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In reply to the discussion: This election is a binary event. Calling for Obama's defeat *IS* advocating for Romney's victory. [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)I mean that if the progressives cannot be relied on, they won't be. It is nasty, but we know the right walks on broken glass. We know they will vote for Romney, even if they prey his Mormon butt gets dragged directly into the 9th layer of Hell the day after. If progressives refuse to vote, then anyone wanting to win will know that any leftist could be undermined, especially as, thanks to people who take GOP money like Huffington, Hamsher and Nader, they know they can trick enough progressives into cutting off their nose to spite their face.
Yes, pressure can come in the form of yells, and even not sending money in to the candidate. However, the right wing has taken out any advantage to the "protest" vote, as they will walk across broken glass. The way the progressives will be listened to is if they are the ones who save the democrat's rear. Sadly, the people who the media have sold as that role are these mythical "undecided" ones, the gatekeepers without whom none can win. If the liberals take that role, than they can free the left from the idea of having to please the mushbrains.