Being True to Our Values

Here's another great article by Anna Quindlen "The Ghost of Politics Past."

"And while I don't believe in ghosts, I hope the memory of Paul Wellstone will haunt the Democrats as they go about the very public business of finding themselves in the wake of their November defeat. Not because they will necessarily embrace his positions, but because they ought to assume his legacy of passionate conviction. "

So refreshing to read this in the sea of doom and gloom being touted by Republicans and conservative political pundits. I was sick all weekend listening to C-Span Radio's rebroadcast of Fox News Sunday on which the pundit stated that the Democrats fear Bush's policies because it will create an army of new Republicans. Then the group of right wing pundits all guffaw and chuck each other on the arm to show just how clever they are to have outsmarted those damned liberals once and for all.

There is no discussion of issues or healthy debate of ideas, just one side purporting itself as political news.

We need to get away from all this nonsense...and a Democrat who can assume Paul Wellstone's legacy of "passionate conviction" and resolve to do the right thing for the American people is just what I think we need.