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I'm liking Dean more all the time.
Nov. 5th, 2003 12:03 pmDean takes heat for remark about Confederate flags, pickup trucks
By The Washington Post
November 5, 2003
BOSTON - Former Vermont governor Howard Dean came under a fierce attack Tuesday night from Democratic rivals who demanded that he apologize for saying last week that he wanted to be the candidate for "guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks."
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Yes!
Never apologize, especially when you aren't wrong!
The Dems lost the South to the Republicans because the Republicans managed to tap the white anger that schools were deteriorating, blacks were taking the jobs for less pay, and that women weren't keeping the men as comfortable.
What the Democrats need to do to get the South back is address the problems that concern the voters most:
Am I going to keep my job, or will it get sent to some Third World Country?
Can I pay my bills?
Why aren't my kids safe in school? Why are there shootings and homemade bombs and kids throwing desks at teachers and grand melees at the flagpole?
What happens if we get sick? We don't have insurance and can't afford a doctor.
These questions cut across color lines, across gender lines.
The Democrats need to address this, and the hopelessness that pervades the working class. And not just address, but actively propose answers for these questions and problems.
But in order to do that, the Democrats have to convince working class/poor men that they aren't out only for women and academics and blacks and queers. That the Democrats do have morals and aren't out to destroy the country, or steal all the bread from the workingman's hands to give to the shiftless and idle. They have to drop the anti-military stance, because for many in the poor areas the military is the only ticket out of poverty they'll ever have a shot at.
They have to convince the men that they will DO something and not just whine. For all that Bush has made a hash of things, he is certainly doing stuff.
By The Washington Post
November 5, 2003
BOSTON - Former Vermont governor Howard Dean came under a fierce attack Tuesday night from Democratic rivals who demanded that he apologize for saying last week that he wanted to be the candidate for "guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks."
( Read more... )
Yes!
Never apologize, especially when you aren't wrong!
The Dems lost the South to the Republicans because the Republicans managed to tap the white anger that schools were deteriorating, blacks were taking the jobs for less pay, and that women weren't keeping the men as comfortable.
What the Democrats need to do to get the South back is address the problems that concern the voters most:
Am I going to keep my job, or will it get sent to some Third World Country?
Can I pay my bills?
Why aren't my kids safe in school? Why are there shootings and homemade bombs and kids throwing desks at teachers and grand melees at the flagpole?
What happens if we get sick? We don't have insurance and can't afford a doctor.
These questions cut across color lines, across gender lines.
The Democrats need to address this, and the hopelessness that pervades the working class. And not just address, but actively propose answers for these questions and problems.
But in order to do that, the Democrats have to convince working class/poor men that they aren't out only for women and academics and blacks and queers. That the Democrats do have morals and aren't out to destroy the country, or steal all the bread from the workingman's hands to give to the shiftless and idle. They have to drop the anti-military stance, because for many in the poor areas the military is the only ticket out of poverty they'll ever have a shot at.
They have to convince the men that they will DO something and not just whine. For all that Bush has made a hash of things, he is certainly doing stuff.
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