CAN WE WORK WITH THE DLC? CAN WE AFFORD IT?

At DailyKos, one of the bloggers is making an argument for working with DLC members. The blogger is missing the point; the DLC has consistently shown time and time again, since 1985, that they possess racist and sexist elements that, from time to time, they will tone down, in order to push a comprehensive agenda. But their track record is that of perinnial losers, and I'm not for opening the "big tent" to include them unless they are placed on sabbaticals for at least five years and demostrate their true commitment to the Democratic Party. While I don't agree with some of Harry Reid's positions, he's done a better job of keeping Senate Democrats united and effective than Tom Daschle could have ever dreamed of; that's because he was too busy being nice to vipers while walking in the viper's pit.

I say that a DLC member needs to do the convincing that we progressives can work with them; as for showing them mercy...let's just say I'm fresh out of mercy...