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Dave Sund Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 10:31 PM
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I Want A Democrat Who Will Stand Up And FIGHT!
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The silence is deafening. Our representatives are so afraid of losing support that they aren't saying anything. And, that causes them to lose support. We can go with the CW in 2004 that says Bush won because of the far-right. Or we can go with the opposite view, one that is often stated here, that Bush didn't really win at all. But neither of them gets to the point: Kerry was a cartoon of everything that Bushco said he was. He had an idiot campaign staff that told him to take the middle ground on every conceivable issue. Instead of providing the American people with a choice, Kerry turned everyone except ABB voters off.

I can't tell you how many times I heard before, during, and after the elections, "What difference does it make, they're all the same anyway." Eventually I stopped bothering trying to explain the difference. The truth was to clear to me.

Democrats are wimps. They don't stand up for ideals or values unless they speak to those people that espouse them. They talk out of both sides of their mouths and move toward the center on every issue. They align themselves with organizations like the DLC. Rather than focus on the lies and bullshit we are being fed every day, they simply argue the nonsense issue of the moment.

Why aren't the Democrats out on TV right now condemning the Bush administration for doing nothing to bring down gas prices? Why aren't they pushing hard for a timetable on Iraq? A silent minority breeds ignorance in the masses. We need Democrats that we can be proud of and Democrats that espouse our values. Tell our Reps and Senators that they need to stand up to the lies. We need a voice!
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