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Sunday, November 07, 2004

What progressives need to do

I had a few ideas on what progressives need to do to take the country back from the radical right wing.
  • Take back "liberal"
  • demonize "conservative"
  • Work on local school boards - kill creationism
  • Work on California's text book buying process -- boycott any publisher who puts out textbooks that skip evolution or teach creationism
  • Make sure Dems get a majority in the House in the next election, Senate if possible
Key points
  • No compromises in this Congress, Dem's will have to filibuster constantly Can we limit it to one Supreme Court appointment in the next two years?
  • Take advantage of "still Enlightened" states like California and New York/New England.
  • What can be done about strongly red states in the mid-West? They are just hurting themselves. How can they be made to see that?
  • Find out how people reconcile "the bible is the literal Word" with things that the Bible says that no one believes. Need to take advantage of that. I think progessives may need to start learning the Bible.
  • Join the NRA

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