An open letter to Democrats...

It seems almost daily one finds example after example of Democrats shooting themselves in the foot over foreign and domestic policy, and for what? Do you guys hate Bush that bad that you can't see the real opportunity before you as a party? My late father, rest his soul, was a yellow-dog Democrat. For those of you to young to remember, it means if Mother Teresa was a Republican, he would have voted for a yellow dog running on the Democratic Ticket. He always considered Democrats as the party for the Little Guy, the Workin' Man, the Disadvantaged, the Downtrodden, the Forgotten. Democrats were the ones to stand up to Big Government and Big Business, and hold them accountable to regular folks. It wasn't Liberalism in his day, it was Progressivism. The biggest problem you guys have is you've forgotten all that. We need people that won't allow Big Government and Big Business to run roughshod over the common man with no accountability. We need folks to act in our behalf. Where'd you go? All the way to TooFarForYourOwnGood, Texas...that's where. You want to stand up for those who can't stand up for themselves? Well, how about unborn children, the least able to fight for their rights? Are you too busy advocating a woman's right to choose, after she's already chosen? And that makes sense to you? Want a cause to champion? How about all those 20 and 30 somethings that WILL NOT have Social Security having a say in their future retirement and their families well being? Want to advocate for civil rights? How about the BILLIONS of people across this planet still in the grip of Totalitarianism, torture, religious fanaticism , genocide, and the like? Want to show the electorate that you have as much claim to 'Christian values' as Bush? How about not looking down your pseudointellectual noses at the "unwashed" in this country and actually try caring about them, and then doing the appropriate, 'Christian', thing? That enough to keep you busy? It would be so easy to out-bush Bush, I could do it from my couch, for crying out loud. Maybe if you'd take a break from hating the guy so much and get your 'stuff' all in one bucket, you might do yourselves, and this country, some good. I don't get all I want from the Republican side. I'm ready to strangle the whole lot concerning our borders, culture, and government spending. We do at least need a loyal opposition in this country to keep us all honest, the 'other side', if you will. The problem is that you have no side, no agenda, no ideas, no vision, no nothing...except for your hatred of a very imperfect man that's got all of that stuff. Heaven help you. I know I can't.