Thursday, November 04, 2004
"And it's one two three—
What are we fighting for?
Country Joe's answer ("Don't ask me I don't give a damn / next stop is VietNam") can't be ours.
The "Anybody But Bush" slogan was symptomatic. That's a negative slogan, and a negative attitude.
What are the Democratic positive core values?
Can we put them on an index card, like Bush did?
Can we endlessly repeat them, like Bush did?
I can give a hundred reasons why what Bush is doing is wrong—but if I have to give the one right reason to vote Democratic, I can't do it. The one who came closest to being able to do this was (you got it) Howard Dean. Where are you, Howard?
Country Joe's answer ("Don't ask me I don't give a damn / next stop is VietNam") can't be ours.
The "Anybody But Bush" slogan was symptomatic. That's a negative slogan, and a negative attitude.
What are the Democratic positive core values?
Can we put them on an index card, like Bush did?
Can we endlessly repeat them, like Bush did?
I can give a hundred reasons why what Bush is doing is wrong—but if I have to give the one right reason to vote Democratic, I can't do it. The one who came closest to being able to do this was (you got it) Howard Dean. Where are you, Howard?
