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Re: FEAR TRUMPS REASON

Posted by PC on 11/9/2004, 4:59 pm, in reply to "Re: FEAR TRUMPS REASON"
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i don't even know where to start with this post. alright, a couple quick things: "socialist leanings".ha. i love it when conservatives use that term to describe anyone who merely wants a level economic playing field. is it fair that a person making over 200k is taxed at a lesser rate then a soldier fighting in iraq? the gap between rich and poor is growing once again, sir... like it does every time a conservative takes office..and we'll eventually need another democrat to come and save us like bill clinton did after reagan's trickle down economics and bush 1. can't deny the facts. i also love how conservatives think they are more moralistic and hold higher values than everyone else. they're gonna teach..no, force us how to live a meaningful life. but where is the morality in joking about the failure to find WMD like bush did, searching under a desk in one political skit, while thousands are dead? sick. love those morals. --Previous Message-- : sir: : if you once talked to anyone outside of your : limited circle of friends(know anybody in : Iowa? know any active duty soldiers?), you : might find that there is a majority of people : in this country that DO believe in God, do : NOT believe in abortion, and DO think Iraq is : a wise move. : NOT fear, sir...reason. : I once counted myself as a Dem, more than : that, a LIBERAL Dem. from big bad NYC.... You : know what? Bill AND Hill woke me up... I want : nothing to do with them, nor the socialist : leanings of the current Dem party. : Terry Mc is a creep. George Soros is a : nightmare, so much so, that Mr. Cheney : reminds me of someone I can trust. Wow... : that is saying something, huh? Have you ever : looked into Geo. Soros' background? : Look to the party of screaming elitist : maniacs who get their money from fatter cats : than the Republicans as the reason Geo. II : won. You actually believe Michael Moore? You : really have to look at more than one view : point, and get information from more than one : source. (the NYT logo should read: "all : the news that fits the agenda") : That, and the fact that people do not want : living, up to 9th month, unborn children to : be pulled by their feet out of the mother, : leaving the head in place in the womb or : birth canal (so that it passes the test of : the current laws as to not be considered : murder....), then either scramble the brains : with scissors and break up the skull into : pieces, (or some other equally barbaric : procedure) so that the dead remains may be : pulled out easier. This for NO REASON except : not wanting the child. Nothing to do with : rape, disease. sir.... just the desire to be : unfettered of that child. Happens every day. : What about you? Would you vote against the : ban of partial birth abortion 6 times like : Mr. Kerry? : I wouldn't. I am not religious, particularly, : but I voted for Mr. Bush because every life : is important. : --Previous Message-- : Fear Trumps Reason : by Rosa María Pegueros : Last night, amidst the NPR chatter of the : election, I heard a young woman explain why : she had voted for Kerry. She said that she : had voted for Bush last time but that he had : broken his promise to be a uniter not a : divider. At her child’s daycare center, the : parents are so polarized that the Republican : moms sit on one side and the Democrat moms : sit on the other. With a husky voice, she : said, “Somebody has to do something to unite : us.” : This morning after, when the divisions are so : deep, President George W. Bush has a choice : to govern from the center or to see a 3.5 : million vote­out of over 113,555,794 votes : cast as a mandate (I’m not counting the Nader : votes). Given Bush’s response to his : court-appointed victory last time, when he : acted as if the people had granted him a : mandate, we may have a very dim future before : us. : For anyone left of center, it feels like : we’re facing Armageddon: irreversible damage : to the environment, the institution of the : draft; the appointment of Scalia to replace : Chief Justice William Rehnquist; a several : new conservative justices to the Supreme : Court, a skyrocketing unemployment rate, not : to mention a solidly Republican House and : Senate. It’s not a list to read with your : morning coffee. : The Democratic Party, which put all of its : heart and soul into getting new voters, must : now reconnoiter and make a plan for the : future. Considering the revitalization that : it enjoyed from joining its forces with the : Left, including many of whom had never voted : for a Democratic candidate as well as many : Democratic Socialists who had been alienated : from the party for a generation, it must now : find a way to address the concerns of the : American people without selling its soul to : the devil. Even though we didn’t win, we came : within three percentage points of winning. : Moreover, we must keep in mind that we are a : country at war, and that traditionally, : Americans have closed ranks behind the : president at such a time. That it was as : close as it was means that we can build a : future that draws strength from a base that : is different from that of the Republicans. : We cannot fault John Kerry for this loss. He : is a thoughtful man of character who deeply : loves this country and who pulled all the : stops out to win. Moreover, he got more votes : than any other Democratic candidate in : history. : It is, perhaps, precisely why he lost. People : who think see the grays of life, weight the : ethical concerns, read the newspapers, and : change their minds based on new concerns. : Real intellectuals have never done well with : the American people because they want clarity : and unequivocal conviction. It’s hard to be : absolutely resolute if one doesn’t wear : blinders. Besides, it is not in the nature of : people who don’t believe in absolutes to be : absolutist. Not to be tautological, but if : your faith requires a belief in absolute : authority and absolute morality, then your : entire world view flows from point: Easy for : a religious fundamentalist to do; it is not : easy or desirable for the rest of us. : Despite the post-election gloom on the left, : we must recognize a powerful force has been : energized: All of the first-time voters and : the young people who, until this election, : were politically apathetic have been reached! : Once the dust has settled, we must continue : to build on that base. : This generation of young people must bear the : brunt of whatever comes now, whether it be : the draft which seems to be inevitable, the : financial burden of a ballooning deficit, or : the struggle for survival in a degraded : environment. We must teach them what we know : and learn with them to us the new tools that : we can’t even imagine. After all, four years : ago, the Internet had not been used for : political campaigns; without it, we would not : have gotten as far as we did this time. : Bush could surprise us all by recognizing the : depth of the breach between the two sides of : America and acting to bring us together. : After all, he will never have to run for : anything again. He has the opportunity for : graciousness: He could appoint moderate : rather than extreme conservatives to the : Supreme Court and find other ways to : demonstrate that he is, indeed, a president : for All the people. : Whatever Bush does, we must not drop the ball : now for it would mean losing ground. : Reproductive choice is at issue; gay and : lesbian rights are at issue; fair and clean : elections are at issue, to name a few. If we : believe that America is better than the sum : of its people, that it aspires to greatness : rather than merely sanctimony and brute : strength, we do not have the luxury to : retreat to nurse our wounds. We must seize : the day. : : : : :

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