Posted by Tina
No one can speak better than a disenchanted ex-Democrat who’s now voting for McCain. I hope you’ll read her article, she definitely has something to say. find an excerpt below:
So Long, Democrats, by Wendy Button
* As the nation slouches toward disasarticleter, the level of political discourse is unworthy of this moment in history. We have Republicans raising Ayers and Democrats fostering ageism with erratic and jokes about Depends. Sexism. Racism. Ageism and maybe some Socialism have all made their ugly cameos in election 2008. Its not inspiring. Perhaps this is why I found the initial mocking of Joe so offensive and I realized an old line applied: I didnt leave the Democratic Party; the Democratic Party left me. *** The party I believed in wouldnt look down on working people under any circumstance. And Joe the Plumber is right. This is the absolutely worst time to raise taxes on anyone: the rich, the middle class, the poor, small businesses and corporations. *** Our economy is in the tank for many complicated reasons, especially because people dont have enough money. So let them keep it. Let businesses keep it so they can create jobs and stay here and weather this storm. And yet, the Democratic ideology remains the same. Our approach to problemsbig government solutions paid for by taxing the rich and big and smaller companiesis just as tired and out of date as trickle down economics. How about a novel approach that simply finds a sane way to stop the bleeding? *