I'll repeat: If not John Kerry, HOW?

[blondeatlast]

:evilgrin:

Edit: original SL: If not Kerry, who? and how?

[Nlighten1]

1. You...that is who.

How...well...we need to start taking to the streets. Open rebellion of the people is the only thing that will begin the changes.

[trumad]

2. /

:boring:

[Nlighten1]

3. Excuse me?

You have a better idea?

[ACK]

6. Sure, concentrate on taking back the party and

Getting populist progressive candidates into office. Think about supporting Wellstone organizations and begin learning and planning to take back the country on the local level up. This is the way the enemy did it in the South. Think about how many decades it took for the Repukes to break the solid South with their Southern racist strategy. This did not happen overnight.

We need to organize and take back the government one election at the time. When we do we will control the local Dem structures and be able to work the system to a more progressive advantage.

BTW, taking to the streets is an old-school reactionary method of getting the point across and unless the protest or march is huge no one is impressed nowadays. In fact, the whore press seems to get great enjoyment out of painting most protestors as either dangerous (Seatle anyone) or just idiots (this damn war we are in now). There was very little positive coverage on any marches lately outside of the great Women's March in DC. The only reason that got good play was because it was so huge that it impressed the jaded fucked corporate whores in the media.

Beating the system is the revolution not trying to march it down.

Yes, I am a Kerry supporter but I realize and empathize with folks who want more progressive candidates in office.
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[blondeatlast]

7. So I take it that this is the new "Dump Kerry" talking point?

I have run for office--and lost.

Thanks for asking, though.

Edit: I DO NOT care to repeat the experience.

[Nlighten1]

9. Umm no..

I am saying you have to become personally involved. Staying at home and voting isn't enough, although it certainly may be a start.

[FloridaPat]

4. Time for the people to take over the Democratic party. In other

words - run for office. Whatever you can get your hands on. You want to change the country, start locally. We the people have let the "experts" take over. We can do it ourselves. Get out and run!

[ACK]

5. Thank you very true

No one here hardly ever talks about local elections. While the Repukes control the school boards and the fundies dominate textbook selection committees the Dems seem (please not that qualifier) to quietly choose to ignore this.

We need to concentrate on getting Progressive populist candidates with some real charisma out there running for local town level office and start working our way up again.

BTW people, we are the minority party now fighting our way back. Put on the boxing gloves it is time to duke it out and start on the lowest levels of government.

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[blondeatlast]

8. See above. I have.