No Loss for Words

Considering the outcome of the recent elections, I am thinking I should get on the bandwagon.  In the state of Washington, It doesn’t matter what you stand for if you stand under the Democratic Party Banner.  I think I could be a Democrat.

I have already talked about being “pro-Choice” so I’m there, right?  I’m not hung up on the definition of “marriage” like some folks are.  At the same time, I am not insisting that the law be changed to recognize gay marriages.  I do believe that we should grant gay couples the same civil rights as hetero couples.  It just isn’t a big deal with me.  That qualifies me to be a Democrat, doesn’t it?

From a practical standpoint, I don’t think that my views are particularly different from Congressman Rick Larson or Congressman Norm Dicks from Washington’s 6^th Congressional District.  Dicks is like Scoop Jackson in many ways; socially tolerant, strong defense, fiscally on the conservative side.

I may be a little more conservative than Dicks, but not that much.

If you have a D behind your name, people don’t blow you off without listening to your pitch.  I saw some great candidates with a great message go down in flames this week.  At the same time, I saw some really poor candidates elected because of their party affiliation alone.  The tragedy in a partisan election process is the fact that the party ends up being more important than the candidate.

Maybe I am a Reagan Democrat.  Yeah, that’s it, I’m a Reagan Democrat!

If Joe Lieberman can campaign for McCain, I can be a Democrat.

If I call myself a Democrat from now on, will anyone really care?