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Democratic Political Platforms: Anything Goes!
CNN and USA Today ^ | 1/06/2005 and 11/06/2002 | Tedd Barrett / Tom Kenworthy

Posted on 01/08/2005 12:20:23 PM PST by watchinginawe

(From CCN article 1/06/2005) ...The move was not designed to overturn Bush's re-election, said Ohio Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones and California Sen. Barbara Boxer, who filed the objection.

The objecting Democrats, all of whom are House members except Boxer, said they wanted to draw attention to the need for aggressive election reform in the wake of what they said were widespread voter problems.

(From USA Today Article 11/06/2002)... But Mondale conceded that the full-throated partisanship of an Oct. 29 memorial service for Wellstone may have contributed to his defeat by energizing Republican voters.

The three-hour memorial, attended by 20,000 people, turned into a sometimes raucous Democratic political rally. Some Republicans at the service were booed and a longtime associate of Wellstone's used his eulogy to urge the crowd to "win this Senate election for Paul Wellstone."

"I think there were some statements that went too far," Mondale acknowledged. He called it "very regrettable on the saddest of days" that "the shadow of partisan politics was raised."

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: 2004election; democrats; electoralcollege; wellstonememorial
Grabbing any platform and changing the purpose for partisan politics will always backlash on the perpetrators, no matter which party they are in. The republicans understand this and didn't turn Reagan's passing into a conservative rally but rather let the country mourn.

The democrats have not figured this stuff out yet and keep shooting themselves in the foot. They even have adopted Michael Moore and his "documentary" format as a political platform. Even movies like "Reagan" and "Day After Tomorrow" are steeped in liberal mythology.

I hope they keep getting more opportunities to show themselves for what they are!

In case the links didn't post correctly, here they are again: From CNN: Bush carries Electoral College after delay

From USA Today: Mondale's Senate run hurt by Wellstone memorial

1 posted on 01/08/2005 12:20:23 PM PST by watchinginawe
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