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In reply to the discussion: Here's why I've given up on voting: [View all]rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)say that the left stays home and twiddles their thumbs, and out of their other side of their faces they call the left extreme. Extremists dont stay home. The people that stay home are the people that are satisfied with the status quo.
I've been working many elections and know lots of lefties. We are the ones manning the phone banks, going door to door and working directly with local politicians. Missing are the conservative Democrats that choose to "stay home" and watch Dancing with the Stars.
I'm sure it isnt news to the NSA but I've protested wars from Viet Nam to Iraq and Afghanistan, many, many times in the freezing, pouring rain. I've protested trade agreements, corporate tax dodgers, and supported "Move Your Money." Who are conspicuous by their absence at these events? The conservative Democrats. It was just us wild-assed, extremist lefties.
Those conservatives that try to disparage the left (risking damaging the Party) are projecting when they claim the left stays home.
And another thing. The left knows that if we ever are going to get progressive people to represent us, we need to work hard at the local and state levels. The left I know will be working hard in 2014. The conservative Democrats will be content at disparaging the left.
Thank you for the post Manny.