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hay rick

(7,606 posts)

9. Nice post.

Reply to TygrBright (Original post)

Wed Oct 21, 2015, 12:20 AM

Oct 2015

I particularly appreciate your remarks about local parties. Sounds like you've been there. My county has 25,000+ Democrats. Myself and TWO other people do about half of all the work for the Party. Another 20 or so volunteers do the rest. When people complain about the local party I listen patiently and politely- but I wonder if it occurs to them that the problems they see are attributable in part to their own lack of effort and probably won't be fixed without their effort.

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"Party Loyalty" and the Purpose of Parties (warning: Long read) [View all] TygrBright Oct 2015 OP

Bookmarked for reading a bit later. hifiguy Oct 2015 #1

Thank you, TygrBright, this is brilliant. Thanks for getting . . . brush Oct 2015 #2

Wait, what? TygrBright Oct 2015 #3

Sorry TygrBright. Thought I was clicking on a post of Mr. Scorpio brush Oct 2015 #4

Political parties lose their value when ... Martin Eden Oct 2015 #5

Agreed. What are we doing about it? n/t TygrBright Oct 2015 #6

Mostly arguing about who "won" a media showcase (aka "debate") Martin Eden Oct 2015 #7

If we really had a functional, rational democracy, we wouldn't... TygrBright Oct 2015 #8

Nice post. hay rick Oct 2015 #9

Exactly. We're way better at bitching about the problem... TygrBright Oct 2015 #10

This was OK then passiveporcupine Oct 2015 #11

So what are we doing about that? n/t TygrBright Oct 2015 #12

Some of us are trying to get a man elected President who actually wants to combat that problem Art_from_Ark Oct 2015 #14

Hard for individuals to fight big organizations. TygrBright Oct 2015 #17

Keep pushing for Bernie passiveporcupine Oct 2015 #18

I'm thinking. LWolf Oct 2015 #13

Some of us more cynical types... malthaussen Oct 2015 #16

Not enough energy left to get involved passiveporcupine Oct 2015 #19

Your analysis is excellent, but incomplete. malthaussen Oct 2015 #15