Reply #5: May I quote you on that, TC?;) [View All]

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My God, you just asked the question of the YEAR, TC! Damn, that's good.

I'm posting your entire question AGAIN below, because every true freedom-loving American Democrat needs to READ THAT TWICE!!!

<<<Posted by Totally Committed:

I do have a question, actually.....
What are life-long Democrats like me -- who have worked for the Party for 45+ years -- going to do if people like you will not run for office and help us take this Party back?

I'm disgusted with the present-day Rightward turn this Party has taken. I am alarmed at the lack of representation we, the people, actually get in return for our votes, because the big corporations are able (and willing!) to bribe our Democratic candidates with their big $$$$. I am appalled at the level of collusion and enabling of the Bush Administration -- continued funding for the Iraqi occupation, and the support for FISA are just two recent examples -- against the overt wishes of the majority of Democrats who cast votes in the last election.

I am concerned at the level of power and influence the DLC is seeking, using proven neo-con methods of influence (corporate $$$$, management of message, attack on the Left, and treating elections like chess games instead of hearing the will of the people.) We are still without universal healthcare. We still see the poor and minorities having to endure Jim Crow attacks on their right to vote. Gays and Lesbians are still denied the right to marry for love, despite the fact that they pay taxes just like all other Americans. Women's right of Choice is hanging by a thread. Katrina is still a pile of rubble. We are hated, despised, and disrespected world-wide. And yet... it is corporate personhood that is being allowed to ride rough-shod over our backs while those we elect to support us are busy voting with the Republicans to extend the occupation, defund social programs and safety nets for the poor, extending tax cuts and advantages for the rich, and enabling the off-shoring and out-sourcing of decent, well-paying American jobs.

I am a Democrat hanging, late in life, by a thread. You are one of the few hopes I see for this Party if it is to survive. Are you willing to step into the debate and advocate for all the Democrats, like me, who want a Democratic Party that in uncorrupted by corporate $, who seek equality for all under a vibrant and fully-restored Constitution, who want our environment safe-guarded and protected, who want to see the poor given the things they need to succeed, and the middle class restored -- along with the "American Dream" it once engendered? Are you ready? We need you.

Even if you don't win, your voice would start important conversations, would add important ideas to the debate, and would give those of us who so desperately need someone who believes as we do a much-needed voice within this Party again.

Thanks!

TC>>>>

We've had some very good questions submitted so far, but this one is by far the best yet. While most of our questions are brief, I don't care how lengthy yours is, you say what needs to be said.

TC, **please** cut-and-paste your original post into the form on our Voter Questions page and submit it formally. I want to make sure Mr. Kennedy reads that one himself!

And it would not surprise me if he agrees with you 100%, as I do.

Here's the link to submit a question:
http://rfkin2008.wordpress.com/voter-questions/

I knew we could count on DU folks to come up with some great questions!