Jason, all your points are well taken. Certainly, you and other like-minded folks can dismiss everything said by me or any other perceived extremist. But no matter what I think or say, right or wrong, the DFL is losing its base of support, and it's not because they are these poor, put upon centrists taking blows from the extreme left and the extreme right that you make them out to be.
DFLers in Minneapolis are losing their base of support because social justice issues are not as big of a priority with them as excessively subsidizing big businesses (e.g., Target), covering up for rouge cops, and supporting unfair laws just to prove they're as tough as the Republicans. Believe it or not, Jason, I'd be delighted to see the DFL succeed (it's not like I'm in love with the Republicans or have a lot of faith that the Greens are going to accomplish anything), but it ain't going to happen as long as they keep shifting to the right and insulting other politicians to whom they feel morally superior. Again, if you're gonna thumb your nose at the classroom bully, make sure you can fight him or her on their own term. The DFL needs to learn this lesson if they're ever going to reverse their losses.--Peter Schmitz TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
