Reply #117: Actually, you are the one who is an impediment. [View All]

You want to indulge in a fantasy about the country flying off to the left, in some never-never land where money and politics have nothing to do with each other. Fine. Be irrelevant if you like. But you're doing what you can to take other Democrats and progressives with you, and that's not fine.

Practical politics is the only kind of politics there is. The choices offered by the main parties are the only choices there are. Progressive change takes time. We did well in the sixties and seventies and got a lot done in a short period. Unfortunately, we hit the nation's gag reflex, which is partly why there has been so much regression.

But the other reason there has been so much regression is that the left won't grasp practical politics. Do you think right-wingers loved Bush the elder, or Dole, or even Bush Jr. when he was talking about "compassionate conservatism"? No, but they knew which side of the bread their butter was on and they voted Republican. Now things are moving their way. Notice the order of events. They voted for their side first and then things started to go their way.

Why can't the left be as sensible? Why do you have to be the impediment?