Reply #28: I'm sorry if I sounded like I was making fun of it, I wasn't [View All]

[moggie12]

Though very well-intentioned, I truly believe it is a counterproductive effort. The goals as articulated in his proposal are laudable, but the "Department of Peace" things makes him sound very "out there" -- it will automatically turn off many, many people. Like I said, I'm cynical: I think the RW guys can take this and use it as one more thing to drive away easily-manipulated voters from the Democratic Party. They will use it to paint the Dems as advocating peace at any cost (e.g., as in, "Oh the peacenik Democrats these days, they want peace no matter what - if those guys were in charge back during the 40's, they wouldn't have gone to war to stop Hitler".) I'm sorry, but I really do worry about this being cannon fodder. I want to fight back hard against the Bushies, but I truly don't believe this particular effort is helpful.