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maybe democrats should articulate their values. certainly bush has convictions based on his moral beliefs and many voters were attracted to this. the democrats do not take a strong stand when it is needed and their values do not shine through. instead of projecting deep convictions about protecting the environment, helping the downtrodden amoung us or whatever else, they come off as pandering to scattered special interests. as a result, many citizens think democrats are lazy tax-hungry unpatriotic godless sodomites.
democrats in congress lethargically opposed the war, another particularly moral issue (see john paul II). then things started going bad and their outrage seemed to be more partisan than anything. seemed like they were jumping ship at a time of trouble to many people.
having some direction would really help. it's becoming the "not republican" party.
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