Democrats Acting Like Republicans

Shame on Charles Schumer, Harry Reid, and other Democratic Party Leaders who pushed Ohio's Paul Hackett out of the Senate race there in favor of Sherrod Brown, another safe, run-of-the-mill, toe-the-line candidate.

Hackett was fresh air--a young Iraq war veteran who could look Republican leaders in the eye and speak frankly about the war and its impact both here and abroad. He was a candidate who made me proud to be a Democrat--and hopeful for the future of my party. He was change,
and promise, and no-nonsense.

And now a stand-up guy who just might have won the race is out of the running (and out of politics) because the party leadership didn't know what to do with someone new and honest. Just goes to show that, no matter what side they're on, politicians are still just politicians.

Shame on the Democratic leadership...how dare they misuse democratic ideals so flagrantly.

update: on the main page of the DNC website, the top story is about 40 war veterans running for congress in 2006! dems are using these men and women on one hand...and ruining them on the other. Read what Howard Dean has to say.

fix your jones for the independent party @ cuip.org

Posted by sarah t. at 5:05 PM