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In theory you are correct (5.00 / 2) (#2)
by Molly Bloom on Thu Oct 18, 2007 at 10:25:52 AM EST
in practice, unless there are well funded progressive challengers what we would get is GOP wingnut control of congress. Believe it or not, that would be worse.

I say this as someone who asks Senator Bill Nelson, exactly why did I vote for him over Kathryn Harris, if he cannot vote against the lame duck in the oval office, when he (Nelson) isn't up for re-election for 6 more years. If not now, when. He is a spineless fraud of a democrat.

The system is such, that I am stuck with him. What I can do is donate to progressives elsewhere who are challenging wingnut Senators and congressmen. The stronger the Democratic majority, the more likely the Nelsons will vote as a Democrat should, and if not, with a stronger Democratic majority, the more we could afford the loss of the seats held by the Nelsons of the Senate. There is no quick fix.

"Once in a while you get shown the light In the strangest of places if you look at it right"
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Believe it or not, that would be worse? (none / 0) (#4)
by Edger on Thu Oct 18, 2007 at 11:34:30 AM EST
Incrementally, yes, I agree.

But...

...the Iraq Occupation and the FISA amendment are only two issues of many, on most of which the Democrats are incrementally better than Republicans, and this has been used as an argument against the conclusion that there is no difference between them.

They are incrementally better. Is that a reason to give them a pass for being complicit in the mass death caused by the Iraq Occupation and in the bankrupting of America? Or a reason to give them a pass for hacking away at freedom and privacy?

Never Give An Inch, or you may lose it all.

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Its not a question of giving them a pass (none / 0) (#6)
by Molly Bloom on Thu Oct 18, 2007 at 01:21:37 PM EST
Its a question of a means to an end. Giving up on Democrats and not voting is what the GOP wants. Its the only way they can win (short of rigged elections).

A bigger majority means stragglers can be picked off if they don't catch up with the herd. And it is a herd mentality.

That doesn't mean you and all your friends stop yelling at your Bill Nelson for running as a Democrat and voting like a Republican.

"Once in a while you get shown the light In the strangest of places if you look at it right"
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It's not "giving up" on them though (none / 0) (#7)
by Edger on Thu Oct 18, 2007 at 01:42:18 PM EST
It's "motivating" them. Giving them a concrete reason to listen to you and do the right thing.

It's using a carrot and a stick, and rewarding them for doing it.

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The post ends with... (none / 0) (#8)
by Edger on Thu Oct 18, 2007 at 01:51:33 PM EST
Don't waste my time with excuses. Come back or call back when you're done and you'll get my money and my vote. Have a nice day.

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