The "Boxer Rebellion" - Response to a Letter
I received this letter this morning which I'll quote a section of here...
"Democrats must stop being afraid of the accusation that they are "obstructionists." Anyone who stands up for what is right can be called that by goons on the other side. It's simply rhetoric, and meaningless. Fight the Republicans at every turn. Don't "cooperate" with them on anything except non-political questions like disaster relief. Continue to remind open-minded people that two elections in a row have been stolen. Don't be afraid to use the "f" word...FRAUD.
Moderation doesn't work when the other side can paint you as liberals anyway and steal elections while they're doing it. Be aggressive, loud, and forthright. Call a spade a spade. Insist that Blackwell be prosecuted for illegally stifling the Ohio recount. Don't let DeLay off the hook. And if anyone says you're "unpatriotic," laugh in their face."
It is good advice, but my point is that the fight now must be issue-by-issue, not candidate-by-candidate. Fair or not, the election results are now law, and we can no longer do anything to change them. We must now fight the battles we CAN fight. Our most potent weapons in this fight are what they have always been, our voice, our compassion, our commitment, and the truth. Our vehicles for expressing this truth are our representatives, our remaining political allies, and the mainstream media. Letters, phone calls,interviews, blogs, emails, etc. are the tools the Right used to take power.
We can use these to take it back and exert the muscle we have. I feel we owe ourselves and those we care about nothing less.
"Democrats must stop being afraid of the accusation that they are "obstructionists." Anyone who stands up for what is right can be called that by goons on the other side. It's simply rhetoric, and meaningless. Fight the Republicans at every turn. Don't "cooperate" with them on anything except non-political questions like disaster relief. Continue to remind open-minded people that two elections in a row have been stolen. Don't be afraid to use the "f" word...FRAUD.
Moderation doesn't work when the other side can paint you as liberals anyway and steal elections while they're doing it. Be aggressive, loud, and forthright. Call a spade a spade. Insist that Blackwell be prosecuted for illegally stifling the Ohio recount. Don't let DeLay off the hook. And if anyone says you're "unpatriotic," laugh in their face."
It is good advice, but my point is that the fight now must be issue-by-issue, not candidate-by-candidate. Fair or not, the election results are now law, and we can no longer do anything to change them. We must now fight the battles we CAN fight. Our most potent weapons in this fight are what they have always been, our voice, our compassion, our commitment, and the truth. Our vehicles for expressing this truth are our representatives, our remaining political allies, and the mainstream media. Letters, phone calls,interviews, blogs, emails, etc. are the tools the Right used to take power.
We can use these to take it back and exert the muscle we have. I feel we owe ourselves and those we care about nothing less.
posted by Unknown @ 1:17 PM
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