This is just on the edge of being a GBCW diary, except I like the site too much to leave. On the other hand, the purity trolls really get under my skin and I can't ignore them, so it substantially compromises the vallue of the site when all the little trolly trolls are running around spewing and exploding all over the place -- messy, to boot.
Listen to Granny Doc
Listen to PsiFighter37
Listen to Angry Mouse
Ralph Nader said it didn't matter if we elected Bush or Gore because Gore was a centrist. Do you believe that? Because that's exactly what you're buying into [again].
I know this is barely a diary, but if you can violate the site's stated purpose of working to elect Democrats by getting distracted into thinking that this is the time for policy debates when it's 4 months until the election and 3 months until the registration deadlines in many states, then I can violate site rules by writing a diary that isn't a diary.
Folks -- we can have a president who will do the right thing on many, many, many issues that are the difference, literally, between life and death or we can have a third Bush term.
Argue over policy once we're in power.
NOW IS THE TIME FOR WORK!!!!
And if you want a clear vision of what 'work' means and what we should all be doing right now, read kid oakland's series on community organizing for the campaign.