Sad Day for Progressives When We Become Divided

By GottaLaff

Your Daily Dose of BuzzFlash, via my pal Mark Karlin:

Having been on the Internet fighting off the GOP like a junkyard dog since May of 2000 -- and putting on the boxing gloves against the illegal and unconstitutional actions of the Bush Administration for 8 years -- it has personally been of great angst to see the progressive movement divided on a litmus test over HCR.

Most recently, two leading bloggers Markos and Jane Hamsher have taken their feud public over whether or not Dennis Kucinich should stick with his stated principles and not vote for the compromised HCR Senate Bill coming imminently before the House because he believes in a single payer system. [...]

As for Dennis Kucinich, who has articulated deep moral principles over time and is much to be admired, he [decided to support the bill].

Sadly for the progressive movement, we are split now between the social idealists and the pragmatists.

[W]e profoundly lament that the progressive force built up over 10 years has developed such a rift.

There is too much that needs to be done to save our nation from the greedy, the demagogues, and the mega-corporations whose wealth exceeds that of many countries.

More here.