Let’s be our OWN “Moral Majority”

by BlueStateMan

Posted on 07 March 2010 | 3:17 am Print This Post

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About 30 years ago, the religious right decided, after futile attempts to affect policy by creating their own power center, that it would be easier to take over an EXISTING Political Party instead… & that is EXACTLY what they did.

With the help of Ronald Reagan, the Republican Party ceased to be the moderate-to-conservative entity that it once was… one that was truly interested in governance through dialogue, compromise & a patriotic embrace of our system into what we see today.

A bunch of close-minded, dogmatic ideologues who are closer to the “Party of Lincoln ROCKWELL” than the “Party of LINCOLN”.

They got their way.

Isn’t it time that the LIBERALS in the Democratic Party took a few moves from the “moral” majority’s playbook, get involved at the GRASS ROOTS of our our Party & RE-TAKE it so that it might stand for the ideals & values that WE hold… back to the Party of Thomas Paine & FDR??

Don’t like the way the BlueDogs are betraying us?

Get INVOLVED at the PRIMARY LEVEL & get RID of them THERE… DON’T just say that you’ll “vote third party” or register as an “Independent” ..because you LOSE your INFLUENCE when you do that… once they are on the ticket.. it’s TOO LATE.

Don’t like the way the GOP is obstructing EVERYTHING the President is TRYING?

Then STOP empowering them by hoisting up THEIR STANDARDS & allowing them to DIVIDE us.

STAND UP for what we CAN be… & GET INVOLVED!
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MsDoc says:

March 11, 2010 at 8:57 am

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I was raised in upstate NY farm country where Republicans were interested in one thing only…keeping NYC politicians out of their lives and milk markets. These were the real Repubs…today’s uber religious and hypocritical Repubs are NOT what the Republican party was meant to be.

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zoozey says:

March 7, 2010 at 11:53 am

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Amen BSM! Those of us in southern states often have to “settle” for the blue dawgs if we want Dem at all. In Tennessee, Memphis is the only place where there is a chance of anything else.

Which reminds me. In Memphis there is the wonderful Cohen. But he is being challenged in the Dem primary by former Mayor Willie Herenton, who is a divisive figure if ever there was one. He has kept Memphis focused on race for years. People breathed a sigh of relief when he finally resigned from the Mayoral office, only to find him confronting Cohen–one of the closest things TN has to a progressive! Herenton was in hot water constantly and his ethics were appalling. Herenton decided to jump in because ["a district with a Black majority MUST have a Congressman who is Black"].

That is his reason. Arrrrrghhhhhh! And I wouldn’t call Herenton a progressive–perhaps a “regressive,” as he is committed to continue stirring the racial pot of discontent.

People are so mad at him for doing this, that if he does win the primary against Cohen, most liberal whites will stay home in the general. Many blacks are tired of Herenton’s antics, as well. In that case, Memphis will be looking at a Repub Congressman for the first time in decades.

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Culturemaven says:

March 7, 2010 at 10:58 am

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The one thing I wish more than anything is to see strong candidates at the local level. Few have impressed me as having the strength and leadership to take on entrenched Republicans, or to lead within the party.

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SupremeIdiot says:

March 7, 2010 at 10:52 am

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Something I’ve been saying for a while now.

Vote.
Be active in your political community.
Write your Congress people.

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hardybear says:

March 7, 2010 at 9:18 am

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Hey Blue, thanks for the shot in the arm! Great week for it, as healthcare ping pong ensues and iimmigration reform gets a turn at the podium.

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kitkatborn says:

March 7, 2010 at 8:49 am

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Good post, BlueStateMan.

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