--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans <dmevans365@...> wrote: > > Right....the core ideology...which is why I am a Democrat. Â > But, I do think that the Democratic party machine...at least > the money grubbing/raising part has sold out to a similar > degree. Â After receiving way too many requests for money > with attendant emails (targeted towards our baser instincts > that reflected the back and forth slander and sniping)...I > eliminated myself from the list. Â Two sides of the same > coin....where is the Democratic party?
Where indeed? A sizable number of people thought Obama would lead us to a restoration of Democratic ideals. Many of those who paid closer attention to what he actually said during the primary campaign than to his aura and their own hopes were dubious. And when we voiced our doubts, we were scorned and despised. Somebody once said that the ugliest four words in the English language are "I told you so." Well, too bad. We told you so, dammit. > Is it possible to restructure from a new set of small parties > (as was mentioned). Â Isn't this what the Koch brothers did > for the Republican's and now we have the Tee Hee Party to add > insanity to the mix. > > --- On Thu, 8/4/11, authfriend <jstein@...> wrote: > > From: authfriend <jstein@...> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ron Paul coming to Fairfield Tues Aug 9th! - > Please forward widely > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Thursday, August 4, 2011, 8:29 AM > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans <dmevans365@> wrote: > > > I agree - seems like "consciousness" and "compassion" are > > completely missing and demonizing has set in, consistent > > with one of the key criteria of "ideological" warfare. > > Well, except that compassion is the very basis of Democratic > ideology. > > Kind of a catch-22 for those for whom compassion is a core > value: It's hard to show compassion for folks whose ideology > makes a virtue of *lack* of compassion and who want to > eliminate compassion from public policy. Those who lack > compassion, on the other hand, don't face a similar conflict > between their ideals and the urge to demonize their > ideological opponents.
