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populism -- when democrats do it, it's called class warfare
Great article, thanks. The most effective thing that Democrats could do is work to destroy the myth of the Republican "conservative." They are almost non-existent, and were put on the endangered species list about the time that Reagan and Lee Atwater kicked off the righwing jihad that still defines our political culture. Liberals could get along just fine with honest, old-fashioned American conservatives, and share many of their values. I think the best thing that could happen in this nation is the re-emergence of decent conservatism, and the dire condition of the Republican party at the moment opens the door for some fresh leadership that could re-capture the institution that is presently controlled by mad imperialists and economic predators.
It was a real hoot watching McCain and Mitt Romney at the GOP Convention. Two white guys with a combined net worth of something like $3 billion calling Obama an "elitist." Oy....
The solution isn't for Obama and the Left to loudly play Robin Hood, any more than it is for McCain and the Right to worship anti-intellectualism.
The solution is to work to establish a culture where neither material nor intellectual achievement is resented, but aspired to and celebrated. A single election will not effect this change. A pro-reason cultural movement will.
This is very very different in what I see of Ms. Palin. She comes across as being a very cut throat type of leader...get in her way and she becomes vindictive. She has five children, 4 at home, one of which has down syndrome and is about 4 mo old. I see her putting her political career ahead of her children, even if it hurts them, like when she acknowledging that her 17 year old daughter is pregnant to the whole world, not caring what it did to her daughter, or the baby she carries.
I watch her showing off her special needs baby to the crowds, as if it were a symbol of pro-life, to me it looked like a political prop to bring in the votes. I listen to her speeches and hear the vicious, hateful and snide speeches that she gives. I quit counting after I head 10 lies which easily spewed through her lips. She calls herself a "barricuda " a "pit dog wearing lipstick"....she looks that way, hateful, dangerous, and never giving up, a person that is more concerned with her agendas and what she wants, than she is with what she can do for her community, her family, her church, or her country.
I had listened to Obama and I listened to McCain, then I listed to Biden and then to Palin. Palin's unchristian behavior worried me, so I paid more attention. Part of me wanted to vote for her because she says she is a Christian, but part of me felt that she wasn't acting like a Christian. I ended up thinking that if I behaved the way she was, what would God think of me? It was at this point that I knew I couldn't vote for her, she doesn't have my values.
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Biden’s Embellishments Could Provide Easy Fodder for GOP
by FOXNews.com
Saturday, August 23, 2008
By Bill Sammon
Biden also used unusually strong language to ridicule those who believe in creationism or intelligent design.
“I refuse to believe the majority of people believe this malarkey!” the senior senator from Delaware exclaimed.
Not supporting intelligent design and creationism does not equate to not being a Christian. Especially when you take it out of context like you did.
Neither intelligent design nor creationism should be taught in schools alongside science, because it is not science. It is Biblical studies.