Dreaming2008: Who We Are

By Jospeh Thomas:

Who We Are

I say to you, let the Republicans have the corporate money, let them think that they are the party of morals, let them fester in there our hypocrisy. The Democratic party has always stood for change and has always dared to dream and dream big. We know that, and soon the American people will remember that fact. We have to return from were we once came, whether it be Woodrow Wilson cracking down corrupt business by creating the FTC, or FDR’s New Deal and the creation of Social Security, Truman’s Fair Deal and the expansion of Social Security, maybe Kennedy’s Peace Corp, or Johnson’s signing of a sweeping civil rights legislation and the creation of Medicare, Carter’s much over looked drive for energy conservation. This is the Democratic party! They never beat us; they cannot beat us. We just forgot what we stood for. We must return to this and remind our selves everyday that this country is an experiment which makes it ok to dream big. That politics is the peoples sport, not the pet project of some corrupt corporation. Why is there no issue adds on TV, blaring our record? Why is it OK for the republicans to execute people on death row, drop booms, and yet say they are pro-life? How can an evangelical Christen argue with well-fare? Why are we not all over this? I love the Democratic Party because of what it was and what it can become. I firmly believe that dreams are more valuable then money."