Reply #47: Everyone is entitled to their opinion..... [View All]

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Again, this goes back to the fact that why individual citizens of the democratic party with no authority or power within the democratic party aside from his or her vote, portrayed as the embodiment of the entire democratic party, when our leaders and elected representatives, and our leadership are not given credit for their moderation.

Again, Pro-life Harry Reid as our minority leader is the prime example.

Why is the fact that a pro-life senator was elected by members of the party to represent that party not given more weight in these discussions than what some semi-anonymous poster on a message board? Why is the fact that the leader of the DNC has called for moderation, or that Hillary Clinton has called for moderation or that our presidential candidate last year expressed a fairly inclusive, nuanced view on abortions and reducing them, never given any credit, yet one persons extreme comments on a message board signal such a major problem for our party?

That person on the message board has one vote like the rest of us. They can use it how they like. They don't want to vote for a pro-life person then they don't have to. But the talk I'm hearing from every person in a position of any power within the democratic party is moderation, moderation, and more moderation, with a side of inclusiveness. If the anti-abortion crowd isn't going to be satisfied until every single democratic voter cowtows to them and bows before their infinite moral wisdom, then we're never going to get anywhere anyway so why should we bother.