Reply #9: Great post, very constructive , good ideas [View All]

I totally agree:

1) Some of the post-election teeth-gnashing took an ugly turn (NYT columnist Maureen Dowd, in particular, engaged in a lot of not-so-subtle redneck-bashing). I lived in VA and KY for a total of nine years and I cringe at the stereotyping. There needs to be more understanding and less arrogance and anger. Just because someone likes NASCAR and didn't graduate from an East Coast college doesn't mean they're not a good person. Mark Warner won in VA because he reached out to the rural areas of the State.

2) Love the idea of the Democrats taking up the cause of veterans. Not only it would it help the Dems politically, it's the right thing to do!! (Don't you love it when there's a issue like that???) I heard on TV last night that the death benefit paid to the family of a soldier killed in action is $12K. That's a travesty. If Democrats opposed making the tax cuts permanent and instead proposed using some of the money to help veterans, how could the Republicans fight that?