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October 28, 2006
We Democrats.
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 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?
Posted by Andrew at October 28, 2006 04:13 PM