Liberals and Little Folk
Liberals always claim to be for the little folk. They are the ones who are 'lookin' out for ya', they're the ones who want to keep big bad capitalists in check - usually through taxation and regulation, and yes, they're the ones who are supposed to be the type who is willing to go to bat for you when no one else will.
Unless you stand in their way. Once that happens all the colorful words used to describe those capitalists, conservatives, and other stupid and / or greedy types now are used on you.
Welcome to the club Ralph Nader. See Ralph, I might not like you much, but you do indeed stand for something and won't sit in the back when you don't get it. Although this characteristic is bad in everyday life, in politics and commentary is is a valuable trait.
Ralph has a game plan that scares the Democrats because they can not stop him. Ralph knows that the lunatic fringe of the liberal world is his, and he also understands what his followers mean to the left in general. He is attempting to leverage these voters to bring the Democratic party more in line with where he thinks it should be heading.
It also scares the Democratic Party because his supporters are as fanatical as they come in the world of American politics and they will not miss a meeting, protest, nor a vote.
Being the defender of liberty and the rights of the little guy, what do you think the Democrats would do to someone expressing their unalienable right of free speech and to run for political office?
Force them off the ballots of course. Like Al Gore, they Democrats depend on the courts to try to either change or ignore the laws in place. They look for technicalities in the signatures collected, they try injunctions and restraining orders in court, and they of course sling mud at them.
This poor minority of free-minded liberals are outcasts to their own side of the fence and are treated as if they were carrying a very dangerous disease. Of course they are carrying something -- ideas that the Democratic establishment does not like.
Keep it up guys, let those true colors keep shining through.
Unless you stand in their way. Once that happens all the colorful words used to describe those capitalists, conservatives, and other stupid and / or greedy types now are used on you.
Welcome to the club Ralph Nader. See Ralph, I might not like you much, but you do indeed stand for something and won't sit in the back when you don't get it. Although this characteristic is bad in everyday life, in politics and commentary is is a valuable trait.
Ralph has a game plan that scares the Democrats because they can not stop him. Ralph knows that the lunatic fringe of the liberal world is his, and he also understands what his followers mean to the left in general. He is attempting to leverage these voters to bring the Democratic party more in line with where he thinks it should be heading.
It also scares the Democratic Party because his supporters are as fanatical as they come in the world of American politics and they will not miss a meeting, protest, nor a vote.
Being the defender of liberty and the rights of the little guy, what do you think the Democrats would do to someone expressing their unalienable right of free speech and to run for political office?
Force them off the ballots of course. Like Al Gore, they Democrats depend on the courts to try to either change or ignore the laws in place. They look for technicalities in the signatures collected, they try injunctions and restraining orders in court, and they of course sling mud at them.
This poor minority of free-minded liberals are outcasts to their own side of the fence and are treated as if they were carrying a very dangerous disease. Of course they are carrying something -- ideas that the Democratic establishment does not like.
Keep it up guys, let those true colors keep shining through.
posted by Edward W. Prather at 19:56
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