Reply #14: OMG! What do people WANT?? [View All]

[progressivebydesign]

The problem with the Democrats.. is that unlike the Republicans, we all expect the candidate to reflect our own personal political tastes down to the nth degree. The Republicans are easy.. they have a candidate. You support him. Done.

John Kerry is damned either way. He can't appeal to the moderate, the patriotic, the military, and the swing voters by wearing a Bush sucks t-shirt, and denouncing our military, and he can't please the uber left, who thinks he should be avoiding any signs of patriotism or respect for the military.

We're a damn picky bunch! Far be it from us to unite behind the guy... Umm.. it's either Kerry or Bush at this point. I am NOT offended by Kerry embracing the military or the flag. While I think the Iraq war is a deadly mistake, and I detest the abuses at the hands of some of our soldiers, I think the military does not deserve to be treated badly. We are our military. It's our families, our neihbors, our students, etc. They are the ones there to defend us if we need them, they chose to do that. I'm anti-war, but NOT anti-defense. It's seems ridiculous for people to expect a veteran to be anti-military. That's ludicrous.

These types of stupid articles are further proof that our Party needs to pull their collective heads out of our asses, when we further perpetuate the myth that our Party is anti-America. Hey.. guess what.. we're Americans, too. Democrats can be patriotic, too. We're allowing the GOP to steal our flag, our military, and the idea of patriotism. We hand the elections to the GOP when we keep up this me! me! me! attitude, and demand that our candidate be our carbon copy, and whine publicly that they aren't. Oddly enough, the GOP of all people could teach us a thing or two about UNITY!

p.s. Good morning! :donut: