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The said Constitution shall be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms.

-Samuel Adams

The Problem With the Democrats

I definitely have some problems with the Republican party, but the Democratic Party really is a piece of work itself. This past weekend on Meet the Press, I had a chance to see into the empty place where the Democrats should have a Good Solid Plan. It was, in a word, sad.
The Q and O blog details Congressman Rahm Emanuel's Five-Point Democrat plan for the coming elections.

Author McQ points out that this is a weak plan; a vague tax-and-spend plan that shouldn't surprise anybody. But it does surprise me. I cannot believe how little the message has changed over the last almost 20 years. One would think that losing control of Congress would have concerned them enough to get some new ideas, but it hasn't. This is really a sad situation - it is no wonder that the Republican politicians are spending with impunity, contrary to the ideals of conservative voters. After all, what are we going to do, vote in Democrats? I really would like to, in order to introduce some gridlock and see some fighting over the budget, instead of having the GOP go hog wild year after year. But how can I be expected to pull the lever for this?

One quick comment that really burns me up (McQ pointed this one out, too, but for a different reason)

when Russert asked who would pay for point one, Emanuel said "the American people ."...

As is so often the case, I hear this plan for government expenditures, and I demand to know why this requires intervention by the government. Get out of my wallet! As one of "the American people", I can assure you we are already paying for college education!

One, we make college education as universal for the 21st century that a high school education was in the 20th. Second, we get a summit on the budget to deal with the $3 trillion of debt that's been added up in five years and structural deficits of $400 billion a year. Third, an energy policy that says in 10 years, we cut our dependence on foreign oil in half and make this a hybrid economy. Four, we create an institute on science and technology that builds for America like, the National Institutes has done for health care, we maintain our edge. And five, we have a universal health-care system over the next 10 years where if you work, you have health care.

Posted by Wulf on October 5, 2005 at 10:57 PM

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Haha, you would write about politics. Dork. : )

Posted by: Laurel at October 6, 2005 3:52 PM

Who's the more dorkish: the dork or the dork who reads him?

Posted by: Wulf at October 6, 2005 6:26 PM

I don't think you can blame the Democrats for much of anything anymore. You especially can't blame them for the fact that Republicans are spending mountains of money that we don't have. Democrats haven't had power or made a decision in a long time. Republicans rose to power by blaming the Democrats, and now that they are in power, it is abundandtly clear that blaming Democrats is the only thing Republicans know how to do.

Posted by: Marv at October 8, 2005 10:40 PM

In my opinion, the next successful presidential candidate from the Democrats will have to be one who points out the GOP financial irresponsibilities, and has a track record of moderation that stands in contrast to Bush's gross expenditures. Recent studies have shown what we should already know - the Dems have to appeal to the centrist voters, and not try to use the Bush plan to win by high turnout among the party base.

So, who is that Democrat who could win in 2008?

Posted by: Wulf at October 9, 2005 9:02 AM

The said Constitution shall be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms.

-Samuel Adams

The Problem With the Democrats

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