"People should not vote for any Republican, because they're dangerous, dishonest, and self serving"

[kpete]

September 28, 2007 at 11:44:07

BROKEN GOVERMENT: A Must Read

by SDrobny Page 1 of 1 page(s)

http://www.opednews.com


At the end of the book, Dean implores the reader to vote against the Republicans in order to save the Constitution and our republic. The final paragraghs below of Broken Government need to be used as the platform for the Democratic Party in every campaign throughout the country.

"As I was writing this closing section, an old friend from the Nixon White House called. Now retired, he is a lifelong Republican who told me that he voted for Bush and Cheney twice, because he knows them both personally. He asked how my new book was coming, and when I told him the title, he remarked, 'I'll say the government's broken.' After we discussed it, he asked how I planned to end the book, since the election was still a good distance away. I told him I was contemplating ending midsentence and immediately fading to black-the way HBO did in the final episode of The Sopranos-but that I would settle for a nice quote from him, on the record. He explained that he constantly has to bite his tongue, and the reason he does not speak out more is because one of his sons is in an important (nonpolitical) government post, and we both know that Republicans will seek revenge wherever they can find it. How about an off-the-record comment? I asked. That he agreed to.

'Just tell your readers that you have a source who knows a lot about the Republican Party from long experience, that he knows all the key movers and shakers, and he has a bit of advice. People should not vote for any Republican, because they're dangerous, dishonest, and self serving. While I once believed that Governor George Wallace had it right, that there was not a dime's worth of difference in the parties, that is no longer true. I have come to realize the Democrats really do care about people who most need help from government. Republicans care most about those who will only get richer because of government help. The government is truly broken, particularly in dealing with national security, and another four years, and heaven forbid not eight years, under the Republicans, and our grandchildren will have to build a new government, because the one we have will be unrecognizable and unworkable."

Those comments summed up our current situation and our possible future as eloquently as anything I could have wished."

more at:
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_sdrobny_070928_broken_goverment_3a_a_.htm

[itsrobert]

1. Exactly, that's why we shouldn't vote for Hillary

Republican Lite is not good enough

[murielm99]

5. How predictable.

Trust someone to turn this into an anti-Hillary thread.

You guys never miss a chance, do you?

[pop goes the weasel]

8. I'm no Hillary fan but

I'll take her over any of the Republicans.

[TwilightZone]

2. A truth that should be self-evident.

Anyone who believes that Gore or Kerry would have been just like Bush understands none of them.

Edit: typo

[blm]

3. It doesn't help if we replace them with Lieberman style Dems, either. We have to stand

AGAINST closed government lawmakers PERIOD - both GOP and Democratic - and support those Democrats siding WITH open government and who will trust and respect us as citixens who HAVE that right.

[itsrobert]

6. Yes, Hillary voted for the Lieberman bill

two peas in a pod

[Justitia]

4. Well, DUH. But, I guess this is for a different audience than me, LOL -eom

[jkshaw]

7. Thanks kpete, for the post

It reminded me that I wanted to send for this book, which I did just now. I respect and admire John Dean, remember him as a young man.

And, just a word, respectfully offered. Please take it easy on each other's favorite candidates. We're all Democrats. Differences are okay. Snarkiness gets old quickly. Pure meanness gets old immediately.