

that way. I think its possible to disagree, even vehemently about politics and still think that people have a point. I see Dore's and I see establishment Democrats points as well. He may be too rigid and out of bounds when it comes to making calls about motivations, but then, in my opinion, anybody willing to be 100 percent unquestioning of our party or the intentions of our leaders, even to the point of assuming anybody out there who has those criticisms is trolling or attempting to divide the party, or working for Putin, Trump, etc. are exercising an overabundance of trust that our party leaderships intention's or perspectives need not be scrutinized and questioned.



For my part, I can but hope. I see Dems do good. Then I see them do things not so good. And of course this is to some degree, a matter of us having a big tent and needing to work with fellow democrats with different political realities and constituencies. But it also comes with a lot of unconditional support, and not speaking ill of one another. I mean jesus, some prominently liberal Lawmakers went to bat for Lieberman in his primary...the same primary that once he lost, he said fuck you to the whole party and ran anyway as an independent. That kind of back-scratching is infuriating to me .



Sometimes it just seems like the Democrats strategic approach to politics is almost designed to lose. Sometimes, because it is worth questioning, I wonder if its all just a shell game...elaborate kabuki theater in which the plot and climax has already been written(I don't think its actually orchestrated...its far far too complex for that...but the motions are at times predicable, and maybe that's a matter of the capitalistic and political machinery at work that gives us the same tapestry of players that we always seem to have.)



Clearly, I keep coming back, and I keep voting Dem, and there's enough evidence that makes me believe, even if Dems aren't always on the right page, that the hearts of its leadership are actually in the right place, but anybody saying this with conviction, without leaving room for doubt, when it comes to people in power and what motivates their choices or when questioning whether or not their own world-view is just too cozily, is in my opinion, being as zealous as Dore with his own opposite assertions.

