Any Democrat will do?

This is Renee, doing a quick post before work. I'm putting mprov's post from the overnight here on the front page so that it can be discussed.

i posted this at bfa. wondering what thoughts here are??? sign says: "any democrat will do."

re: the thread photo.

1. if a conservative is thinking this: ya!!!

2. if a fence setter(the great american middle of the road) is thinking this: ya!!!!

3. if a dem/liberal/progressive is thinking this: much more complicated.

i think, and i hope most here will agree, that the point is less "our side" winning and more "doing what is right." it seems that there was a fictional past in america where both sides at least tried to do the right thing while operating from their own perspective/ideology.

this is the america that i believe in. one that first and foremost is honest in its attempt to realize the "truths" that we hold dear. freedom, liberty and the persuit of happiness. good words. better ideas. near perfect real world result.

do we, as progressives, settle for someone with a "D" after their name on the ballot? i hope not. do we, as progressives, promote the ideals in which we believe? the answer has to be yes. do we, as progressives, promote the candidates with the ideals in which we believe? the answer has to be yes.

this is not about "tent" size. this is about working to create the kind of world that we would like to live in with the belief that "our" version/vision of the world would really be better for all of our fellow citizens. isn't this what the whole thing/fight is about: their version, our version, someone else's version?

under our current situation, i think the sign is promising, while remaining incomplete. you decide for yourself what's right.

Also, Catreona asked about this Bradblog post.

There's nowhere to comment, which is annoying. I wanted to get him to clarify something. It sounds like he doesn't approve of HAVA Now, whatever its other pros and cons, HAVA is supposed to help disabled folks vote. Does this Brad guy have a problem with that? He does link to Black Box Voting, a marvelous project. But, he seems rather anti-Howard so, overall, I didn't like the blog entry.

I haven't read the post myself, so I can't speak to whether it is anti-Howard, but I'm wondering if someone else can explain why many people are against HAVA. To the best of my memory, it had to do with the fact that seems to mandate electronic voting, with all the problems that involves.

Before a leave, a few things I'd like to put front and center:
Why the Ohio Attorney General race matters: honest elections
Ohio Attorney General Candidate Needs Your Support
Panel discussion on hate crimes in Columbus

Have a great day, everyone.

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