The
Republican propaganda machine is running full blast to demonize
Vermont Governor and Democratic Presidential hopeful Howard Dean. The
lie being promoted on Right Wing talk radio and Fox News is that Dean
is just a traditional liberal. The Washington insider crowd and much
of the Corporate media are pushing the idea that a Dean campaign would
divide the Democratic Party by pulling the Party to the Left. Like
most Republican spin, there is zero truth in these ridiculous
accusations.
Howard
Dean is very much in the mainstream of both the Democratic Party and
the general public in terms of his position on the issues. Dean is a
strong defender of gun rights and has long been supported by the NRA.
Republican
politicians and Right Wing talk radio are falsely stating that Dean
favors “gay marriage” when he actually supports only civil unions
among same sex couples. This distinction is important and completely
reflects the views of an overwhelming majority of Americans. His
position protects traditional marriage. It is both fair and moderate.
Dean
is very conservative on fiscal matters and has a record of actually
balancing the budget in Vermont. The Republicans has completely
abandoned their longstanding traditional conservative commitments to a
balanced budget.
The
Republicans fear Dean on the balanced budget issue. Dean
both “talks the talk” and“walks
the walk”! Bush looks like a liar when his words and
actions are compared on this issue.
Huge
tax cuts for people making over a half million dollars a year are the
real cause of the growing federal debt along with “no bid” federal
contracts and the ill-advised Iraq Invasion (without UN approval or
international financial support). Dean was leading the opposition to
all these failed Bush policies from day one.
Opposing
a tax cut program that only benefit the richest handful of Americans
is not essentially “liberal” or extreme. Favoring such a program
is extreme. Supporting a war against a nation that did not attack us
or pose a likely imminent threat is a very extreme position that
abandons our traditional values on the issue of War. It is Bush who
supports the extreme position on War, government secrecy and
curtailing civil liberties as opposed to the more traditional American
views expressed by Dean. Republicans
fear Dean!
Written
by Stephen Crockett and Al Lawrence (hosts of Democratic Talk Radio http://www.DemocraticTalkRadio.com
). Reach them by phone at 931-438-1500 or mail at: 7A Planville Drive,
Fayetteville, TN 37334.
