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...pecksniffing them diligently, as the Dem leadership knows. Sooner or later (probably sooner, if I know my GOPpies,) some Dem schmuck will have her or his dirty laundry dragged out and paraded around. There is NO way to prevent it, and setting up some kind of morals-monitoring proctorship in Dem ranks won't help, it will only keep the leadership from building the unity and coherence needed to get down to business cleaning the stables.
What will distinguish us from the GOPpies, I hope, is that our leadership will immediately re-institute a STRONG ethics committee with real teeth, will fairly investigate every credible allegation, and will take decisive action, even against "our own," if warranted.
The other thing we can do to hang onto the momentum and keep the tide turning is to go to work immediately on a POSITIVE agenda, not just investigations and housecleaning. Make some POSITIVE changes that will have real effects for average folks. Repealing the godawful bankruptcy bill would be a start, and/or raising the minimum wage, and/or eliminating a largish chunk of corporate welfare expenses from the public budget and using the money to pay down principle on the national debt.
THOSE are the things that will generate solid support for a Dem majority. Yes, we have to hold the shitheels who damn' near destroyed the Constitution and trashed our standing in the world accountable, but that can't be seen as the only thing or even the main thing that a Dem majority seeks in its first few months in office.
concernedly, Bright
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