Karita Hummer's Silver Pen Award for Every American should be asking: by jco11111

Winner of Karita Hummer's Silver Pen Award


Every American should be asking:

Reposted from John Edwards Blog

http://blog.johnedwards.com/story/2007/9/15/114926/062

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9/15/2007 at 11:49 AM EST
How can I help? How can I help elect an Administration that will promote ideas not ideology? How can I help elect an administration that will raise the level of political discourse not label those who disagree as traitors. As Americans we are saddened by the current operational and readiness state of our Army and the persistent evolutionary downward trend over these past seven years. This is not about Soldiership - this is about leadership. Our brave men and women in the military have served with honor and distinction. They have accomplished every mission that has been asked of them. Were we could say the same about the President. Our Soldiers and Marines should not be tasked to police a civil war. President Bush has no plan but to run out the clock. He said as much in Draper's book when he admitted he was playing for October. He wants to pass this war to the next President so that he can minimize his responsibility for it. We are equally saddened by the current state of our manufacturing base, especially our textile and furniture mills in the South and our automobile manufacturing in the Detroit. We shudder as we drive on our highways and over our bridges hopping that they are safe. The fact that America is the most powerful nation in the history of time, yet so many of our citizens do not have access to basic health care. Soon millions of our citizens will join the ranks of the homeless or working poor as they lose their homes to foreclosure. We need a change of course, a new direction. And we all know, that "substitution is not real change." Somewhere on the path of humanity and decency, as America was operating abroad in promoting Democracy and seeding the seeds to advance the rule of law in far away places, we lost our way at home. We forgot that old adage that "charity begins at home." Please tell me how I can help take our country back from the powerful and the special interest and restore power to the people - where it rightfully belongs. JCO11111