First poster/diarist here, so forgive any protocol violations, please. I just needed to run this past someone other than my eternally forgiving partner.
The night the budget passed, I sent the following to the DNC:
I am a New Yorker who has been a registered democrat since before I left the home of the DFL in Minnesota. What I see happening to my party is outrageous! Voting for legislation patently counter to the goals of the party and its' people is unforgivable. Bankrupcy, privacy, security, labor, war, the environment and more. To my mind, it is crystal clear that to a republican, bi-partisanship truly is another word for date-rape. Thing is, we're the victims.
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