Reply #93: I give up [View All]

When there are fundamental problems with an organization of which you are a member, there are several ways you can react. You can deny there are any problems, like the GOP members who continue to cling to Bush policy that goes against all Republican wisdom. You can cling to the organization and reaffirm your loyalty by attacking those who point out the flaws, reducing the issue to "with us or against us." Or you can work to change those problems.

I view Dean's campaign and his rhetoric as falling firmly in the third category. It seems that you view his comments as attacks not on Democratic strategy or on problems within the party, but on the Democratic party itself. You equate Democratic Senators or Democratic candidates with the Democratic party as a whole and interpret attacks on the actions of individuals as attacks on the whole. You can't imagine that anyone would vote for a man who dares to point these things out, suggesting that those who vote for Dean do so because they secretly despise everything about the Democratic party.

Clearly you've already made up your mind so I'm going to stop trying to convince you. This will be my last post responding to you. Doubtless, you will somehow manage to interpret this as a victory. Fortunately, I won't have to hear your comments, since I am placing you on ignore.