Originally posted by Liberator
Okay, let's get things parsed out here.
When I say the Democrats are nutjobs, I mean the Micheal Moore and those like him who want to play social experiments with my future and the futures of everyone else. The Political Democrats, those that are supposedly public servants, are nothing but sycophants who do what ever it takes so they don't have to face the realities of real life outside The Beltway. There are very few real public servants in politics any more, which is one of the few things the Founding Fathers didn't forsee when they wrote the Constitution, Career Politicians.
If I thought it would pass, I would push for global Term Limits for all public office holders, retroactive to their initial office held, with the remainder of their current term to maintain some continuity in service. It would put the power back into the hands of the people as they would actually have to think some about who they send to represent them when their supposed servant runs out of terms. There are too many offices that go uncontested in this country, and I for one and sick of it. No public office should ever go uncontested, even if it's just for show.
So basically, what you're saying is that you don't really think all Democrats are nutjobs, only those who actually represent their beliefs instead the grey-faced beaurocrats who are closer to the Republican mindset than they are to their base (Tom Daschle, Joe Lieberman...pretty much all of the DLC, including our boy Kerry)
So what is it that the lefty nutjobs stand for thats so terrible? The basic principles of the "Michael Moore liberal", as far as I have been able to discern, are:
1. Opposition to war. War is bad, lots of people die, and they are almost never, ever waged to a just reason. War always bring devastation to some foreign peoples who have done nothing to deserve it, and is matched by a loss of freedoms at home. Hence, war is bad.
2. The belief that anyone is free to do anything, so long as it does not infringe upon someone else's freedom. The mindset that is opposed to gay marriage now is the same mindset that supported segregation back in the day. The simple fact is, the federal government does not have any jurisdiction over your private life. You can marry a dog for all I care, its none of my business. Same goes for drugs. Though I will concede that abortion is sort of iffy, and is not a straight-cut case of personal freedoms.
3. The belief that in a nation as prosperous as America, no one should die for lack of food, shelter or readily available medicine. This is not a case of stealing from the rich to give to the poor, this is a case of stealing (taxing) equally from both the rich and poor. I don't know how you can call Bush a moral man, while he's busy making sure that when it comes down to the life of some old person, or the profit of a drug company, profit wins every time. Thats the basic jist of it, people are more important than profit.
4. Belief that we should preservew our environment, cause its the only one we have. Nothing takes priority over the environment, not business, not the military, nothing. Once its gone, thats it. The damage can not be repaired, except by natural processes that last millions of years. And you may think that the environmentalists are being too alarmist, but so what? Better to err on te side of caution, in something as important as this.
5. Belief that society should be ruled by everyone, not just the obscenely wealthy. You know as well as I do that power is concentrated at the top: a handful of people make all the decisions. These include elected officials, senators and congressmen, media moguls, special interests and big business. And let me ask you, is this democratic?
And this last point is something that some, though not nearly enough, people believe.
6. The the US has no authority to dictate life for people in foreign countries. Essenially, that the US should not be an empire, lording over the world. You can deny a lot of thing, but you can't deny that the US has tremendous influence, and that is has not hesitated to use that influence to benefit itself, usually to the detrement of foreign people. No more wars, no more military bases, no more coups, no more puppet regimes, no more support for tyrants, no more economic interventions, no more subverting democracy and national sovereignty. Keep within your own damn borders, just like everyone else. You are not special, not the world's police, not the guardians of freedom. Stay within your own borders.
--Now point out with which of those beliefs you have a problem?
