You said, "And yes, maybe a jerk like Rick Perry will become president because of people like me..." like it means nothing.

I don't think you understand how much many of us have to lose if Perry or another republican becomes president. We can kiss what little LGBT gains we have made goodbye, and can look forward to conservative picks for the Supreme court, just to name a couple of things. Are you paying attention to the GOP field's positions?

What's frustrating is that people on DU dismiss these things as unimportant, when they mean so much in the long run.

Do you think anyone on DU loves the system? I sure don't, but I'm also not naive enough to believe the system can be changed by supporting fringe candidates in order to make a statement. That's a recipe for disaster and a sweep by Republicans. No thanks.

I take offense at you calling people that work their asses off day in and day out to make progressive gains as enablers. There have been gains made over the past three years compared to the prior 8. Look at the department of HHS for one. If you don't see that, I don't know if there's any hope for you. There are strong progressives in Obama's administration and then there are some more conservative leaning people. On balance, I would venture to say that most are center left.

Yes, you can find many positions that are not progressive. But it's intellectually dishonest to deny the progress that has been made.

The world isn't black and white. It never will be. Treating it as such and witholding democratic candidates support because of a corrupt system will not change it. Change will come from within the halls of power. Not from shaking your fist at the one dimensional images that are painted by the TV and the media.