There Is No Such Thing

Politics Is Like Driving. To Go Backward Put It In R. To Go Forward Put It In D.

When Those Pictures Of Abu Ghraib Came Out, I Thought, My Gosh, This Is Like The Tiger Cages For Prisoners In Vietnam All Over Again. Only We Were Actually Doing It Ourselves, We Weren't Hiring Another Government To Do It.

It's Been Years, But I Still Say That I Went Out With The Same Progressive Values And Liberal Ideals That I Went In With. I Made A Couple Of Mistakes, I Will Honestly Admit. In Retrospect, There Are A Few Votes I Wish I Could Take Back. But, Through It All, I Kept My Support For Organized Labor, I Kept My Support For Income Equality, I Kept My Support For Making Sure That Kids That Come From Poor Families Have Access To Education. So, Yes, I Still Believe That You Don't Have To Give Up Your Ideals And Go Along. One Person Can Still Stand Up And Make A Difference.

While President Bush's Tax Give-aways For The Rich Are Pushing Us Further Into Debt, He Compensates By Increasing The Out-of-pocket Costs To Our Veterans.

The Burning Issue Of Our Time Is The Growing Inequality In Income And Wealth In Our Country, And It's Got To Be Addressed. We've Got To Stop It. It's Eroding Our Politics. It's Separating Our Society Into The Haves And The Have-nots. It's Condemning A Whole Younger Set Of Our Population To Not Be Able To Enter The Middle Class. And, It Hits Hardest In The Prairie Areas Of The United States, Our Small Towns And Communities, Where The Jobs Just Aren't Available And The Incomes Are Low.