Mocking old folks who are worried about paying their bills?

[sabrina 1]

86. Give me an example of my nasty behavior. I don't belong to any group here. I am a Democrat, for me

it is simple. I am a Democrat because that is the party of the people. SS is the cornerstone, the crown jewel of Democratic legislation. It has saved the lives of untold numbers of seniors, the disabled and dependent children. It is a MORAL program. Republicans are the anti-SS legislation and have been trying for decades to get their filthy, thieving hands on it to gamble it away on the Wall St. Casino.

To me, if you are not willing to stand up for that one program which affects the lives of millions of the most needy Americans (lord knows we have little else in this country to take care of them) then you are not a Democrat.

No democrat would even think of opening the door even a crack to let the predatory capitalists stick their foot in.

If that is nasty, then I wonder why it has only become nasty very, very recently.

To be completely honest with you, I have no personal interest in any politician. The last ten years have changed me from a naive, 'our party can do not wrong' to someone who has learned, after so many disappointments, that THAT was a dangerous thing to be, a total, blind partisan. I spent several years standing up for this party against the most vicious, and if you want to see nasty, right wingers.

Now I stand up for the people, the issues. And I don't much care who the elected representative is, what s/he looks like, what nice kids they have, we all have nice kids, what they do in their private lives, it's none of my business.

When it comes to politicians now, I care about one thing, how they vote on the issues. Period.

Funny thing, nothing I said here would have been considered 'nasty' until very recently. And I'm going to be completely honest once again. I believe that this president has made it very difficult for people, who like I used to be, truly want to believe in him because he is a democrat.

It's hard for them to defend his policies so they lash out at those of us who no longer are willing to defend those who betray the people's interests.

I was there once, I know how it felt to try to defend politicians I really, really wanted to be able to defend even when they did things that really not defensible, such as voting for ANY Bush policy. But I tried. It was hard, it made me angry often at those who saw the truth. But I was angry at the wrong people. I won't make that mistake again.

I wish I could apologize now to all of those I argued with because THEY were right and I was wrong. No politician should be defended when they act against the people's interests. I know that now.

And if that's nasty, I'm sorry. What I consider nasty is to call people who are trying to stand up for the people, 'professional democrats' or 'whiny, hysterical handwringers' or whatever other names they have come up with. I understand to an extent though. They can't defend a Democrat selling out on SS so they have to resort to pointing the finger somewhere else. That is what name-calling is always about. I don't and never did engage in it.

But their anger andor nastiness doesn't move me, bother me or do anything to change my mind. Because finally, I am free of the need to defend people I don't know, are acting against the interests of the American people, who were sent to DC to protect programs like SS, and it is a good feeling.

I respect you too, we just don't agree on this which makes me a little sad because we should.