> >If you think there's no difference between a Clinton-Gore EPA and a
>>Bush-Cheny EPA you need to have your brain overhauled.
>
>Brad: Surely by now you have caught the point: people don't feel there is
>ENOUGH of a difference
If the issues are that important, then even small differences are
important enough to swing your vote--unless you are clueless indeed.
>to endure a permanent abandonment by the Democratic
>Party of many of its core values in the face of serious underlying shifts
>in the American economy and society (short term booms not withstanding).
>Surely you can imagine a different set of preferences over a longer
>time frame?
>
>For years now I have had to listen to the Clinton-Gore operatives tell me
>that I didn't understand real politics. Now it turns out THEY were the
>ones who miscalculated. More then a million people have 'defected' and who
>do they to blame? Can't be they 'triangulated' a little too close? No,
>its the one million people who are too purist and expect too much.
>
>In fact it was their blind arrogance...
You shoot yourself in the foot and then look around for someone else to blame?
Why not be an adult, recognize that there is a big difference between
a Clinton-Gore EPA and a Bush-Cheney EPA, and admit you fucked up?
Take some responsibility for the actions of your faction. Be a grown
up. If you want to make the world a better place, do politics for
real. If you'd rather express yourself, go join a theater troop
somewhere.
Brad DeLong
