I haven't posted for awhile, and I wonder if anyone noticed that in my last few posts I made an effort to stay away from politics. Anyone? I know there are those who are political and those who aren't, and the constant discussion of political issues can bore the face off of those who aren't. It's hard for me to understand this, as I find the subject the single most relevant aspect of life in our democracy, not to mention that I find it endlessly fascinating. I follow politics the way some people follow sports, or Hollywood, and I'll be the first to admit I feel superior about it, because I know politics actually MATTERS- ha!
So, I have something to say about Ned Lamont's victory over Joe Lieberman in the Connecticut Democratic primary:
I'm glad Lamont won. I'm glad that he beat the guy who is seen as "reaching across the aisle" to Republicans. If it's true that he won solely on his antiwar stance, I'm glad for that too. I'm glad Americans (or at least Democrats) are taking a stand against a failed military effort that has killed thousands of people for reasons that are still a mystery to most of us. I don't want my party to continue to be represented by a senator who votes to cut estate taxes for multimillionaries while the administration continues to spend billions on this war and our health care system is broken, our schools are underfunded, middle class earnings are falling, and huge corporate subsidies continue while the poor and elderly are largely ignored.
I want a Democrat who IS a Democrat, and Lieberman hasn't been acting like one lately. Republicans say the Democratic party doesn't have an agenda, that we don't know what we stand for; well I'm a Democrat who does know. Call me an idealogical polarizer, better yet, call me a bleeding heart liberal because, proudly, I am one. I'm a Democrat who knows what I want from my country and my party, and if Ned Lamont's primary victory sends a message to my party about that, sorry Joe, but I'm glad you lost.
2 comments:
I have talked about politics enough, and now I keep quiet. It is too emotional a subject for me. Although I am a Democrat, I don't like everything that the party is doing, and I do not think that loyalty is always the greatest virtue. After all, one can be loyal to the mafia:) Exagerration, of course. I've seen people being loyal to a group that has been consistently excluding and ostracising its one member. So it is with the Democratic party. I will not comment on the choice of Lamont over Lieberman as I don't know either one well enough. I do understand your feelings in that regard, Rox!
Gypsy.
Rox, you are BAR NONE my favorite bleeding heart liberal. I so totally agree with you on so many levels in this post. Politics DO matter...a great deal. And it is scary to me to see members of both parties who try so damned hard to be "inclusive" that they leave behind the "good" things about their party. Personally, I'm not sure I believe either the Democratic or the Republican party have their fingers on the true pulse of America. Every politician is so concerned with how they can "gray out" what they believe in order to win votes, that there's no way to know what ANY of them REALLY think. I think we'll see another party within the next 50 years or so, that will emerge with a REAL agenda that they don't mind being proud about, regardless of what "opposition" might think. I want to hear and see someone who says "By god damn I stand for THIS because THIS is what is BEST for this country and our people and here is WHY..." instead of more rhetoric that is designed to just confuse everyone.
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