Dis-hearting Dem Town Committee Meeting

[YankeyMCC]

Well I just came home from my local Dem Town Committee meeting.

At the last meeting, which I missed, they decided to organize a speaker series. The spring event was to be titled "Funding Community Priorities" that was to focus on how municipalities like ours fund local services.

Nice enough idea but the substance was very typical for a Dem event. An issue and a lecture and question period on the facts and details.

Like I say, nice, nice to have the facts. But this is exactly the loosing strategy Dems have been using for years. So I suggested we have the same kind of discussion but more centered around the Progressive values that drive our prioritization and need for funding of community services.

I couldn't believe the push back I got. People said things like "We need to understand the facts first." "So what if Republicans show up, we need to educate them too." and best yet "Not all Dems are progressive."

And much of this came from younger members, and this is a very active progressive town. I feel like as a party we haven't learned a thing. We're holding course on the loosing track and will continue to loose on "values".

"A list of issues is not a moral vision." - From "Don't think of an elephant!" by George Lakoff

One bright note is that I think the state representative sitting next to me "got it" so pehraps not all is lost.

[Iris]

1. "Not all Dems are progressive"

What kind of idiot admits he/she is REGRESSIVE!!!!!!