Love Letter to Democrats

Love Letter to Democrats



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Dear Democrats,



I think you need a little pepping up.



Remember Harry Truman, remember FDR, and remember your roots -- but most of all, honor your conscience. You have nothing to be ashamed of! You are fighting the good fight, honoring our constitutional republic, and millions of disadvantaged Americans are still depending on you.



Because if you don't keep alive the American dream for the middle and lower classes, who will? If you don't protect our spacious skies and purple mountain majesties from corporate rape, who will? If you don't put your caring arms around our children and aging citizens, who will? And if you don't act like grownups and honor and benefit from the magnificent adventure of science, who will?



We've heard a lot of talk about morality these days, which is great, since that's always been the very soul of the Democratic Party. Sure, you've had your lapses, your fallings from grace, but you always land on your ethical feet when it comes to helping the poor in spirit and have not's of our country. The late nite cynics may laugh at the "have and have not" distinction, but everyone knows it's still true. And so you continue to take your cue from Jesus when it comes to not robbing the poor and exalting the rich.



And please don't forget that someone has to be a voice in this wilderness of spinning (which used to be called lying). Who else is going to be that still, small voice of the American conscience? Certainly not these righteous Pharisees who hate all the other world's religions more than they honor their own spiritual origins. Whatever happened to gentle Jesus, the exquisitely civilized gardens of Islam, or the Hebrew Prophets (those beacons of justice). Someone has to keep reminding us of Jesus' "Ye shall judge them by their fruits" or we are morally doomed. And that someone is you. The alternative is 3rd millennia holy wars. The alternative is mass murder in the name of God. The alternative is the metastasized cancer of the Middle East.



And surely our founding fathers must have their arms around your shoulders for how stubbornly you honor their constitutional legacy. They well knew their descendants would be threatened less by enemies abroad, than divisive, fanatical cults and greed vampires from within. The rule of law always disintegrates in times of "might makes right" and "the end justifies the means" and this certainly isn't the first time fragile civilization has been threatened by these arrogant rationalizations. So, bless you for working to keep our Ship of State in the deep waters of constitution and law and away from the rocks and shallows of self serving extremists. Beyond the righteous cults of the day, we are each of us Americans after all.



And then there's Mother Nature. Our descendants will be forever grateful to your passionate and untiring efforts to protect her. And yes, there's heartbreak in this too since there are those among us for whom the pastel hills, night wind prairies, breathing oceans, crystal skies, Holy Grail forests, and salty morning beaches are "movie sets", merely, for their salvation/damnation sitcoms. No mystery here, no Walden Pond, no God given Eden, no Amerindian Great Spirit . . . just a temporary motel (so why not steal the towels?). Who cares about global warming or greed driven environmental rape if we're all going to go up in a puff of Armageddon smoke anyway? Of course, the real adults still have to mind the store of one and only planet and for this duty, Democrats have always volunteered.



And lastly, dear Democrats, kudos’ to you for playing by the rules. Life has a funny way of catching out the liars and cheaters, whether it's a high school sports competition or a presidential election, so keep the faith that truth will out!



So come November, vote your hearts, vote your conscience. This is it, dear dems. This is the big one. Forget the rationalizations, forget the appointments, forget the bar. Each of us is the other guy and if you and I don't vote, then all is lost.



And Tiny Time had it right. God bless us all every one.

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wcproteus

wow. Great letter. Needs to be published in the New York Times.

Gee, you sure know how to make my day. Yeah, it's mine. Moment of inspiration I guess. The thing is, it's all true. The Democratic Party for all its flaws is the only party of conscience and responsibility in America. At least at its better moments it really tries to live up to the Constitution. I guess it's our ultimate extended family.

Thank you again, proteus

:kick:

and a rec.

"Each of us is the other guy" , rule #1.
dp

:kick:


dp

it's beautiful. It brought a tear to my eye.

K & R!

TC