Why are you a member of the Democratic Party?

[Charlemagne]

3. That is the way of the republican party: " do as we say."

I always say that the "problem" with the Democratic Party is that, as a whole, we are more intellectual; better educated; and more concerned with the details and ambiguities when discussing policy. As such, we arent a monolithic force like the mouth breathers on the other side of the fence. We debate each other and have disagreements, but we do so in an academic and earnest manner.

Therefore, it is hard for us to do things like mount major policy initiatives or form a single media empire whose tentacles all shout the same message. the right can do this and they do. They tell their followers what to be mad about. They tell them it is ok to reject science or facts if it goes against a desired goal. They are willing to starve to death for some ambiguous social/cultural platitude.

Its hard to be a Democrat. But thats why I am a Democrat. Because we are the party of intellectualism, morality, reason, liberty, and justice.

I wish we could mount a multi-pronged uniform national effort at reform. But we refuse to water down the message and refuse to state the problem in folksy terms. Thus the message is lost on most of the country. Finally, and most importantly....we refuse to lie.

We have standards. They dont.