Whatever happened to y’all’s favorite “don’t let perfect be the enemy of good” catchphrase? Or is that something y’all only pull out when it’s convenient to con people into abdicating their political autonomy and obeying the party lines?

Even when there is no prospect whatsoever of their being elected, the workers must put up their own candidates in order to preserve their independence, to count their forces, and to bring before the public their revolutionary attitude and party standpoint. — Karl Marx