[Dean's World] Mary Madigan: How the Democrats could (accidentally) save the world

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Posted by Mary Madigan:
How the Democrats could (accidentally) save the world
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1162403071.shtml


   angryGore

   I support strong public schools, welfare, gay rights and the
   legalization of marijuana. I should be a Democrat. For most of my
   life, although I've always been registered as an Independent, I voted
   for Dems. I used [1]Dave's method of reasonably evaluating candidates
   and picked Democrats every time. Voting was easy.

   There was one catch - I also support military and self defense. Before
   9/11, that wasn't much of an issue. Afterwards, it was. In 2002, I
   wrote this post, explaining to my daughter how I could have broken
   with family tradition and all that we held holy by voting [2]for one
   Republican.

   I continued to vote for Republicans because most didn't treat the
   other party as 'the enemy'. They appeared to be looking for the
   quickest path out of the mess we found ourselves in and they appeared
   to be as level-headed as Rudy was.

   That was then, this is now. There is only one Rudy Giuliani, and I'll
   vote for him in 2008 whether he runs or not, but since we're talking
   about this election...

   Iraq was not the quickest path out the mess we found ourselves in. The
   quickest path would have been to acknowledge that our wealthy and
   generous Gulf allies are supporting terrorism; as supporters of
   terrorism they are our enemies. But, since our leaders, Republicans
   and Democrats, are addicted to their [3]habit of feeding at the
   bountiful Gulf oil trough, most politicians will never acknowledge
   that.

   Their fellow hogs in the media and academia won't either.

   As things stand now, it's unlikely that we will find a political or
   miltary means for fighting the worldwide terrorist infrastructure
   because many of our "allies" are a part that infrastructure. You can't
   fight a war if you're allied with your enemy.

   So, like [4]other centrists, I'm returning to my old habit of voting
   on social issues, for Democrats*. This may, inadvertently, be a good
   thing. About 99% of Americans believe that our reliance on oil,
   especially foreign oil, is a major problem. The Dems have a reputation
   of wanting to do something about this. They certainly have no
   intention of drying up their supply of Saudi cash, or of defending
   innocent lives that are currently threatened by petrodollar-supported
   terrorism. Instead, Democrats want to cater to [5]the
   environmentalists and PETA loons in their midst. Whatever. They are,
   unintentionally, doing the right thing.

   In this election, that's as good as it gets.

   [* but I'm not voting for the corrupt [6]Robert Menendez (D-NJ)]

References

   1. http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1162346557.shtml
   2. http://www.whataretheysaying.org/archives/2002_11_08.html#82368810
   3. http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1162241658.shtml
   4. http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/001275.html
   5. http://www.climatecrisis.net/
   6. http://politicalwire.com/archives/2006/09/08/feds_probe_menendez_rental_deal.html