I had some good political conversations over the last few weeks with some friends. One of which was my college buddy Greg, who was in town this past weekend. Greg, who is a high school teacher in Sedalia, Missouri, claims he is a liberal (it's probably hard not be after two masters degrees), but I think he is more of a issues-based moderate. In my humble opinion, we agree far too often for him to be a liberal.
On to my point; I thought I would finally make a post about a question I have asked every "liberal" I have spoken politics with in the last few months. Do you feel like your values and agenda are represented by the current (soon to be past) Democratic regime? Do you think your views are the same as John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Terry McAulife, Daschle, Hillary, et al?
The answer has been a resounding no. Why? Because the "Reagan democrats", southern democrats and Midwestern union democrats have been left behind by the more liberal members of their party.
At it's peak, liberalism forced changes in society, some good, some bad. "Liberalism" can take some credit for big changes in our society: civil rights, equality for different races, religions, gendera, union rights.
But what "issues" are the liberals focused on now? Insulting the "stupid" red-staters, bashing conservatives, protesting for the sake of protesting, calling people who disagree with them Nazis, attempting to destroy religion, trying to appease countries who loathe us for our freedoms, blaming us for world problems, creating "documentaries" with no basis in fact, etc.
If the democrats can moved beyond their far-left, angry leaders and reward and promote centrists who have solutions instead of complaints, they may gain some momentum, until then looks like us red-staters are going to be around for a while.
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