Reply #39: I agree with those ... [View All]

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Who say that the Democrates don't need a Rove, and I agree with the person who said he is no genius, he is just crooked ... I would say he simply lacks ANY morals or integrity, and while that is the hallmark of the republican party right now, the democratic party has to be the polar opposite ...

Also, Rove isn't the man who laid it out ... Rove made Bush, but Newt Gingrich is the man who laid the groundwork for where the Republicans are now ... Rove had it handed to him, and had the lack of character to play outside the rules ...

Again ... I think the Democratic party already has three leaders who are better than anyone the Republicans have going - Dean, Clinton and Clark ... All different, and all serving different functions ...

Right now, the republican party is its own worst enemy ... It's base philosophies are horrifically harmful to the country, and it's party is on a power grab that has mesmorized it's leaders and base on a path of corruption and civic mismanagement that already has been exposed and is going to just keep unraveling ...

AS MANY NOTE, it is not enough just to let them do themselves in, or to continue to hammer on the greed, corruption and incompetence ... BUT, their arrogance will continue to lead them to continue doing what they do regardless of how bad it is, and the mindless masses can only sleep through so much ...

At the same time, the Ds have to counter with strong messages ...

1) A call to a higher standard of ethics from our leaders and rebalancing the arms of our government in a manner more in line with what our forefathers intended ... A call to increase the confidence of our people in our voting procedures ...

2) Secure those functions of government that are in place to maintain a high standard of living for our people ... IE, protect SS and develop a nationalized health care initiative ...

3) SECURE OUR FRIGGEN BOARDERS and actually invest in homeland security ...

4) BALANCE THE GOVERNMENTAL BUDGET ... This means because the Rs have acted like children a rollback of tax cuts and a rebalancing of tax cuts to the upper 10%, and it means steamlining the government again ...

5) Focus our national security on imminent threats ... Move away from militaristic occupations of other countries and hard target those who are a true threat ...