I started coming to DailyKos during the Kerry campaign and I was genuinely impressed with the information that was available that I could use to educate myself and inform those that would listen. These past 2 weeks have been nothing like the past 5 years! It's time to stop the Palin bashing and start focusing on the issues that matter. We are doing EXACTLY what the McBush campaign expects and wants us to do...take attention away from the fact they don't have a platform to run on other than more of the same!!
We have become that athlete that provides the opponent a headline quote that does nothing but fire up the opposing team and allow them to get focused. Most of the time that doesn't turn out well for the "guarantee" that was promised!!
Barack Obama and his team know exactly how to deal with Palin but they are constantly being faced with a media and blogosphere that turns the attention away from the issues and into the gutter trying to find trash. We are not the Republicans and we don't operate that way!!
It has become a sweet addiction that must be stopped! The first step to addiction is admitting the problem...we haven't reached that yet because the posts continue to run rampant on everything but the issues!! Let's at least agree to take a few small steps and take the following actions:
- No posts on Sunday that are negative towards Palin - None!
- Sunday becomes focus on the issues day - from the previous week and for the week to come. Focus on the Sunday talk shows. Focus on any breaking news that is actually breaking.
- Begin to turn our attention back to where it belongs - support our candidate in the way that he has asked us to do and that is to not engage in negative politics as usual!!
I love this site and I have very much appreciated and enjoyed the effort and enthusiasm that has been demonstrated in the past. But we owe our party and our candidate more and we must not become a detraction from their message.
First and foremost we MUST elect Democrats to every seat possible to gain the majorities we need to implement our agenda. That will not happen unless we focus on beating McBush and his "no-solutions" campaign.
We need to stop providing ammunition for the media and right wing radioheads with the constant negative and demeaning entries that regular members post on this site. I know there are probably hidden bloggers that do it just to cause problems...but slowly they will be weeded out if we maintain our focus on the issues and not the candidates.
We all know that Obama/Biden provide the best opportunity we have to turn this nation back to the prosperity we enjoyed only a few short years ago!! We have an obligation to support their efforts and we owe them more than we have displayed in the past 2 weeks!!
We have 59 days to make an impact...let's make absolutely sure it is in support of our candidates and our campaign and not about personal attacks and ambitions to gain popularity through this site!!