from Daily Kos: Bending over to win elections

Here's what I wish Democrats would have the courage to do:

Instead of falling into the Republican-laid trap of feeling like we have to talk about our faith (see Dean's recent comments), we, instead, argue, forcefully, that one's faith is one of the most private and sacred of personal choices and should be defended as such.

To me, all this talk of religion, faith and values is just more of the rightward corporate drift that started under the guidance of the DLC.

Face it, we will never 'out-religious' the religious conservatives just as we could never be as good a 'friend' to big business as the Republicans.

Both are losing arguments that continue to dilute any core positions we may hold.

As was witnessed in the past general election, people voted for Bush even though they thought his war and domestic polcies were failures (by a thin majority). He never wavered, even on the dumb shit he promotes.

We're constantly wavering in a feeble attempt to peel off voters... but people don't like the wavering.

It's a recipe for failure. (More)

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