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"I hear a lot of raging (even here) how we have to reach out to these southern white boys. Are we suppose to a) campaign down there wearing a white sheet, caring a burning cross and a noose in order to appeal to redneck A?? Should we b) campaign in the South promising those good old boys that if we were in office we would attack the whole bloomin' Muslim world and not Mickey Mouse around like Bush to attract good old boy B???"


I read this earlier today--from the Dean apology thread, comes a link, http://www.theangryliberal.com/11-06-03.htm, to this quote:

"Democrats should offer the following bargain to every working person who disagrees with us on racial and religious issues: We will continue to disagree with you on these divisive issues, and be damn proud to do so. But in exchange for your support, we're going to make your lives better. We're going to see to it that your employer pays you a fair wage and runs a safe and fair workplace. We're going to see that your children get a decent education and healthcare. We're going to see that the air you breathe and the water you drink is clean and safe. We're going to see that America will be a better place for your children than it was for you. And we're going to do the same for the people you hate for having dark skin or worshipping a different god or loving a member of the same sex. And when you compare that to the republican offer to allow you to play with guns and hate minorities in exchange for an ever-decreasing quality of life, you will not have an easier choice to make. You see, we Democrats are counting on your ability to put aside your beliefs in order to secure your future. Republicans, on the other hand, are counting on you to put aside your future in order to secure your beliefs. The choice is yours."

That's what you tell them. Only a stupid man would starve himself just to keep holding onto the beliefs of an overblown sense of imagined entitlement.