What is a Liberal?
Do you have to be “Liberal” to be a Democrat? Do you have to be a “Democrat” to be Liberal? In other words, are Democrat and Liberal synonymous?
Republican Operatives are constantly trying to define what it means to be Democrat. They would have America believe that Democrats are Liberal and that Liberal is extremely bad for America. Of course under the current Republican Operative definition, being anything but hard core Right-Wing is bad for America. I want to make it clear – Republicans have not cornered the “Market” on being Right.
Sure Democrats have their share of radical members. But the Republicans are currently being led by Radical Operatives whose agenda is power and wealth.
Republican Operatives would have us believe that Democrats are in favor of abortions. That couldn’t be further from the truth. It's a lie. Democrats are in favor of a women’s right to make a choice, according to her health, psychology, economic condition, marital status, and social beliefs, about what is right for herself.
Republican Operatives are not going to care for unwanted children. They are not lining up to adopt the unwanted children in America. Especially not minority children, or children with birth defects of physical or mental conditions. In addition, they scream loud about the “cycle of Welfare.” They believe that many poor and minorities would rather be stuck in the Cycle than get a job and support themselves. It’s really not that simple, and anti-abortion solves absolutely nothing. In fact, some Right Wing Operatives believe that abortion would end the “Cycle of Welfare” they are so concerned about. But that is erroneous as well.
Republicans, they say, don’t want abortion and they don’t want welfare. They talk today about the "Politics of Compassion" in which churches are supposed to “tithe” enough money to take care of all the social ills of American. There are two problems with this idea; first, the government should be taking care of its people, not churches, and second, churches often require a conversion to their theology and religion in order to benefit from their social programs. Churches are, by definition, in the business of converting souls. This ideology does not allow the poor, who would be dependent on churches under this sorry idea, to have a choice of beliefs. That is not freedom under any definition, and this is “The Land of the Free," isn't it?
Radical Republican Operatives would have us believe Democrat Liberals are not strong on American Defense. Another lie. Just as many Democrats as Republicans voted to authorize Bush to take us to war. Democrats like Republicans were fooled by Republican Right-Wing neo-conservative lies, distortions, misrepresentations and contrived false evidence. Both parties were sorely afraid to appear unwilling to defend the nation after 9/11.Both parties neglected the evidence and sound reasoning. But the point is, Democrats were ready to defend our nation every bit as much as Republicans.
Republican Operatives would have us believe that Democrat Liberals do not support business. Lie. Democrats support businesses. But the fact demonstrated repeatedly by history, is that many businesses no longer support America. These companies support the bottom line; the profit margin. These companies have moved jobs to other nations to save a buck. They have moved factories and offices to foreign nations to save a buck. They chose the cheapest means to achieve their ends in order to raise their profits. These businesses have demonstrated a lack of interest in the ecological damage and destruction they wreak upon the land and its people for the sake of cash. They have sought through lobbyists to destroy labor unions, reduce benefits for employees, reduce retirement programs, reduce health care expenditures by laying the burden on their employees. They have sought through lobby efforts to use the capital in retirement funds for business opportunities, risking, and losing in some cases, entire retirement saving employees had worked a lifetime to save. Money they were counting on for a better life after retirement.
This Radical Republican Administration has demonstrated a complete abandonment of the people by allowing energy companies to write the Energy Policy for this Administration, with no regard for the people or the land. We’re paying outrageous and exorbitant amounts for gasoline while petroleum companies rack up their highest earnings ever. This Republican Administration has done nothing to protect the people. Republican Operatives would have you believe that Democrat Liberals increase taxes and spend more than Republicans do. Yet over the past seven years, Republicans have cut taxes for the wealthiest two percent of the country, they have increased spending in all facets of government, and authorized huge increases in size of government agencies that spy on us, the American people. Republicans, by cutting taxes for the wealthy, have placed higher tax burdens on the poor, because someone has to pay the cost of running the country. If the wealthy are not bearing that cost in proportion to their earnings, the poor and middle class are left to carry the bags of the wealthy, again. This policy has left the Nation more than four trillion dollars in debt.
A close scrutiny of what many Republicans support shows Big Business over the people. For example, scrutiny of the Medicare program shows that Republicans support what the Big Pharmaceutical Companies want –
- No negotiating the price of medication.
- Continuation of the current policy, even though Americans could save money by changing the current policy.
- Medicare is so bad that the elderly have to purchase Medicare Gap Insurance.
- Illegal Aliens who invade America with immunity because they will work for less wages.
- Republicans say they only take the jobs Americans don’t want to do, but the truth is they take the jobs Americans wont do for the same wage paid to illegal aliens.
- Tax incentives paid to companies that hire over seas rather than here in America. Are these jobs Americans wont do? No, Americans used to do these jobs, but employers find it cheaper to hire over seas.
And those who support these Big Businesses support the same thing. A little scrutiny goes a long way. While you’re mulling this over, why not take in a movie, say, “Sicko”. Business needs to be supported, but workers need to be protected from the “bottom line”.
Liberal doesn’t mean weak, permissive, pro-abortion, anti-family, anti-morals, anti-business, pro-welfare, or anti-anything-Republican.
Liberal means Progressive!
We’re people who aren’t satisfied with doing things the way we used to do things just because that’s the way we always did them. We’re open to change. We’re tolerant of diversity in all facets of life. We believe in the inherent worth and dignity of all people regardless of race, origin, religion, or sexual preference. We believe that all people are created equal, and that means all people must have equal opportunity to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That means equal access to medical care. That means equal access to the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of the government. We believe in real Fairness and Balance, not rhetoric. We believe we are stewards of the earth, and we should leave it better than we found it so it will be here for all generation to come. We believe that those we select to represent us must have a higher standard of ethics than the average citizen. We believe in these things. Many Republicans believe these things too. That’s called the Center. Not Left, not Right, but the Center. The average American. We also believe that regardless of political affiliation, the key thing we are tasked to work with each other for the betterment of all people.
It’s about doing the right thing, and voting for those who do.
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