Posted by
KarenKataline on Monday, January 26, 2009 12:08:31 PM
PORTIONS OF AN E-MAIL BY KEN GORDON forwarded to me
1. Respect the Minority.
...The Republican party cares more about freedom and the individual,
There is, however, a tendency to look at the other party as the enemy.
...Democrats need people to respect and have confidence in the actions of government.
...Too often, Americans act like they are the children and that the elected officials are the adults. In fact the reverse is true.
Dear Ken,
Someone forwarded your message to me and I was amazed at some of the things you said with which I was impressed and mostly agree (I've pasted them above) Bravo on that score!
A few brief comments:
Interesting how the laments of people in the minority shift to exactly the opposite when they get in power and visa versa. The viciousness and over the top hatred of Bush was tolerated (from him often, and to the dismay of many grassroots Republicans) and allowed to go unchecked for months. Now, those same people want to suppress dissent in the service of "unity." It's a little too drastic and obvious.
Second, how in the world does a people respect a government that will confirm a tax cheat to head the Treasury? The level of corruption everywhere in the higher echelons of government concerns me greatly.
This is like putting an arsonist in charge of the fire department. Why aren't Democrats screaming? Because he's their guy.
Third, why is it that there is NO limit to what Democrats see as the purview of government? Do they EVER say No to anything? I realize that herein lies the fundamental disagreement between left and right and we will never agree, but that is the real discussion here, yet Republicans are made to be evil, selfish, homophobic, etc. etc. etc. ad infinitim, simply because they want to limit government's power. In light of the corruption aforementioned, that's not such an outrageous concern, is it?