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Chris Crain, the former Washington Blade editor who blogs at Citizen Crain, traces the recent discontent with HRC to a January Boston Globe article on HRC's work in the 2006 elections. The piece noted HRC's work to help elect Democratic majorities both in Congress and at the state level in New Hampshire and elsewhere. The article claimed that HRC leaders wanted the organization to be seen as a "steady source of grassroots support for Democrats — more akin to a labor union than a single-issue activist group." In the article HRC President Joe Solmonese said that after the 2004 elections HRC shifted its priorities away from opposing state marriage amendments and towards electing candidates. For Crain, the article showed that HRC had put the interests of the Democratic Party ahead of the LGBT community.
"For a lot of people that expressed what had been suspected for a long time ... It plays out with whether they view the Democratic Party's priorities as their own ... I have yet to hear the kind of response I had hoped to hear, which is, 'No, that is not the case, and let me show you how we have stood up to the Democratic Party nationally and locally, and let me alleviate your concerns,'" said Crain.
QuoteIn the article HRC President Joe Solmonese said that after the 2004 elections HRC shifted its priorities away from opposing state marriage amendments and towards electing candidates. For Crain, the article showed that HRC had put the interests of the Democratic Party ahead of the LGBT community.
I am a registered Dem . . for the time being.
Unfortunately, it has been my longstanding experience that the Democratic party has a way of getting people to support the party and not so much the interests of those who make up the party. Party trumps what's right. You are not important, only your vote is important. But, they'll make you feel all warm and fuzzy until you pull that lever for them.
They like to take my vote and run. That's how I feel after 18 years of voting. I'm tired of feeling raped. I'm tired of feeding them and then having my hand bitten.
I've never voted Repub though. Can't see that I ever will.