Fixing the Party and Having Fun Doing So

A wise owl told me

"Democracy has to be born anew every generation and education is its midwife." -- John Dewey

Why I proudly choose to be a Democrat in these difficult times is for the simple reason this is the party that has compassion and cares about all the people, the party of inclusiveness. But rather than all of us talking and complaining about this abysmal presidency we need to do something to combat all the bigotry.   We need protective measures.         

The smart thing to do at an Eclipse is to wear protective attractive glasses

I believe:

Loving is Doing.                                                               

 It is a great honor to be in an organization that seeks to bring people together in harmony and love and works for the good of all the people. That in essence is how I see the Democratic party at it's finest. 

Alas, it's a human organization and naturally is riddled with flaws. Upon close, caring examination it's obvious it's the Democratic party that could lead us out of this disastrous administration's agenda which is all about power, greed, destruction of the environment, and cruelty to children and women. 

I am hoping that wisdom and goodness can prevail and here in our small county and in our grand country we can learn to be more flexible and be willing to support our Democrats that are running for office in 2018. I fear sabotage of their efforts because their agenda is not liberal enough, not progressive enough.  D's need all the help we can get and swiping at each other is playing right into the Republican's hands. They would like nothing better than a fracturing in the Democratic organization. Rigidity is one way that can ruin and fracture us.

I'm concerned and so I ask you to consider that the word "progressive" has become a code word for a certain agenda. Just last fall in our little county we were trying to endorse candidates, there was spirited debate. At one point it looked to my horror that Patty Murray was not going to be endorsed. Finally, the votes were counted and Patty Murray was endorsed.  Sincerely, do you know of a better advocate for women and children? Then please appreciate how gutsy Patty Murray has been standing up to this ignorant administration. And there was talk of not endorsing her!? That's where the canker gnaws. Perhaps she didn't think the time was right for single payer health care, or doubted the math for figuring out the cost of Medicare for all. Perhaps she didn't rally around 110% free college tuition, does that truly negate all of the stunningly hard good work she has done for this country?

sign me up for the high jinx rallies

I guess part of me wants so badly to defeat the prejudice, the bigotry, the meanness of this administration that I don't want to see a descent into talk of a 3rd party which I hope to God you all can see is the kiss of death for our party, again. Instead couldn't we all agree that we have a common enemy: #45 and the obtuse people that are too cowardly to stand up for his immaturity and nonsense. Couldn't we all have rallies with costumes and make fun of the  bigoted ones? They do that in Germany, dress as clowns and make fun of the Neo Nazis. High time we started that movement.

Other than that I am fine with all of the wrangling about procedure rules, by laws, who does what in the organizations across the country. I truly believe the small in fighting as far less important than the agreement that we will support our hard working Democrats who have a chance of taking back the Senate and a wild card shot at the house in 2018. Go in peace oh yea hopefuls of bringing intelligence and sanity back to our nation.
Amen

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