Why do Dems find their backbone after they lose an election?

And Republicans find their sense of humor and humanity after they lose a presidential election?

New rule - Democrats, from top to bottom, need to build a rudder and stick it in the water.

What are John Kerry's core beliefs? What are his guiding principles? I swear I don't know -AND STOP TELLING PEOPLE THE ANSWER IS ON YOUR WEBSITE.

What are YOUR core beliefs and guiding principles? Are we any better than the rudderless Democrats in Congress? This ship stinks from the hull to mast. The bilge pump needs to be turned on in steerage (i.e. by the grassroots).

Kerry and Edwards were pretty clear about what they believed. However, they didn't show them on the TV so much, and the TV gave Dick Cheney and Geo Bush lots of time to constantly LIE about Kerry/Edwards.




P.S. Conason has a good piece w a little historical perspective.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2004/11/06/history/index_np.html

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Democrats lost the battle, not the war
Only people suffering from historical amnesia could believe this election proves that liberalism is dead.


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By Joe Conason


Nov. 6, 2004 |

In the dark post-election mood that lingers, the defeated should find history both restorative and instructive. Restorative because the past reminds us that both victors and vanquished tend to mistake the dimensions of the immediate event, whose true significance cannot be known until years or even decades later. Instructive because the past tells us so much about how the conditions of our present distress came to exist -- and, most important, how we can change them.

So for the moment set aside the triumphal proclamations from the Republican leadership and their echoes in the media, along with the petty recriminations against John Kerry, who has devoted his life to public service and deserves admiration for the honorable campaign he waged against unscrupulous opponents. As a presidential candidate he had his virtues and flaws, which obviously differed from those of George W. Bush -- and will surely differ from those of the next Democratic nominee.

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Edit clarify fix spelling

Think about that.

where was it?

before, during, or after an election. The rumored "backbone" has not been in evidence since * was hoisted onto the scene by various moneyed interests.