Reply #40: half a loaf

[Iverson]

"And listen, I didn't start this pissing contest."

By now, it's all mid-swim. It didn't start with this thread either.

"I was attacked and called a bigot for truthfully pointing out ..."

You may have noticed that I affirmed that your comments were not bigotry.

"I don't think attacks like the one above against me are any way to rally MY support, do you?"

No, I do not. Ignore my advice at your peril, though (and by "your" I mean not necessarily you personally, but certainly those who identify with the controlling faction in the Democratic party and who expect mute assent from the others).

"I don't have any reason to believe the far left won't have "some" voice in Party platform if Kerry is the nominee."

This is what you and lefty Dems need to discuss. Clearly, they feel differently, and Kerry's dismissive, wordless glance at Kucinich symbolizes for some the power relationship at hand. Declaring that you're a progressive and everything's fine is the path of wishful thinking.

"I also don't have any reason to believe that "some" on the far left are not going to be happy no matter how much they are given."

Exactly. So the challenge, then, is not to satisfy every individual critic but to respond to the ideas. If the line is drawn at kinder, gentler empire and no further left than that, then forget the claim to progressivism and the claim on those votes.