I registered as a Democrat after the 2016 election, got involved with the local Dem group, and attended several state (MA) conventions. That was enough. The state party solicits grassroots input for its platform, which of course is big and bloated and totally ignored. I stepped down and out at the beginning of last year. Long time ago I …
I registered as a Democrat after the 2016 election, got involved with the local Dem group, and attended several state (MA) conventions. That was enough. The state party solicits grassroots input for its platform, which of course is big and bloated and totally ignored. I stepped down and out at the beginning of last year. Long time ago I learned about the "illusion of inclusion." The Democratic Party is very good at it.
I did same in 2016 in Colorado. It's like the cliche' warning about not going into the kitchen of a nice restaurant if you want to keep enjoying the food. I wish progressive Democrats in Congress would resign the Party in mass and start their own party after we unite to stop Trump. I'd join that new party. Corporate Democrats would rather see Republicans elected rather than any progressive.
Lol about the kitchen -- like the observation attributed to Bismarck on laws and sausages. However, I'm not optimistic about the chances for a third party. The prognosis in the U.S. has never been good, and IMO it's worse since Citizens United released the floodgates on money, dark and otherwise. Something like the Working Families Party in NY might work in big blue states. But the progressive Democrats in Congress are, almost by definition, the least able to raise enough money to get a national third party off the ground. If only such an entity could rake in the small donations like Trump's Screw America PAC.
I registered as a Democrat after the 2016 election, got involved with the local Dem group, and attended several state (MA) conventions. That was enough. The state party solicits grassroots input for its platform, which of course is big and bloated and totally ignored. I stepped down and out at the beginning of last year. Long time ago I learned about the "illusion of inclusion." The Democratic Party is very good at it.
I did same in 2016 in Colorado. It's like the cliche' warning about not going into the kitchen of a nice restaurant if you want to keep enjoying the food. I wish progressive Democrats in Congress would resign the Party in mass and start their own party after we unite to stop Trump. I'd join that new party. Corporate Democrats would rather see Republicans elected rather than any progressive.
Lol about the kitchen -- like the observation attributed to Bismarck on laws and sausages. However, I'm not optimistic about the chances for a third party. The prognosis in the U.S. has never been good, and IMO it's worse since Citizens United released the floodgates on money, dark and otherwise. Something like the Working Families Party in NY might work in big blue states. But the progressive Democrats in Congress are, almost by definition, the least able to raise enough money to get a national third party off the ground. If only such an entity could rake in the small donations like Trump's Screw America PAC.