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This Editorial Misses the Democratic Convention

Written by Chad Messer

Sunday, 31 August 2008

This Editorial Misses the Democratic Convention

The Democratic National Convention ended on Thursday, and it completely recharged my political batters, as I’m sure it did for millions of Democrats across this great land. As a result, I wanted to start a 2 part editorial describing the reasons that I am a Democrat and not a Republican (at least, not anymore). It won’t be mean-spirited and will be based on more than partisan vitriol. I’m going to make as fair a case as I can.

I am a Democrat because I believe that the Government should be there to help people get up when they fall, and take care of them when they are disabled and old.

I am a Democrat because I believe that America is made stronger when the middle class is thriving, not getting buried under the weight of the extremely wealthy. Trickle-Down theory only applies when someone is peeing on your head. It does not work in economics.

I am a Democrat because I believe that when workers are organized, they do better jobs. With Unions, there is a check against corporations abusing their power. When workers can be a part of the negotiation process, they work together and take ownership in their profession. Let’s face it, if employers acted fairly and in good faith, there would be no need for unionization.

I am a Democrat because I believe that science and religion are not mutually exclusive concepts.

I am a Democrat because I believe that religious expression is personal and best left in a church or at home. The Bible tells us to not be ostentatious about our faith, that if all we are interested in doing is making a public display that we would be better served by praying in a closet.

I am a Democrat because I believe that if we are all created equal in the eyes of God and the Constitution, that we all deserve equal rights and equal access to the law no matter your race, creed, religion, or sexuality.

I am a Democrat because so long as nobody is getting hurt, and there are no children or animals involved (or corpses of any kind), it’s none of the government’s business what goes on in my bedroom.

I am a Democrat because I believe that the last, best hope for our children is successful and fully-funded public schools. Schools should teach you more than how to take a standardized test. Schools should be more than 9-hour holding cells. We should pay teachers based on their performance, and quit penalizing good students who are bored because they are smarter than the homework they are given.

I am a Democrat because I believe that Jim and Judy are going to be just fine if Bob and Steve or Eve and Jane can get legally married.

I am a Democrat because I believe that parents are responsible for raising their kids, not everyone else. I can use a remote to turn off the TV if something comes on that I don’t want my kids to watch.

I am a Democrat because I believe that earning the minimum wage should place you above the poverty line.

I am a Democrat because I believe that my penis does not qualify me to make decisions about what goes on in a woman’s body.

I am a Democrat because I support the arts.

I am a Democrat because I believe that we should leave the planet better off than we found it.

I am a Democrat because I don’t believe that a state of perpetual war doesn’t seem like the best way to live the next 100 years.

I am a Democrat because these last 8 years have really sucked in every imaginable category.

. . .and I am a Democrat because I believe that Jesus would have been one, too.

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