The poor also lose, their color notwithstanding. It is Republican mantra that people need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps. That s easy to say for politicians who aren t faced with the choice of feeding their kids or clothing them. As if democracy only applies when a single party enjoys full power. I think the governor needs a lesson in Civics 101.
Democracy is based on checks and balances.
Gilmore s idea of democracy is giving one party the power to shove its ill-conceived ideology down the throats of all the people while doing its utmost to suppress alternative thinking. Looking at all those newspaper pictures of all those white people applauding this so-called wonderful turn of events in Virginia, I see meanness taking the place of compassion, prison time taking the place of rehabilitation, tax breaks for the rich taking the place of education programs for the poor, chicken feces taking the place of the Chesapeake Bay s underwater grasses. Interestingly enough, both Democrats and thinking Republicans say the time has arrived for the GOP to be held accountable for what it thinks is best for Virginians. The Democrats have discovered how difficult leadership can be, and how in a modern era that making tough decisions can erode long-held power. Today s voters are much more fickle than they were a generation ago.