General Discussion

I am critical of my fellow Democrats, but I support them with money I don't have, time I can't spare.

We need to treat our politicians like adults - they err, they are misguided, they are corruptible. It is incumbent upon their voters to hold them to account, because we are the votes that make or break them.

There is such a thing as bad tactics. A bad tactical decision does not, by itself, lose a war. But if we fail to correct, and these tactics keep getting used, we will certainly lose the war.

This is the bunker mentality when a leader is too fragile to hear the truth. They can only hear how they are doing the right thing, their plan is perfect, wise, bulletproof.

I do not think our coalition is so fragile that it cannot handle healthy dissent from ardent supporters.

I was a Sen. Clinton diehard in 2008, but I will submit that during the campaign she used some problematic dog whistles when she got desperate to win. What did she do at the convention? She wholeheartedly, (apparently) warmly, and dramatically let her delegates to vote for Obama by acclamation.

I was a Sec. Clinton diehard in 2016. She did not receive the same courtesy, and yeah, I think it cost her the election.

VP Harris ran a perfect campaign until the phantom of Liz Cheney appeared where Tim Walz should've been.

These are my opinions. They don't make me a bad Democrat. They are the thoughts of an adult man who has invested a lot of heart and soul into politics.

Treat your party like you treat your parents as an adult. They can make mistakes, but your relationship is eternal. Bill Maher and Al Franken have both made the analogy that Democrats love their country like an adult loves their parents, while Republicans love their country like a child loves their parents.