You are right.
However, this experience has caused this former elected Dem and committee person to make a presumptive vote in the 2012 primary for any sound challenger against the President. And if (well, when) that fails, I will - I promise - vote for a 3rd party candidate.
In the end, I'm realizing that "we su.ck less than those guys" is no longer a tolerable justification for casting a vote. And if (when?) that means a nut.ty repug gets into office, then the emanuel curse ("nah, we can do whatever we want - they'll vote for us no matter what...") will at least finally have a chance of being dispelled; motivating the Party to support real candidates who are less inclined to sell out.
Is that destructive? Maybe. I would argue that a health insurance purchase mandate with no cost controls and no public option is destructive, too. So how much worse? Who knows. But if it can break the cycle of choosing between bad and worse, then I think it's worth it.
About Afghanistan
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