It isn’t as simple as party lines. I made fun of my friend Harmon K. (who was president of the College Dems) I for dating a republican. “Our politics are very similar” he informed me “I am a conservative Democrat from Ohio and she is a progressive Republican from California”. I think both of them have messed up politics but what he was saying kind-of made sense.
I am going to Louisiana next week,
and have been stuggling with how much I disagree with the candidate I am going to work for, Willie Landry Mount. Yes, there is little difference between Republicans and Democrats and even less of a difference in Louisiana. I am not one to vote party line. And, yes compared to the republican she is better. And, yes I believe more democrats are needed in the Congress and Senate but I am having a hard time with this candidate. I know she is better than the alternative but that is like saying I know losing my left leg is better than losing both legs.
From her website:
“Fact: Willie Landry Mount has always voted against use of the morning after pill. Willie Landry Mount’s Pro-Life Record is rock solid.”
“I am and have always been Pro-Life. As a member of Congress, I will support legislation that allows States more freedom in regulating abortions than the Supreme Court has permitted. I believe that life begins at conception and that it should be protected just as any other human life.”
Ya know, I actually have a beef with the idea that Democracts and Republicans are interchangable. I find it hard to believe that if Dems controlled the House, Senate, and White House that I would be genuinley terrified about the future of the country. To my mind, there are huge, life-altering differences between Democrats and Republicans.
Also, I hear you about the lesser of two evils, but sometimes that’s the best you can do. Yeah, the two party system sucks but it’s what we’ve got to work with.