Letters to the Editor
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red_gti2000 and others who are "really pissed at the hard left"
This is a critical election for the Dems -- which is why I'm really so pissed off at the Hard Left.
Whenever anything goes wrong for Democrat establishment candidates, the liberal left of the party is blamed. It was their fault for voting for Nader. Now it’s their fault that Clinton supporters like red_gti2000 are “really pissed off.” You know what? I’m sick and tired of being blamed for the Democrats' centrist loserdom.
How about blaming the people that actually deserve the blame? That would be the centrists—you people just can’t pull off a win, so you ask the progressives of your party to sacrifice again and again. What do we get in return for our voting support? Ridicule and no advancement of liberal policies (you know, like universal health care). It’s so bad that it is a negative thing in this country to be known as a liberal or a leftist. And the fact that Republicans have embraced and given power to the nuts in its party demonizes liberalism even more. I’m not going to apologize for believing in things like the end of the Iraq occupation, green energy, equal rights for everyone (man, woman, white, black, rich, poor), or questioning the U.S. subsidized capitalism, or wanting to consume locally and organically grown food.
Now we’ve found a candidate we like—Obama (who, by the way is not as liberal as I am, but at least, unlike other Democrat leaders, will give liberals a seat at the table instead of shutting us out and making us their fall guy)—and because we’re supporting him, we’re pissing you off? I chastised fellow liberals who voted for Nader, told them they threw the election to Bush. But I’m beginning to think they’re right. Perhaps, it’s time to face the fact that we’ll never get a seat at the Democrat table as it is right now.