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Showing Original Post only (View all)It's a shame that Democratic abandonment of anti-war has left the door open to Ron Paul types [View all]
Same thing for support of spying and the security state...not to mention talk of cutting social security as well as the adoption of "deficit-cutting" austerity rhetoric.
But it's probably as good a sign as any that somewhere along the way we have lost sight of who we are and lost our way.
Time to start thinking about our political principles again and demand that our leadership represent them.
Why don't I attack Republicans more is a question I am sometimes asked... well the simple answer is that they will never listen to me. I have no influence with them, no leverage. But I do, or should, have at lease SOME with my own party. Collectively we all do.
That's why it is so important to work to effect change amongst ourselves because if we don't demand more from ourselves, who will?