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August 16, 2007

Dems: victims or passive volunteers?

Over at Blue Oregon is yet another conversation between supporters and opponents of Governor Kulogoski's "Healthy Kids" funding plan. I've long opposed it on the basis of the statistical fact that it's as another commenter phrased it, "obscenely regressive." But that's not the point of this post.

Responding to a question of mine as to why so-called progressives launched and back a patently regressive funding scheme the guy I was having the exchange with responded with it was the only game in town!

As much as I disagree with conservatives on any number of issues, they at least have the courage of their convictions. When faced with "the only game in town" they have repeatedly changed the game to one more of their liking. We've got well over a decade of watching Republicans do this over and over and over. On top of that we have the much vaunted book on how to frame issues (ie. change the game to one more of your liking) by George Lakoff and yet we still see Democrat after Democrat throw up their hands and complain that they are being forced to play the only game in town.

Grow an F@%#ing spine already!!!

Is it any wonder that it took 5 years after 9/11 for huge numbers of Americans who, according to polling over the last couple years, clearly aren't part of Bush's base, to finally stop supporting his inept foreign policy on terrorism? For all of his flaws he at least had the courage of his convictions. And unless or until Democrats either find, borrow or rediscover their own spine, a small but very savvy group of conservatives are going to continue to exert a vastly disproportionate influence on the course of this nation. And the Dems have nobody to blame but themselves.

Posted by Kevin at August 16, 2007 12:54 PM