HAVEN'T THEY DONE ENOUGH DAMAGE?:

The Democrats, Looking for Their Future (Robert G. Kaiser, November 14, 2004, Washington Post)

Today's quiz: What is a Democrat?

A) Heir to and defender of the New Deal, Fair Deal, New Frontier and Great Society, and all they encompass -- from Social Security and Medicare to the progressive income tax, racial justice and civil rights, federal aid to education, relative fiscal sanity, strong international alliances and institutions, etc.

B) A "progressive" in the culture wars of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, supportive of minorities, tolerant of homosexuals, in favor of gun control and abortion rights, on the side of stronger environmental controls, opposed to the posting of the Ten Commandments in U.S. government buildings and courthouses, etc.

C) A believer in the use of government to make society more just and to give more Americans more opportunities to advance themselves.

D) A pragmatist who believes in trial and error, experiment and discovery, but usually not in ideological certainties.

E) A largely irrelevant voice whistling in an unfamiliar wind.

You've probably figured out the correct answer: All of the above.

Ouch! 0 for 5 and he left out "the party that dragged us into wasteful wars in the 20th Century."

Posted by Orrin Judd at November 13, 2004 10:28 PM