I see the main problem as informing voters who know their party is on the wrong track on many issues, but haven't had time to figure out why, that they are not imagining things, that there has been an actual assault from within the party against the principles they thought the party was all about.
I think that is happening to a great extent, especially among younger voters(see Occupy, still going strong btw, but moved on to a different phase) who are far better informed on what the problems are.
That is why I think it is necessary to talk openly about the Wall St Wing of the Party, the Third Way and to expose Corporate Candidates and the money that is behind them.
I think there is a need to be too confrontational. But I remember my own confusion about decisions that were being made by the Dem Party, votes cast by elected Dems. It didn't make sense to me 'why are they doing this, what are they thinking'?
But then I learned about the DLC. I spent a lot of time reading about it, and suddenly it all began to make sense.
THEY knew the voters were on to them also, around 2008, which is when they 'shut down' the DLC and morphed into the Third Way. I remember exactly when that happened. Obama had been highlighted on the DLC website. That caused a huge storm of questions about who he really was. His profile was quickly removed.
Cunning, yes, we need to be as cunning as they are. But mostly people have to have facts in order to know how to begin to know how to undo the harm being done.
And how to fight all that money? In part it can be fought by exposing Corporate Funded Candidates, attaching their photos to the funds they are receiving from Corporate Interests. Maybe a website dedicated to exposing the money being poured into elections.
Anyhow, I think this group is necessary on DU where we can talk openly about these issues, rather than in GD where people are constantly attacked for even speaking about them.
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