Re: In Praise of Lyme Activists

From: zipzip (mcpucho_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/30/04 

Date: 30 Dec 2004 11:33:33 -0800

a_weisman@yahoo.com wrote:

> I think the Dems need to stand up and define themselves. Make it
clear
> that we're NOT the tax and spend liberals soft on defense of the
60's.
>
> That WE are the party of small government, fiscal discipline, respect
> for individual rights, family values, and compassion.
>
> All the things that the republicans used to stand for before the
> religious right joined up, are actually democratic positions.

yes... great taste, less filling. lol.

the republican spin machine makes the whole dem party look like the
green party on tv. meanwhile they are really republican lite in the
beltway. they both stink, the republicans just stink more. i read in
a magazine of influential people of the year (newsweek?) at an office
yesterday that rick santorum is #3 in congress behind "dr" frist and
harry reid (who is a conservative dem from a red state!). scary
***!!!

i'd go green if they weren't so marginalized. had nader not been an
egoist and ran with them this last election they MAY have gotten the 5%
popular vote to get federal funding and become a "recognized" third
party.

real problem is the winner take all American style politics. we are
the ONLY stupid country that does this. every other country has a
parlimentary system, which has better checks and balances and is more
representative of the electorate. we are being ripped off and short
changed by our own system, and boy does karl rove know how to exploit
that!

(btw santorum is looking to align with rove for '08. yeah! i can't wait
for hillary vs. santorum, i'm ordering my isreali or irish visa now,
canada is too cold for me).

we either need anarchy (which i'm not in favor of) or some good
democratic socialism (which is a better sell when you call it
"collective capitalism", it's a brand name like "compassionate
conservatism". people really like it)

man, what we lost when paul wellstone passed. that was a leader!
elliot spitzer is our best next hope for a real leader and not a
politician. sigh. live long, pay taxes and prosper.

> Well that actually has relevance. When you vote for Bush you vote
> against science, against stem cell research, against patient's rights
> and other things of importance and relevance here.

sad but true.... are only hope is the union of concerned scientists and
the sierra club.