is that we have an opportunity to vote for people who want to fix it. We don't have the luxury of bickering about abortion and guns and gay marriage this year. (I hope.) I would love to see a liberal Democrat win in Mississippi, but it's not going to happen this year. One step at a time, I suppose. But I think it's important to learn from the past and ensure that we do not allow people with a regressive social agenda to gain significant leverage within the party. The platform is the platform, and we need to focus on the things we can agree on and forget all the culture crap about illiteracy and lattes.

You should take this with a grain of salt, of course, because I don't register Democrat or give money to the DNC - but I know if the Democratic party as a whole goes EVEN further right on crucial issues like the war, the environment and reproductive choice, I will stop voting for Democrats in national elections. Like many progressives, I am taking a leap of faith here and supporting Dems for a while. But if we don't get some progress in a couple of years with a Dem president and a Dem congress - including electoral reform and campaign finance reform - I will lose my patience with the party. People like me will start using our leverage once again to lose elections for Dems by voting for third parties. (Here's a hint about how to avoid that, guys: IRV.)

If you are not a Republican troll, you are doing the Republicans' work for them. I am betting you ARE a Republican, of course.

What's the point? Party unity, for starters. Also, I think it's telling that in a statement to the AP the board notes "a growing rift between black voters and white female activists." Healing that rift is crucial to NARAL's survival.

Moments before I read your post, I read this at Carpetbagger:

"I encourage all Republican candidates, whether incumbents or challengers, to take stock of their campaigns and position themselves for challenging campaigns this fall by building the financial resources and grassroots networks that offer them the opportunity and ability to communicate, energize and turn out voters this election.”

In other words, the man responsible for overseeing House Republican campaigns nationwide just told every GOP candidate, “Good luck; you’re on your own.”"

Obviously the sentiment is universal, however, ;)

Holy christ. I know my outrage is several years late, but it is real nevertheless.

At least get the spelling right, dude!

realizes that pix of him golfing make a rather awkward juxtaposition with his unjust war. Particularly in an election year where they are (again) trying to make the bootstrapping Democrat look like an effete Ivy League snob, pix of rich trust-fund baby politicians golfing might not sit well with certain swing voters. Hey, I wonder if we can get any pix of Obama clearing the suburban "brush" on that Rezko-purchased adjacent lot. (Kidding - kidding!)

If you're so smart, why can't you figure out how to talk to other people respectfully as a more effective way to push your agenda?

Oh, wait - could it be that your only agenda is to piss people off so you can feel superior to them?

There is a name for that, and I'm sure a smartypants like you knows what it is. But just in case you're as stupid as you act, the word is Troll.

It is a topical analgesic to relieve itching. Since there ARE mysterious vulvar and vaginal itches that women sometimes get that are not known, treatable or dangerous infections, I don't think it "shouldn't exist." However, tina is right that it does not cure yeast infections (unlike Monistat, which kills fungus). I assume the product they are selling here is a home yeast test, but I don't care enough about it to look into it with a speculum or even a google.

Why do I get the feeling that you are a new incarnation of myiq2xu? I am not impressed by either of your nyms, nor by any of your comments. In fact, I'm pretty sure you're a Republican troll trying to pretend to be an "elitist" Democrat.

Just out of curiosity, how do you get yourself worked up to do that? Do you eat nothing but arugula all day to make yourself sound more bitter? Do they pay for limousine service for you everywhere you go? I am curious partly because I haven't been able to figure out whether I'm a latter-sipper (I don't actually drink lattes, but I fit the type in other ways) or a dirty fucking hippie (I buy used clothes and attend protests, and that's the shower schedule I'm on).

Do you think you, with your vast wealth, power and intelligence, could help me figure it out? (You can't see me, but I'm batting my eyelashes and drooling over your enooooooormous Phi. ;) )