Saturday, October 18, 2008

Why We Vote Democratic

WE'VE MOVED! Democratic Convention Watch is now at http://www.DemocraticConventionWatch.com

Last night, I was phone banking. There is this 15 year old kid who works the phone bank every night, and the canvasses on the weekends. He was looking over the DCW newspaper endorsements, and asked me how anyone could endorse McCain. I tried to explain to him that different people had different views, and while we may not agree with one another, this is America and we defend the right of free speech, and freedom of the press.

Because this is his first campaign, he understands "Obama", but he has no frame of reference to understand that Obama is not just a great man, but that also he represents a Party Platform which is virtually sacrosanct to us Democrats. Chas, this is for you: