Posts Tagged ‘Liberals’

Turnout, turnout, turnout. Every vote in every district will count. It is important to remind ourselves of this, because thousands of conservative blogs are being posted with the same general message. Turnout, turnout, turnout. Every friend, neighbor, or coworker that you convinced to vote in 2008 needs to be challenged this week. Turnout, turnout, turnout. It has been an ugly two years filled with occasional success bad bracketed by bitter failure. The last question remaining for the most prolonged, painful, embarrassing, and expensive midterm cycle in American history is a simple one. Will Liberals come out to vote? Will Liberals come to their senses? [Read the rest of this article...]

Maybe honesty and the persistent admonishments to hold onto one's principals are a positive, regardless of result. Perhaps this is a proverbial red badge of courage. To be wounded is to have proof of courageous participation. But this writer wonders what happens to progressive principles when the GOP retakes the House, trims the Senate majority, and brings a halt to any further progress. Would we not wish for just a few more legislative sessions with slower progress than we hoped? But this situation does not surprise me; it is the reason why, in a state that lets you make the choice, I never registered as a Democrat. The simple understanding that one needs to cling to the courage of their convictions, even while one looks for friends to [Read the rest of this article...]

Abortion is just one of those topics, the mere mention of which is likely to end conversation and begin fisticuffs. If ever there was a polarizing issue in American politics, this is it. If ever there was a bi-polarizing issue in American politics, this is also it. The Los Angeles Times Poll in 2000 neatly sums up the bi-polar aspect; 57% believed that abortion was murder, 67% believed the decision should be between a women and her doctor. [Read the rest of this article...]