Reply #5: I believe you are referring to my post ...

[NanceGreggs]

... on last night's thread.

What I said was: "(I) know that I am not privy to the behind-the-scenes machinations of government, nor the strategies that may or may not be set in place, nor the successful or non-successful result of the many wheels that are currently being set in motion."

That's a far cry, IMHO, from "... that behind the scenes, the Democratic Party leaders are actually conspirering to do what their base wants them to, and if we just have faith, that they will deliver. The light is at the end of the tunnel, the check, though still a secret, is in the mail so to speak."

I never advocated -- nor, do I believe, would anyone on this site -- just sitting back and having faith, confident that the Democrats will "deliver" or send the "check in the mail".

I was merely suggesting that no one, unless they are privy to every conversation among elected Dems, or between Dems and their elected GOP counterparts, can possibly KNOW with certainty what is going on "behind the scenes", and what may or may not result therefrom.

And that is NOT a suggestion of "back room deals" or a "conspiracy theory"; it is simply a fact that we DON'T KNOW what gets said, what gets done, nor do we sometimes see the political strategy behind certain actions that may later become clear as day as events unfold.

I get just as frustrated as everyone else because things don't move along as quickly as I want them to. But it took six years of BushCo to fuck up the country as much as they have, and it's not going to be un-done in six months.

And if I didn't believe that the Democrats have the desire and the ability to undo at least some of the damage that's been done, I wouldn't be here.