Reply #49: Purely a protest vote because...

[Javaman]

we have had two elections thrown in a row and both Democratic candidates both bailed and rolled.

I as a democrat truly feel that my vote no longer matters, so the hell with it, I'm not voting for who is on the stupid Democratic ticket any longer, I will vote for who I believe in.

I have been a Democrat since I was able to legally vote, that's 25 years. But when I have a party that I support, roll over and take a dive and not fight for this country and our voting process, it becomes pure and simple bullshit.

Part of what voting is, isn't just casting a vote for a candidate but also knowing full well that you have to defend that right to vote. We have forgotten that, and our candidates, our elected leaders, all now think that if we protest for our votes or we march, etc, that we are left wing radicals. This is what happens when we allow our system to become corrupted by not following through with defending our votes.

John Kerry let me down. Period. He did not fight for me, you and everyone that voted for him. Him not fighting means, the right wing now has a free ticket to vote suppress, like they did in Florida, Ohio and in countless other states.

Honestly, I'm ashamed and afraid of who we put up at candidates now. I am now fully gun shy at the prospect of who the Democratic party is going to march out in 08. Can I honestly believe that this person will have character and balls to follow through and do the hard work? Or are they going to roll over yet again, because "it would hurt the country". That is such a colossal piece of bullshit. We as a nation have survived far worse.

The Democrats are like people running around and bumping into each other in a dark room looking for the light switch. Here, we are 6 month after the last election and what do we have? A big fat zero. We piss and moan when rep or a congressperson does this or that, that we don't like. We clap our hand and stamp our feet when they do something good. All the while the wolf is still watching the hen house and what the democrats say and do is nothing but a dog and pony show to keep us stringing along with false hopes.

A few senators speak out but nothing happens, but hell "it goes on the record". Big deal. So that means some boob several decades from now can research the fact that we were bulldozed.

The answer is plain and simple but requires hard word, but alas, I don't think the Democrats are up for it.

While the repukes continue their rampage, we twiddle our thumbs and continue to say our mia culpas.

We need to plan. The DNC need to plan or have a plan to unify the party, but so far, they have done a fantastic job of splintering it. When you have a has-been candidate stating the obvious, months after he should have taken action, you only continue to piss of the base that supported him.

If they need to do anything at all, try being proactive (I hate that word), unite the party. Look long term. Found various Democratic institutions for political study. Appoint local leaders to continue to campaign in the off season. Get people talking, give the average Joe the real facts.

This, oddly enough is exactly what the repukes did after moron* sr. lost. And here we are.

Plain and simple, repukes organize. Democrats flail about.

This is what I'm pissed about.

And to the person that says, "boy, you are angry", you know what, damn straight I am. And you should be too!! If not every single Democrat out there isn't pissed off, then there is something wrong with you or you just don't give a damn about the American electoral process or your vote mattering.

Hell, I live in a red state and I know right out of the gate my vote ain't gonna mean a whole hill of beans, but you know what? I still voted. And even though my vote didn't amount to much in this red state, I'm pissed and angered over the votes in Ohio not being counted. Those Democrats that voted and/or were suppressed, they are part of the same political party I support. I'm pissed for them.

And to the person that says, "yeah I'm angry, but want can you do, they are all crooked", So then you open the door time and time again for letting votes be suppressed or out right thrown out. And that's okay, right? bullshit, unless we start working now to change things, 06 and 08 will be more of the same, folks. Mark my words. The Democratic party will vanish from this earth.