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Thread #77800 Message #1391334
Posted By: Jerry Rasmussen
28-Jan-05 - 11:30 AM
Thread Name: BS: Stop Blaming The Republicans!
Subject: BS: Stop Blaming The Republicans!
Man, talk about throwing red meat to the wolves. Especially in here. I generally don't even bother to read political threads in here, because I think most posts are people just espousing their own views, without stopping to try to understand why people have opposing views. Mostly just a shouting match, with 95% of the participants being Democrats.
I are a Democrat. I come from a family of Democrats. I think the Democrats lost the election, not that the Republicans won it. And that's an important distinction. I think that the Democratic party has become woefully out of touch with this country and until the party, and all of us Democrats take responsibility for that, we'll never move this country forward in the way we feel it was founded to be. I once was founded, but now I lost. Or something like that. Now, you can say that the Republicans have usurped patriotism and morality and put Democrats on the defensive, and you're probably right. Blaming the Republicans isn't going to cut it. Getting in touch with this country is going to take some soul-searching, rather than just pious finger-pointing.
There was obviously a lot of anger in this country after 9/11. The initial reaction was to bring this country together. But then, that anger was used to fuel a misguided patriotism that led to invading Iraq. Now, patriotism is used to defend our actions there, and we've devolved into a country of redneck right wingers and pointy-headed liberals. At least, that's how the political parties would like to make us think. It's my opinion (not a fact, Ma'm) that the democratic party has lost touch with it's constituency. And that can't be blamed on the Republicans.
I know that it's cathartic to constantly pound on the Republicans in here, and some of the things I believe about Bush would perhaps shock even some of his strongest critics. But, it's time to stop the whinging (I can't believe I actually agree with Mart Gibson on something) and take a hard look at how the Democratic party has lost it's way.