Wednesday, February 6, 2008

The Democrats' Worst Mistake

Today's email message from the Democratic National Committee made me cringe. And then I wrote a very unflattering email back to them, expressing my outrage at what they are doing and informing them that, if they follow through with what they suggest, I will sit out this year's presidential election. What made me so angry?

First, the message suggested the John McCain is absolutely, certainly going to the be Republican nominee. Hey, folks, despite how things look today, they can change! But that's not what got me so riled up. What really, truly upset me was the request that I contribute financially to their plan, which is to tell-all about John McCain's flaws, bad decisions, anti-democratic votes in the Senate, and god knows what else. That is, their plan is to behave like Republicans behave: like angry, ill-informed, stupid, attack-dogs. Rather than focus on the Democrats' message, these imbeciles want to focus on the Republicans' flaws. In a nutshell, they want to "Swift-Boat" John McCain. I am not a John McCain fan; I find his politics repulsive, especially his unnatural adoration of war. I oppose him on virtually every front.

If the party that is trying to make me one of its own behaves just like the bastards it opposes, I'm done. I will not cast a vote for a Republican, of course, but I won't support the candidate of a party that behaves like Republicans, either. I expect Democrats to at least try to present a facade of honor, integrity, and genuine caring for the American people and the American systerm of government. If that party descends into the nasty tactics of the right-wing nutcases that populate Republicanism, that party loses me, and so does its candidate.

In case it's not obvious, I am utterly and completely fed up with the way the Democratic National Committee presented itself to me today. Needless to say, their request for my donation was refused, in no uncertain terms.

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