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Posted by Mr_Jefferson_24 in General Discussion: Presidential
Fri Feb 15th 2008, 06:40 AM
---SNIP---

All this optimism is built upon a foundation of demonstrably false assumptions, revealed in the rhetoric of the campaign -- assumptions of which Democratic Party officials and Democratic voters might be readily disabused if they bothered to soberly reflect upon the most recent presidential elections and upon evidence that is plainly before them.

However, because these Democrats and progressives apparently prefer their blissful ignorance, they will likely be smiling all the way to a crushing disappointment in November.

These are the fatal assumptions:

* Those who wish to vote for the Democratic candidate will be able to do so.

* The votes cast for the Democratic candidate will all be counted, and counted correctly.

* Media coverage of the campaigns will be transparent and unbiased.

* When informed of the issues, the people will vote according to their convictions and interests.

* The Republicans will play by the rules and will gracefully accept the people’s decision.

These assumptions were false in 2000 and 2004, and demonstrably so. And they are false today. Yet the Democrats and their supporters by and large conduct their campaigns in the unsupported belief that this time the contest will be open and fair.

Even though the falsehood of these assumptions has been obvious and unequivocal, the failure to face and deal with them cost the Democrats the past two presidential elections. Unless the party wakes up and acts decisively, it might well cost the Democrats the next election. For, as Dr. Phil correctly instructs us, “you can not change what you do not acknowledge.”...



Source: http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/ar...



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"Part of the problem of the progressive left is that we have fragmented into dozens of organizations, each of which must struggle for funds and email addresses and all the rest. We need to fold ourselves back into the Democratic Party and thoroughly invigorate it. Do not worry that we will cause the Party to marginalize itself. If the Party can base its actions on good science, effective governance, and efficient delivery of the programs the people need, it will prosper across all the left and all the middle of the American political spectrum. But by splitting ourselves off into all these good government organizations we have left the party to the selfish elites, and they don't know how to serve the people or the truth, and that means they do not know how to win." --Doris "Granny D" Haddock
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