Recently, Joe Biden made the comment that "he wanted to remind our base constituency to stop whining and get out there and look at the alternatives. The President has done an incredible job. He's kept his promises." Apparently some thin skinned Progressives got there feelings hurt. Joan Walsh of Salon.com was one of them.
In her Sept. 27th editorial she writes of some of the accomplishments in the previous 21 months since President Obama took the oath. The healthcare and financial reform were monumental, just not monumental enough. According to some progressives, especially ones with ample internet real estate to fill, nothing is ever good enough. We get it. You expected and wanted more, so did we.
But I contend that with a scant four weeks left until mid - term elections now is not the time for petulant footstamping. The stakes are much too high. We need every Democrat on deck. Especially those with far reaching influence.
The right wing may be set to wrench control of both the House and Senate if we don't wake up and take action. While historically mid term elections have been low key, we know that is not the case this time. The extreme right is gaining a foothold in the Republican Party and it could get ugly. This is the time for a unified base. Save the rest of the sniping until after the election.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
Here They Come Again
I have an uneasy feeling. With the GOP Senate nomination of Tea Party rising star Christine O'Donnell in Delaware, it appears the religious right is amping up for another grab for control of the government. I don't want to seem paranoid but I'm sure we have seen this before, only that time they used the moniker "Moral Majority". And the Tea Party may be welcoming them with open arms.
This article from Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/17/tea-party-rift-values-fiscal_n_720869.html) reports that various Tea Party / Republican leaders spoke at the 2010 Values Voter Summit in Washington D.C. on Friday. The rhetoric all seemed to focus on morality and how Washington has none. The article does point out that there are some leaders of the Tea Party that want to keep a distance from social issues, for now.
I believe that we are heading down a dangerous path. The fundamentalist vision wants to deny civil rights for gays, control women's reproductive rights and ban stem cell research for starters. Our country has worked very hard to get where we are today, and while not perfect, it beats the hell out of the religious rights desire for an earlier time.
This article from Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/17/tea-party-rift-values-fiscal_n_720869.html) reports that various Tea Party / Republican leaders spoke at the 2010 Values Voter Summit in Washington D.C. on Friday. The rhetoric all seemed to focus on morality and how Washington has none. The article does point out that there are some leaders of the Tea Party that want to keep a distance from social issues, for now.
I believe that we are heading down a dangerous path. The fundamentalist vision wants to deny civil rights for gays, control women's reproductive rights and ban stem cell research for starters. Our country has worked very hard to get where we are today, and while not perfect, it beats the hell out of the religious rights desire for an earlier time.
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