June 09, 2007


IMPEACH BUSH


IMPEACH CHENEY

THE PROMISE

Just before he was murdered, Martin Luther King Jr. said he had been to the mountain top and had seen the other side. We have had glimpses of the other side. We had a glimpse during the New Deal when FDR's reforms made ours a more just society. We had another glimpse during the New Frontier and Great Society when there was an effort to reduce poverty and to extend a peaceful hand to the rest of the world. Both the New Deal and the Great Society were ultimately thwarted by wars. Now, after seeing how bad things truly are under conservatism, we stand poised once again to create a more just and democratic society. To illustrate the contrast, consider the contempt right-wing pundits show for the majority of us. Rush Limbaugh claims it is the top 5% who "pull the wagon" and the rest of us hop in the wagon for the ride. Columnists like Cal Thomas and George Will slobber all over themselves in glorifying the rich. This article by Brent Budowsky is at www.smirkingchimp.com:

Do the math: We are on the right side and Republicans are on the wrong side of global warming, where 80 percent of Americans want change. Republicans are in bed with oil companies, who make record profits while they rip off consumers and profit from wars, while homeless vets go hungry and disabled vets are often neglected.

On immigration the Republican Party is being eaten alive from within, torn in half, trapped in their politics of fear, while Hispanics are moving to Democrats in major numbers.

Independents are aligning with Democrats in overwhelming numbers, and this will continue so long as Democrats act like Democrats.

Support the vets — 25 million American vets with a 75 percent voter turnout. Add their families and the number rises above 50 million. Democrats can reclaim our heritage of FDR and JFK as the true party of troops, vets and military families.