You know how for so long we have thought that the racist wing of the Democratic Party called the Dixiecrats, that were based in the South were dead and replaced by Republicans? The actions of Democratic officials like gov Jay Nixon, always thought there had to be something slimey about a Democrat named Nixon, and Bill McCulloch, the vile St. Louis DA who smirked as he gave cops the green light to keep murdering young African-American males have proven that assumption wrong.
This is where the "big tent" philosophy gets us, folks. How can we point the finger at Republican racism with so much racism in our own party? We need to drive these people out. If this party has no standards and no limits on what the people we put up for office believe and how they conduct themselves, what's the point.
I really think it's time to rethink some of the rules of this site. Do we really want to support the jackals named above if somebody with a more progressive mindset is willing to run against, but can't get the nomination due to the party machinery? Also I would change the site motto from "More and better Democrats" to "More Good Democrats" or something similar. We need to start cleaning up our own house and demanding more from our elected Democrats, otherwise supporting this party is just not worth the time and trouble.