Reply #37: We Democrats in Tennessee (except for some of us) are always busy with [View All]

[SharonAnn]

circular firing squads, inter-party squabbles, and whining.

We need to get off our asses and do something. I swear, if I hear another TN Democrat complain about Obama and Dean not doing something for them, I'm going to ask what they've done for Obama and Dean. And the whining about not being able to get Obama signs, when spending his money would've been a waste of time here, really ticks me off. We weren't carrying our share of the load.

TN has a situation of real political immaturity, perhaps because the Democrats have controlled the state legislature for over 100 years. This "kick in the butt" might actually be good for us. It may cause us to focus on what we need to do to grow candidates and the grow the party. I can't tell you how many party Executive Committee meetings I've been to where the meeting was focused on either complaining about something or assassinating the character of some Democrat. Almost never did it focus on how to get someone elected. Certainly not if it involved any money or work.

In my county we have no local Dem representatives, no state Dem representatives, and no U.S. House or Senate representatives. We do have a Dem governor thanks to West and Central Tennessee.

For God's sake people, it's our job to make something happen. I know that we need support from the state party (there's hasn't been much for the 10 years I've been here) and the national party, but we're grownups and we're responsible also.