Reply #75: MessiahRP's objections notwithstanding,

[PurpleChez]

I think that there are some valid points here for Dems in general. I have long felt that a big reason we have had so many dramatic losses to Thugs in the last 20-or-so years has been infighting. Just look...the Thug Faithful STILL talk about * as if he were the greatest leader since Charlemagne, practically infalible, while two thirds of the country and most of the world knows he's a buffoon. The GOP could nominate a Tickle-Me-Elmo doll for president and a good chunk of the Thug base would be yammering on and on about how only Tickle-Me-Elmo can stand up to terrorism. But Dems/liberals/progressives sometimes seem to WANT a reason NOT to support "our" candidates: "sure, he's pro-choice, but he's not pro-choice ENOUGH." "She supports every other cause I stand for...but she doesn't endorse PETA, so...." I'm not saying that pro-choice and PETA are not valid causes, but it seems too often that we demand (ideologically) PERFECT candidates, while the Thugs would vote for ANYONE, so long as he/she pays lip service to "Values".