Sad, But True
D. S. Mitchell
Calamity Politics is coming to you today from the North Oregon coast where we still respect women and protection of the weak, the sick and the elderly.
Sadly, it seems to me, that “people” never vote for policy. Which is what effects their every day lives. Instead, politicians have figured out that “people” vote for hot button issues, the candidate’s appearance and stage comfort being other factors. There seems to be a total disconnect for many people. The individual political party platforms state clearly the values and direction of that party. Furthermore, the history of the individual parties actions when in power are a pretty reliable predictor of how they will govern.
Characters like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Newt Gingrich are continually ginning up the right wing base with attacks against any and all “liberals” “lefties” “progressives”; and the “Democrats” specifically.
I’m proud to be a liberal if that mean, in the words of JFK, ” Someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people—their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties—someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad. If that is what it means to be a ‘Liberal’— then I’m proud to say I’m a liberal.”
