Democrats have a deathwish.
Man, do I hate a democrat. Actually, scratch that—I hate a democrat party activist. Somehow they manage to screw every political gain by a candidate into a liability. Here’s the most recent example: In Alabama a majority black democratic district elected a white lesbian to the state legislature. (There’s not even a Republican candidate in this district) At the time, I heralded the primary results as a change for the good in Alabama state politics. Maybe, I thought, race relations had improved in “Bombingham” or even more hopeful, I thought, the people of Alabama saw past the lesbian and looked at qualities that make a good representative for their district.
I was half-right. (A position I’m quite used to, I assure you) A powerful party leader, who is black, disqualified the election results claiming the candidate did not follow a campaign filing report that no candidate had followed since 1988. It seems the party leader would rather have a black candidate than no candidate at all to represent that district. The ensuing intra-party fight was played out in the local media for all to see. The white lesbian is back on the ballot, but not after the entire nation gets yet another example of how the democrats are willing to shoot the entire party in the face if they don’t each get their individual way.
Democrats, not one team player in the bunch. They suck.
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Howard Dean was all over this one, apparently constantly, PERSONALLY on the phone with Patricia Todd’s supporters.
Update: she is keeping her place on the Democratic ticket. They kicked out the frickwads who wanted to stop her, they were black party kingmakers who did not like her because she was white. More at my place:
http://bgalrstate.blogspot.com/2006/08/modest-proposal_26.html
I must say there was a pretty awesome “team,” white and black, backing Patricia Todd. The opposition was one bully and those two timid to tell him off.
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again- we don’t even need an opposition party.
A-fucking-men PD, Democrats can’t even get a team together to have an orgy.