Has anybody else noticed that the RW has already declared war on us?

[Hortensis]

21. Yes, have to agree--somewhat. They do like their jobs

way too much. They're no more jobs that can be adequately handled by amateurs than any other profession, but any reform should definitely build in sacrifice of personal aggrandizement to public service.

But one of the best hidden secrets of the last quarter century is how much well meaning politicians--some even in the Republican Party--have managed to quietly achieve. Thick books have been written about this, and they're not all about cowering cowards in corners.

Again, much of this picture is part of a successful poisoning of the public's opinion, not reality.

Btw, I think we all welcome every combative but still principled Democrat who will step forward. BUT, they absolutely must target bad Republicans, not other Democrats. One of those people mentioned has spent his entire political career insisting that all Democrats who don't agree with him (i.e., virtually all Democrats, including the progressive caucus for decades) are corrupt. Now how likely is that? And what does it say about the judgement and character of someone who would actually feel that way?

It's not too much to say that if he had had the self discipline and wisdom to oppose the Republicans as strongly as he said he would, instead of falsely and repeatedly accusing our own candidate of corruption, we would now have a Democratic president and control of the Senate.

It's also not at all too much to say that, if we had a more realistic view of the value and values of the Democratic Party, outrageously dishonest statements about it from any direction would be recognized for what they are instead of just taken as confirmation of lies already absorbed.