Who the hell are these people attacking solid progressives (like DK) on this site?????

[Go2Peace]

Geez, multiple posts (rightly) hailing Alan Grayson and then in another post folks call out Dennis like he is an "enemy of progress" because he is doing almost the exact same thing? What the heck is going on here?

You can disagree with Dennis' approaches to various issues (I sometimes do), but what he has done, even as a losing candidate, has been incredibly helpful and necessary. So he sounds like a bit of an idealist? Well, imagine if all the "idealists" shut their mouths and became pragmatists... Nothing would ever change, period. You always need guys like DK, like Michael Moore, yes even like Ralph Nader. They serve a purpose and bring things into the discussion and bring interest that would not otherwise be there.

I wish folks would realize how much these "idealists" have effected even what we have in the presidency. I am not sure we understand how much the rallying from people like these effected the last election. Someone needs to clearly communicate the "best possible" alternative just as much as others need to communicate the ways we may have to compromise. There is a place and need for both.

To criticize people like Dennis Kucinich because he is not as "powerful" or as "effective" as others is to almost entirely miss the very valuable service that he provides. Sure he could be more powerful if he were willing to take a more "pragmatic" approach. But I think that his approach is fits him fine, and provides a far more valuable service to the American people.