They put all kinds of good stuff in the platform, it doesn’t mean anything to what is actually done.
I honestly don't know why they bother with a platform. How about something like calling on the HOR to not fund anything that's not supported by the Constitutional functions of the federal government? How about something about Judicial overreach? There have been attempts, federal programs and state, to defund Planned Parenthood that have been overturned by judges.
We lose because one of two things happen. Either there are backroom deals where just enough 'pubs vote with the dark side or anything we win with gets overturned.
A platform with determination to deal with those two problems? That would mean something. The message would be that "our" pols should be held accountable to actually solve problems, instead of treating them as campaign issues to humor the voting fodder.
You’re right about that. :(