My Daily Rant--Why Obama? Because We're Democrats.
If this is the first installment, then let's think big. Let's put the big umbrella over the table. Why am I voting for Obama/Biden on November 4th? And why do I believe that you should do the same? Going out for a ride earlier tonight to check out our version of storm damage (much less than down South), I saw two "Another Democrat for McCain" signs. Let me suggest why a person who votes for McCain can't be a Democrat.
To belong to the Democratic party and to support its candidates first of all means that you can proudly say that you belong to the party of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the President who, in the face of Republican opposition, guided us through the Depression, and provided us with a Social Security system. If you think the Republicans aren't still mad about that one, consider that they are still trying to take it away from you.
The Democratic Party also advanced the cause of civil rights for African-Americans and other minorities in this country by passing legislation that safeguarded the civil liberties of all people, including the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Did the Republicans fight this one? You bet, orchestrating the longest filibuster in the history of the United States Senate to keep the Civil Rights Act of 1957 from ever becoming law.
The Presidency of Democrat John F. Kennedy further advanced the cause of civil rights, proposing in 1963 what would be the Civil Rights Act of 1964. JFK also successfully managed the Cuban Missile Crisis, the greatest military crisis of his time, and brought to the Presidency a style and grace that remains unequaled to this day. President Kennedy never used fear, but presented the country with challenges to be met, using soaring rhetoric that sent us to the moon in the 1960's, gave hope to the people of Berlin and sent the graduates of American University out to serve the world with what may be the greatest commencement speech of all times.
Finally, even with its shortcomings, who can fault us for hearkening back to the nostalgic 1990's and the Presidency of Bill Clinton. I know, you'll say it was a different world--a pre 9-11 world--and he supported NAFTA. And yet, the economy wasn't being raided by friends of the President, the budget was balanced, gas cost less than $2 per gallon, and we were not involved in a misguided war. It wasn't paradise, but I'll take it.
So, if you have a sign in your yard that says, "Another Democrat for McCain," you might have been a Democrat once, but you have lost you way--and you're a Democrat no longer. Don't pretend to be what you're not. You and I don't have the same values any more. And don't tell me that the party left you. Dig deep, look in the mirror--you're an R now. Own up.
To belong to the Democratic party and to support its candidates first of all means that you can proudly say that you belong to the party of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the President who, in the face of Republican opposition, guided us through the Depression, and provided us with a Social Security system. If you think the Republicans aren't still mad about that one, consider that they are still trying to take it away from you.
The Democratic Party also advanced the cause of civil rights for African-Americans and other minorities in this country by passing legislation that safeguarded the civil liberties of all people, including the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Did the Republicans fight this one? You bet, orchestrating the longest filibuster in the history of the United States Senate to keep the Civil Rights Act of 1957 from ever becoming law.
The Presidency of Democrat John F. Kennedy further advanced the cause of civil rights, proposing in 1963 what would be the Civil Rights Act of 1964. JFK also successfully managed the Cuban Missile Crisis, the greatest military crisis of his time, and brought to the Presidency a style and grace that remains unequaled to this day. President Kennedy never used fear, but presented the country with challenges to be met, using soaring rhetoric that sent us to the moon in the 1960's, gave hope to the people of Berlin and sent the graduates of American University out to serve the world with what may be the greatest commencement speech of all times.
Finally, even with its shortcomings, who can fault us for hearkening back to the nostalgic 1990's and the Presidency of Bill Clinton. I know, you'll say it was a different world--a pre 9-11 world--and he supported NAFTA. And yet, the economy wasn't being raided by friends of the President, the budget was balanced, gas cost less than $2 per gallon, and we were not involved in a misguided war. It wasn't paradise, but I'll take it.
So, if you have a sign in your yard that says, "Another Democrat for McCain," you might have been a Democrat once, but you have lost you way--and you're a Democrat no longer. Don't pretend to be what you're not. You and I don't have the same values any more. And don't tell me that the party left you. Dig deep, look in the mirror--you're an R now. Own up.
posted by Youngstown Born and Still Here @ 9/15/2008 08:11:00 PM
1 Comments:
At 12:37 PM,
Anonymous said…
Sure the economy wasn't being raided by friends of the President when Clinton opened the door to NAFTA, it was being raided by the President himself! NAFTA is the biggest slap in the face that any administration could impale on working America!
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