Reply #6: Ditto

[Larkspur]

Democrats, like Davis, have not run campaigns that empower people. Campaigns have been only about them getting into power, not about helping people or doing what is right for the state and country. That's the same strategy that Repukes use, except that after getting into power Repukes are not bashful about jaming their ideology down people's throats. Democrats have offered weak of any resistance at all to these creeps.

When Dean took over the governorship of Vermont, Democrats, especially the more liberal kind, were hoping to install a Democratic platform based upon ideology, not practicality. Dean rejected that. He told the Democrats back in 1991 that Democrats have a perception problem as "tax and spend" or irresponsible managers of public money. Dean made managing public money well a Democratic requirement and it paid off for him and the Democrats. Repukes may try to paint Dean as a "tax and spend" liberal, but Dean balanced budgets and reduced debt.