Dhalgren
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Sat Oct-22-05 10:39 AM
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21. I understand your point, but I disagree with at least some of it. |
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In the fifties the Democratic party made a stand on civil rights and many southern Democrats left the party, because they could not bring themselves to accept African Americans as equals. I could care less that they left - good riddance. I am glad that the Democratic Party stood on principle, on a nation-wide platform, and said, "This is who we are." The division within the Democratic Party between the pro-war and anti-war groups is fundamental. It cannot be that it is ok to support the war if you are from Alabama, but ok to be against it if you are from New York. The Party needs to decide, as a party, where it stands on the Iraqi war. Then the people can choose where to place their allegiance.
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