Reply #2: If we are to ensure our ability to try to restore our country... [View All]

[neoblues]

and "make a real difference", our first acts need to be to find a way to break-up the "mega-media" conglomerates and restore fairness in broadcasting. Without the fourth estate; we're more susceptible to the lies and mis-characterizations so typical of Republicans--and given that we face an impossible task (fixing six years of Republican blunders--gigantic, unfixable blunders) in an impossibly short time (maybe 18 months before we're consumed with trying to win a Presidency and keep our gains in Congress), we'd better get this one task done asap.

The Patriot Act must be abolished or fixed, but with Congressional oversight, it's excesses can be managed for the time being--what we have to do, urgently, is to concentrate on ensuring Republicans won't be in a position to simply put the Patriot Act back even if we get rid of it. That means achieving some things that will positively impact Americans, make some progress on fixing the Republican blunders and making the media both friendly to Democrats and the Truth and independent from the pressures and motivations of giant Corporations and their Republican tools.

Other electoral matters should be addressed, but may be such that they can wait. Though changes to rid elective office of the influence of money and wealthy manipulators ought to be pursued concurrently; restoration of honesty in government and strenghtening our Constitutional Deoocratic Republic should not wait.