Reply #30: Thanks...I admit all of this is from my perspective [View All]

I try my best to remind people that Kerry's membership to the DLC is in name only. As far as bugaboo thrown at him from the netroots, I admit that many do not actually look at the issues themselves and only parrot what they hear from members that they respect.

Don't get too mad at them. They just don't have the time to do the homework themselves and are fighting for what they think is right. It sure does put a lot of pressure on prominent members, who in the heat of an argument, may not realize how many others will repeat a lazy assessment on another thread because they heard it from someone they respect.

In the end, argumnts on DU are usually between 3-4 people who know what they are talking about and 10-20 others who do not, but want to weigh in and get a few jabs.

That "Leiberman votes with the Democrats 90% of the time" meme was a recent example. Another is the idea that Hillary is a consistent corporate whore. Neither is true, but the memes spread nonetheless, and I saw them both first presented here by prominent members in the heat of battle.

Something for the Will Pitt types to think about (and no, Will, this is only a comment on your stature, not your homework...you do good work).