The Democrats I know

The Democrats I know:
- Think Michael Moore is a divisive boob that cost more votes than he ever brought to the party.
- Think that George Soros’s money dumped into the 2004 election would have been better spent on inner city minorities.
- Think public schools are essential so they send their own kids to public schools.
- Think partial birth abortion is an abomination – murder.
- Think that government should provide a safety net to society’s most vulnerable not go about redistributing wealth it has done nothing to create.
- Think victory in Iraq is the only option now that we are there so they support the troops by supporting the troop’s mission.
- Think that Americans ought to be able to own a shotgun, rifle or even a handgun.
- Think that government programs established in the 1940s can be changed to reflect the realities of 2005.
- Think that the Constitution says what it says and should be changed by amendment rather than judicial fiat.
- Think that presidential nominations are turned down when the full senate votes not when 40 senators say no.
- Think parents have a right to know if their minor daughter is going to have an abortion.
- Think America by and large is a force for good.
- Think that America needs to remain strong so that it can continue as a force for good in the world.
- Think George Bush is decent man irrespective of policy disagreements.

For a strong America we need two strong parties. The two national parties are supposed to reflect the center of America. The parties are supposed to argue the important issues of the day at the margins. While abortion may remain the law of the land, we ought to be able to agree that pulling a baby feet first from the womb and then sucking its brains out is not something we ought to condone. One of our national parties thinks this practice is OK. While the parties may argued about the wisdom of the Iraq war, once engaged the parties should be expected to close ranks and win the war. Party leaders should not be criticizing American policy from the war zone or giving hope to otherwise hopeless terrorists resisting American forces by comparing the current conflict with Vietnam.

The Democrat party sadly has been turned over to its fringe elements – anti war, anti American abortionist. The fringe left is undoubtedly happy about the party’s sharp turn to the left. Were I to run the Republican Party, I’d be extremely happy but, I’d likely be the only one in the party. Sadly, that seems were the Democrats are today - fringe people advocating fringe issues. As a result Democrats continue their freefall.