A Message To Voters
And take a guess who it’s from…
Surfing the net, reading political garb, you know, just for fun, I stumbled upon something that I found quite interesting and I think you will to. "A Call To Action: DEFEND DEMOCRACY. Change Congress in 2006!"
Seems harmless enough, don’t you think? I’m about read for a change in Congress. I mean, we can’t secure our borders. Our tax cuts have not been maid permanent. The Democrats are wimps and want to pull out of Iraq and the Republicans are wimps and won’t stand up to the Democrats.
Anyway, following politics as I do, reading this article, the usual comments are very familiar. From the piece:
The Bush Administration and the Republican controlled Congress have created our nation’s worst Constitutional crisis since the Civil War.
Brazenly, they have placed themselves above the law. Their abuses of power are immense and include:
-LYING to Congress and the people about the illegal pre-emptive war on Iraq
-Criminal negligence in abandoning the victims of Hurricane Katrina
-Corrupt no-bid contracts with crony corporations like Halliburton
-SPYING on ordinary citizens with wiretapping without warrants
The policies of the Bush Administration and the Republican leadership in Congress are designed by and implemented on behalf of the biggest, greediest, most corrupt corporate interests in our country. They have unleashed a wholesale assault on every gain won by the people in the last half century. They are attempting to:
-Privatize Social Security and dismantle pensions
-Undermine the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act
-Reverse health and safety laws
-Repeal environmental regulations and reject any measures to curb global warming
-Deny workers the right to organize a union
Bush’s new world order of raw corporate greed is driving down wages and working conditions everywhere to Wal-Mart levels. Tax cuts to the rich and billions for war are wiping out funds for public education, housing and health care.
Sound familiar to anyone? Sounds to me like the platform of the Democratic Party. No real answers, only criticisms of President Bush and the Republicans. Sure, I have complaints about President Bush and the Republicans, but these aren’t it. This definitely sounds like a democratic stump speech from Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid.
The funny thing is, it’s not from Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and it's not from House Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi. It’s not even from the Democratic National Committee. Oh no, it’s not from any of their websites.
It’s from this one…
The Communist Party USA.
Click the link, it's all right there for you to see for yourself.
I realize this upcoming election hasn't provided us with much of a choice. My own Congressional district is a joke and I'm not happy with either candidate. Representative Phil English is my Congressman, and he's about as stealth as a Congressman can be. I do know he seems to be a Washington fat cat and he's never visited my town in the 3 years I've lived there. But the alternative to him is a left wing professor that used to play in a rock band and wants universal healthcare. Talk about choosing the lesser of two evils.
But let's be honest. A vote for the democrats is a vote for the Communist Party of the USA. The points listed above were posted on 9/22/06 and if I had the time, I could probably show each of those talking points to one democrat or another.
So if you think you're doing some good by sitting out this election, or you think you're going to teach the Republicans a lesson by staying home, you're cutting your nose off to spite your face. I'm not happy with the options before me, but I do have to make a choice. Growing up during the Cold War, I was taught that anything Communist is bad, and my continued education in the ways of the world has only reinforced those teachings. Loving freedom and loving this country as much as I do requires me to do what is in the best interest of my country. And what is in the best interest of my country at this moment in time is not a vote for Communism, but a vote for the lesser of two evils. It's too late to do anything about my choices now. But during the next term, we all need to take a more active roll in our government and ensure we are no longer left with two pathetic choices.
Surfing the net, reading political garb, you know, just for fun, I stumbled upon something that I found quite interesting and I think you will to. "A Call To Action: DEFEND DEMOCRACY. Change Congress in 2006!"
Seems harmless enough, don’t you think? I’m about read for a change in Congress. I mean, we can’t secure our borders. Our tax cuts have not been maid permanent. The Democrats are wimps and want to pull out of Iraq and the Republicans are wimps and won’t stand up to the Democrats.
Anyway, following politics as I do, reading this article, the usual comments are very familiar. From the piece:
The Bush Administration and the Republican controlled Congress have created our nation’s worst Constitutional crisis since the Civil War.
Brazenly, they have placed themselves above the law. Their abuses of power are immense and include:
-LYING to Congress and the people about the illegal pre-emptive war on Iraq
-Criminal negligence in abandoning the victims of Hurricane Katrina
-Corrupt no-bid contracts with crony corporations like Halliburton
-SPYING on ordinary citizens with wiretapping without warrants
The policies of the Bush Administration and the Republican leadership in Congress are designed by and implemented on behalf of the biggest, greediest, most corrupt corporate interests in our country. They have unleashed a wholesale assault on every gain won by the people in the last half century. They are attempting to:
-Privatize Social Security and dismantle pensions
-Undermine the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act
-Reverse health and safety laws
-Repeal environmental regulations and reject any measures to curb global warming
-Deny workers the right to organize a union
Bush’s new world order of raw corporate greed is driving down wages and working conditions everywhere to Wal-Mart levels. Tax cuts to the rich and billions for war are wiping out funds for public education, housing and health care.
Sound familiar to anyone? Sounds to me like the platform of the Democratic Party. No real answers, only criticisms of President Bush and the Republicans. Sure, I have complaints about President Bush and the Republicans, but these aren’t it. This definitely sounds like a democratic stump speech from Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid.
The funny thing is, it’s not from Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and it's not from House Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi. It’s not even from the Democratic National Committee. Oh no, it’s not from any of their websites.
It’s from this one…
The Communist Party USA.
Click the link, it's all right there for you to see for yourself.
I realize this upcoming election hasn't provided us with much of a choice. My own Congressional district is a joke and I'm not happy with either candidate. Representative Phil English is my Congressman, and he's about as stealth as a Congressman can be. I do know he seems to be a Washington fat cat and he's never visited my town in the 3 years I've lived there. But the alternative to him is a left wing professor that used to play in a rock band and wants universal healthcare. Talk about choosing the lesser of two evils.
But let's be honest. A vote for the democrats is a vote for the Communist Party of the USA. The points listed above were posted on 9/22/06 and if I had the time, I could probably show each of those talking points to one democrat or another.
So if you think you're doing some good by sitting out this election, or you think you're going to teach the Republicans a lesson by staying home, you're cutting your nose off to spite your face. I'm not happy with the options before me, but I do have to make a choice. Growing up during the Cold War, I was taught that anything Communist is bad, and my continued education in the ways of the world has only reinforced those teachings. Loving freedom and loving this country as much as I do requires me to do what is in the best interest of my country. And what is in the best interest of my country at this moment in time is not a vote for Communism, but a vote for the lesser of two evils. It's too late to do anything about my choices now. But during the next term, we all need to take a more active roll in our government and ensure we are no longer left with two pathetic choices.
posted by Goose at 10:01
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