Town of Braintree

YEA,

JUST LIKE FAHRENHEIT 911. Instead of flapping your gums, read the article and decide for yourself.

By TMM

''My family is more important

The Shadow Party: Part I

''My family is more important to me than my party,'' declared Senator Zell Miller, a Georgia Democrat, as he spoke from the podium of the Republican National Convention on September 1. ''There is but one man to whom I am willing to entrust their future and that man's name is George Bush.''

But nothing Miller said could possibly have damaged the Democratic Party more than its own leaders had done in making the war in Iraq a partisan issue and embracing the anti-war cause. In his anger, Carter had mistaken the symptom for the disease. Long before Zell Miller's d?©marche, Ronald Reagan -- a Roosevelt Democrat who re-registered as a Republican in 1962 -- followed a similar course, explaining, ''I didn't leave the Democratic Party; the Democratic Party left me.''

If Kennedy were alive today, Democrats would condemn his sweeping capital gains tax cuts as a sop to the rich. His militant anti-Communism would evoke charges of right-wing ''paranoia.'' And the vow he made in his inaugural address to confront tyranny anywhere in the world would win him the label of ''neo-conservative'' imperialist among today?’s Democrats. Instead of calling on Americans to ''support any friend'' and ''oppose any foe'' -- as Kennedy did in his famous address - many Democrats are busy sabotaging our war effort in Iraq, with speeches as strident as any that emanated from the New Left during the Vietnam era.

The devolution of the Democrats from the Cold War party of Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy to the progressive party of Edward Kennedy and John F. Kerry has long been in progress, and is not quite complete.

But the Democrats' final transformation into a party of the left in the European mode may not be far off. Barely noticed by political observers, an activist juggernaut has seized control of the party?’s national electoral apparatus, organized, financed and directed by the left.

This party within the party has no official name, but some journalists and commentators have begun referring to it as the Shadow Party, a term that we will use as well. It denotes a network of non-profit groups presently raising hundreds of millions of dollars for deployment on the campaign battlefield. This money pays for advertising, get-out-the-vote-drives, opposition research, dirty tricks and virtually every aspect of a modern electoral campaign. But it does so through independent groups with no formal connection to the Democratic Party.

A Tiny Voice From The Left

Sqeeks,it must be the long lost sputter
man!!
The Man Born,and bred (I assume)in
Braintree,and has never left,he is anchored to the soil,a man of the earth (and outer space)!

answer the question o mighty one

because it is in deed relevent whether you agree or not.you're easy to spot mr. non conformist. being from town means not bringing outside baggage with you to town that has little or nothing to add to the discussion.no one that just lives here for the benefits cares for anyone but themselves.proved over and over again.
speak with some insight about what truely matters with out the foolishness
and you in fact maybe lost.i've been outside many times but the city or town politics are of no consequence to this town unless some carpet bagger comes in, scores a job and proceeds to bring in their agenda to Braintree as if that particular twist might actually fly here.just 'cause they say.
chew on that cud for awhile cowpoke. go on back after, ya hear!

By townie home owner