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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>“The art of politics, to a very real extent, is really the art of compromise. Unless you want to be the bully, rather than the teacher.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Stan,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>I like and respect you but this statement of yours is VERY naïve !<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Obviously you do not understand the evil people you are dealing with within the National Democratic party.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>THEY are the bullies and they do NOT want to be taught. Think Rahm Emmanuelle !<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>In their mindset, they are the feudal lords and we are the plantation slaves to be fooled and manipulated and exploited.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>WE want THEM to compromise NOT us !<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>We have done way TOO much “ compromising “ in the last 30 some years, and all it has gotten us is more misery and a<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>lower standard of living and more oppression !<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>It is NOT a linear ; liberal vs. conservative and definitely not a republican vs. democrat dynamic !<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>The democratic party is almost as thoroughly compromised by corporate money as the republicans.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>It is WE THE PEOPLE vs. corporate special interests !<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>NOW, if you think the best strategy is to “ take over “ the democratic party than go for it, you have my support.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>But myself and others are hedging our bets and though at times we may support populist democrats like Carol Ammons or Bernie Sanders, we also believe that we need to have another alternative just in case a corporate democrat beats a populist democrat in the democratic primary. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>A corporate democratic ( like Hillary Clinton and Obama) is no better than a republican. They work for the same corporate special interests and their “ differences “ are more often than not a theatrical dog and pony show performance. Don’t take my word for it, read Robert Reich’s book that he wrote immediately after he resigned his post as Secretary of Labor in the beginning of Bill Clinton’s second term.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>WE have the same principles and objectives Stan, you just have to realize that there is more than one way to “ skin a cat “ ( horrible expression ) and WE the PEOPLE need to begin to first realize who are real enemies are and be clever in how we organize against them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Sincerely<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>David Johnson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>