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October 27, 2004

My City of Roses

With the political season reaching it's zenith this week, Oregonians are deluged with political ads ranging from the Presidential to the Congressional to the smaller local races.

Most of the time they're annoying as hell. The ones that really grate on me though are the "oneupsmanship" ads about how one of the candidates is just too liberal. "Candidate X is a liberal guy who wants to install liberal policies."

(Ding! Sign me up for that guy)

In Portland however, the ads are about candidates not being liberal enough! Tom Potter is kicking Jim Francesconi's ass right now because Potter is the the bigger liberal. Nick Fish and Sam Adams are in a tough contest, bragging about which one is the bigger progressive to bring progressive values to Portland's City Council!

And this comes from a city voted consistently toward the top of America's most liveable cities. Liberal values=higher liveablity.

I love watching my progressive values being embraced and touted by the candidates. The values of responsibility, personal integrity, open communication, tax privledges and effective government are what it's all about for me as a liberal.

It's so refreshing to see how the City of Portland embraces these values when so much of the US has been soaked in the rhetoric of conservatives.

Posted by Carla at October 27, 2004 02:41 PM