Dear DNC: Why should I even bother to vote Democrat anymore?

[dbt]

Now, before you hit the "delete" key, I think I have a valid question and I think it deserves a thoughtful answer.

You see, I have been a Democrat since I was old enough to vote (a horribly long time now); my Dad was a Democrat, my Granddad was a Democrat. I believe in what the Democratic party has traditionally stood for--but the last couple of elections have left me with some very real doubts about the party.

I was willing to give Clinton's "New Democrat" philosophies and policies a shake because he did a lot of good when he was Governor of Arkansas. If he said we needed to move toward the Center, to concentrate on "electable" candidates, it was worth a try, because it was so obviously working for him.

So the national party got on board with this new theory and began trotting out "electable candidates." This brings up my first question:

How come these candidates have not been getting elected? Is it because the Republicans are, as y'all have been saying for a good few years now, "better at getting their message out?" Or is it because our centrist message is a pig with lipstick?

My second question: Where was the DNC when Howard Dean was getting assassinated in the Liberal Media? I don't recall hearing a whimper from you. Please advise me of the steps you took to counter the scurrilous attack-coverage that Dr. Dean got on TV; I fear I missed it. But it seems passing strange that the unquestioned front-runner and champeen money-raiser should go down so quickly.

Now for the Big One: What about the possibility of FRAUD in this latest election? And the one before that and the one before that? Why did the party seem to NOT want Senator Boxer to rise? And what about the general spinelessness among (dare I say it?) the WHITE Democrats when it came to asking a legitimate question?

Here's my dilemma: these elections look and smell like they were stolen, yet your message is that we have to have faith in the Process, that you will not even question whether it has been subverted. But if I trust the Process, that leaves me with the obvious fact that John Kerry was NOT ELECTABLE.

So what course remains for me? Keep throwing my vote to a party that won't even ADMIT to the possibility of election fraud? Or keep voting for "electable" candidates who have no chance of winning?

Please talk some sense to me before I join the Greens.

Very Truly Yours,

:freak:
dbt

[itzamirakul]

1. PLEASE!!!!!!

Let us know if you get an answer. I am most anxious to know what their response is to these most valid and important questions. I know that there were probably a couple dozen more questions that you WANTED to ask, but I think you honed it down to the most vital points and made the letter very acceptable in tone and length.

Agai, it is really important for ALL of us to know what they have to say............

[Nimrod]

4. I second that "please"

Their answer might be the deciding factor for me as well.

[BrainRants]

2. Kick! n/t

[naryaquid]

3. ...You're points are well taken...yesterday someone posted essentially

the same questions on the homepage and suggested we give them an "ultimatum" on these questions...They either answer convincingly and/or commit to change or we dump them

I guess the answer is, how do we get DU'ers or Dems in general to coalesce around these demands?...I'm ready!

[Sperk]

5. I'm sending back my DNC member card and stopping my

monthly payment. They're going to get a letter from me also. Not one more penney until we have a verifiable vote in this country. I'm sick of sending my hard earned money to people who refuse to fight.

One more question I'm going to ask them...Why wouldn't the Repugs steal elections? You make it sooooo easy for them.
:mad:

[ramapo]

6. Beats me....

I gave more money to Kerry/Edwards than I've ever given. I really believed that Kerry would fight. He blew it early on with the Swift Boat debacle. He learned nothing from Clinton. Clinton's campaign let nothing go unanswered.

Kerry wasn't my first choice but I think he was the most electable. But the Democrats have mostly gone back to their Republican-lite, go along to get along ways. Sure there were a few good speeches on Thursday and Boxer deserves major kudos for having a spine, but that does not make a loyal opposition.

At the risk of being flamed, I don't know that a Kerry victory would've made all that big a difference. Sure I'd feel better but Clinton implemented a lot of bad policy and the fact that I liked him hasn't made up for the consequences.

Right now I really don't care what happens to this country. I don't believe my vote counts for anything and if I bother casting it in the future it will be for a candidate who expouses policies that I truly believe in and is not just the better of two evils.

[Q]

7. Very good questions...

...but maybe you should ask the families of the victims of 9-11 and Iraq 'war' if you'll ever get any answers?