with the multitudes of truly good and hopeful people was incredible. Then those hopes were disregarded by the admin of Geithner, Summers, Emmanuel, Gates, Petraeus, HRC, not to mention by the President himself and his obsession with corporate centrism.

Obama isn't evil, and he certainly is a little better than the other guy, but goddamnit, that isn't the metric. We have almost nothing to rally the masses around because our people are owned by the same people their people are owned by.

So, I agree with you that we're at such a point, only I think we're totally blowing it.

yet I still want to see my country return to the days of national pride. Pride that any American can rise to the level of President. Pride that we are all rowing the same boat. Pride that we have defeated our enemies in an honorable manner. Pride that we have progressed in scientific, medical, agricultural, education, and humanitarian fields in each generation.
Putting aside my disappointments, I still feel this pride and it is because some Democrats are standing up for minorities, the underprivileged, children, and the rights of all. My hope is that the party recognizes the opportunity and responds as true civil servants.