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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 05:11 PM
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43. Yes as beginnings of self interrogation about their appeal they are fine
They are great issues and Democrats can ask themselves why they have appeal. The answers to why these issues are appealing will take the intellectual side of the party into domains whose exploration will expose fundamental things about Democrats.

DU'ers, being a bit more intellectual than the general population, can probably do that in a more or less successful way. But there are large numbers of people whom we think should support the same ideas that aren't as capable.

I don't want to impose my own values as principles, but I do believe that Democrats need to simplify the definition of Democratic principles and simultaneously broaden the exposure of the appeal of those values.

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