Calling himself “a different kind of Democrat,” the
60-year-old repeatedly vowed to “rise above partisan politics” to push an agenda
through Congress that includes “strengthening homeland security while protecting
Social Security,” “healing the racial divide,” making health care more
affordable and available, fixing failing schools and making college more
affordable.
….Describing President Bush as being driven by “extreme
ideologues in the administration” and beholden to “major financial interests,”
Lieberman claimed promises made during his 2000 campaign were not kept.
…Lieberman pledged to “bring back the prosperity of the
Clinton-Gore era.” [Full Story]
Yep, driven by “extreme ideologues in the administration”
and beholden to “major financial interests,” that is really rising
against partisanship. Though partisanship doesn’t bother me, I want those that I
support to be extremely partisan in their positions. We have enough of
Janus-like politicians talking out of both sides of their mouth at once.
A different kind of Democrat? Lets see, what would that be:
- Pro-life – no that’s not it
- Reducing taxes for all – no that’s not it
- Supporting drilling oil in our own country – no that’s not it
- Supporting school vouchers – no that’s not it
- Cutting government spending – no that’s not it
- Pro gun rights – no that’s not it
- Ban human cloning – no that’s not it
- Approve balanced-budget constitutional amendment – no that’s not it
- Ban partial-birth abortions – no that’s not it
- Against Koyoto Treaty – no that’s not it
- Eliminating the Department of Education – no that’s not it
- Words matching actions- no that’s not it
- Personal accountability over government assistance – no that’s not it
- Letting people invest part of their Social Security – no that’s not it
Oh well, I give up. I couldn’t figure out what he meant by that
statement.
And yes let us go back to the prosperity of the Clinton-Gore years when some
corporations were hiding their massive debt behind bookkeeping scams and the
stockmarket was based on the tech stocks of a phony internet business boom. What
are the odds that his education reform will only be about more money to schools
and that his plan for making education less expensive would actually drive up
prices? What industry has the government got involved in that actually made it
more competitive and reduced prices? The only help that the government can be is
to not interfere and get out of the way.
