Ya know, Barack Obama himself would be banned as a member if some here had their way.

[closeupready]

Aside from the obvious ridiculousness of that idea since he is the party leader, he stated very clearly that grass roots structures holding elected officials accountable was a good thing. AND he stated unequivocally that he considered HIMSELF as an elected official who should be held accountable by those same grass roots structures:

>>We must form grassroots structures that would hold me and other elected officials more accountable for their actions.<<

http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/149/obama.html

Specifically, I am thinking of this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7187146

[paulsby]

1. obama is against marriage equality

could a poster last here long if they held that position?