[Dean's World] Andrew Cory: We Democrats

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Posted by Andrew Cory:
We Democrats
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1162077531.shtml


   Too often I hear and read the the Democratic Party doesn't stand for
   anything. This is flatly wrong. We in fact are rather principled.
   Those principles have little to do with the size of the government,
   but rather with how that government is used. Specifically, the
   Democratic party is the one that wants each citizen to be treated
   equally before the law. The Democratic party views the Government as a
   collection of citizens, and is thus easily overseen and reviewed by
   ordinary humans...

   There are many things that come out of this worldview; economic and
   environmental stances which you may or may not agree with. Which is
   fine; we don't always agree with ourselves on these issues. But if the
   Democratic Party were in charge, we'd be debating the best way of
   providing the most healthcare to all our citizens-- at the lowest
   price. We may not get the correct mix, but we'd at least give it a
   shot. Which is a hell of a lot more than you're gonna get out of
   anyone further to the Right...

   In this election, the stakes are higher, of course. It isn't simply an
   issue of one congressperson talking (or even voting) against President
   Bush. It's that... hell! Read this [1]Rolling Stone Article on the
   subject. It's bad. A vote for any Republican is a vote for the
   leadership which allowed Mark Foley to have free run of the
   Congressional Pages for 5 years without doing a damned thing...

   Perhaps we want different things out of our government, though. What
   would you like to see Congress doing?

References

   1. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12055360/cover_story_time_to_go_inside_the_worst_congress_ever