Posted on 07/24/2003 9:00:48 AM PDT by nwrep
I want to kick off a grass-roots movement to educate and inform discerning Democrats about the real nature of their party and am soliciting suggestions from Freepers. The reasons I am doing this are several, as listed below:
* I have several conservative Democrat friends who have always voted D, but who disagree with the stance of their party on issues like AA, tax-cuts, and regulations.
* These people do not understand that regardless of the "moderate" local Dem candidate they vote for, the party agenda is driven in Congress by an extremely liberal faction of the party.
* Case in point #1: I alerted one friend to Rep. Rangel's remarks about the death of Hussein's sons yesterday (Rangel said it was "illegal" for the US to kill them). The friend said he disagreed with Rangel, and the majority of the Dems would similarly disagree with the Congressman. I asked this friend if he knew who Rangel was. He had never heard of him. I informed him coolly that if the Dem regain the House, Rangel would become the Chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Cte., where all spending bills originate, and that he is one of the most influential members of his party in the House. The friend was shocked.
* Case in point #2: I asked another Dem friend what he thought of Kerry. He gave me a canned response about his Vietnam service, etc. I then asked him if he knew about his anti-Vietnam war stance. He said he did not, but that his parents (lifelong Dem voters like himself) hated Jane Fonda and everything she stood for. I then forwarded him the NewsMax expose of Kerr's Vietnam stance, his anti-war book, his rallies with Fonda and Ramsey Clark, and his statement to the US Senate in 1971. After reading all that, he said he was disgusted, and would forward it to his mother. He conceded that if Kerry were to be the nominee, he would vote for Bush.
* The problem is that these Dem voters are blissfully unaware of the voting records of their candidates and representatives. All they go by are finely crafted campaign statements issued during the last few weeks before the election where they pay homage to FDR, Truman and JFK. As a result, these dopey Dem voters (like my friends and their parents) continue voting for these candidates thinking they are voting for FDR/JFK-like candidates.
We need to educate these people and keep them as well informed as we Freepers are about the real day to day legislative agenda of the Rat Party. We need to highlight how they continue to vote against the best interest of these conservative, patriotic Democrats (like my friends) and how they continue to display hypocrisy by constantly changing their stance on major issues.
How do we do this?
Don't hold your breath.
I hope you're not one of those troublemakers I've been hearing about.
You're just kidding, aren't you?
Don't hold your breath.
Agreed. Asphyxiation is reputed to be a singularly unpleasant way to die.
Wow that is a "slick" way to declare yourself as a Howard Dean supporter.
Whew one would think, that a demo supporter by now would understand that most posters on FR, can notice "slick willie" grammer.
How do people in the real world usually react when they hear you compare Ashcroft with Himmler? I'll bet you don't talk about that kind of thing with most folks, do you?
Well, I assume that there are one or more persons in every country who resolve questions of citizenship.
Didn't Himmler's career involve a bit more than just resolving citizenship issues, though?
Hell, any cop on the beat can say he does that much.
In fairness to Himmler, didn't he have some responsibilities associated with the extermination of millions of civilians?
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Locked on 07/30/2003 8:17 PM EDT by Jim Robinson, reason: Locked. The feud is over! If not, the posting privileges of the violaters will be.
I dropped this issue last night.
Do you now, or have you ever had any accounts in this forum using a name other than Sir Gawain?
I would say "You first," but you've already proven yourself to be a liar, so you can feel free to blow your hot air all over the forum. I won't reply to you again, Babs.
P.S. Your buddy RBA is just as much a cyber stalker as you are. You two deserve each other.
Well, if for no other reason than to be fair to Himmler's memory, don't you think you should wait until Ashcroft proves himself deserving of the comparison before you make the comparison?
I dount it
I doubt it
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