Reply #1095: just donated, wasn't going to but your post impressed me

[loveandlight]

I have been here at DU for a very long time. I mostly lurk, find the news and comments here valuable. More so in the past than recently, it is true. I consider myself a progressive or even more left than that, whatever that might be called. I am very discouraged about the debate that I find going on here all the time. More and more lately I find what I think is going to be an interesting thread and then it just disintegrates into name calling and uninteresting comments.

I would prefer an area that was more about policy discussions. I disagree with a lot that Obama is doing, but understand the practical side that he has limited potential and a huge right-wing that is making life for his administration miserable. I don't think he is using his potential very well, unfortunately, and is listening to the right side of the party more than the left, but that is another discussion.

I feel as some others have said in this long long discussion here that originally I came to this site because it was progressive. Now it is more just Democratic party, with a lot more folks on the right-side of things posting and getting into debate here. I find that disheartening. I want a site that discusses what we as progressives can do to move the party back to the left. I don't find that here very much any more.

I donated just now because I found your post from the admins to be heart-felt and understand the struggle you are going through trying to manage this site. I used to be a monthly donor. I stopped that a while ago because of two reasons - I have limited money and so because of that have to choose more carefully where I will spend it. I wasn't feeling the love here like I used to so I stopped my monthly donations. I gave a small amount now because I respect what you are trying to do here and do come here and read all the time, every day, so I still have hope that progressive will win out somehow.

Mostly I appreciate the hard hard work that the admins put in to try to keep this site going.

Thank you.