Dems Will Disappoint The Left
By Doug Patton
January 8, 2007
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As for me, I would prefer that political parties be defined not by the compromise that taints the deliberations of their practitioners, but rather by the ideology that sets them apart from each other.
Give me the ideas of committed citizens who gather voluntarily at county, state and national conventions every four years to hammer out platforms that stand for something.
Give me the passion of the hotheaded liberal and the firebrand conservative, doing battle in the political arena, following the dictates of their respective consciences, over the milquetoast and pabulum of today's compromisers and betrayers of those who sent them to office.
Then Cindy Sheehan and I would both have representation.
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Doug Patton is a freelance columnist who has served as a political speechwriter and public policy advisor. His weekly columns are published in newspapers across the country and on selected Internet web sites, including Human Events Online, TheConservativeVoice.com and GOPUSA.com, where he is a senior writer and state editor. Readers may e-mail him at dougpatton@cox.net.
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