Let's stop blaming the Media for our weak and ineffective message [View All]

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It's difficult to avoid blaming the bought-off, corporate media for not reporting the Democratic message. I've certainly been guilty of this in the past. But if you take a closer look at recent history...the Democratic party should shoulder part of the blame for not trying very hard to put out a newsworthy message.

In fact...the Party hasn't presented itself in the public forum to state their position on anything since 2000. Democrats don't know their party's official position on many issues because they haven't been made public. Being in the minority shouldn't mean that we can't speak out as a party.

What's the party's official position on the Iraq invasion and occupation?

On the Patriot Act and Homeland Security?

On the 'war on terror'?

On Social Security privatization?

On the Separation of Church and State?

On Choice?

On the 9-11 investigation?

On the Plame scandal?

On corporate corruption and influence buying?

On Healthcare?

On the inability of the Bush White House to capture Bin Laden or the Anthrax Killers?

We'll see a Democrat now and then on the Talking Head Pundit circuit giving their own opinion on certain issues...but we've seen nothing in the form of an official party position coming from the leadership.

Democrats have the right to know where their PARTY stands on the important issues. Perhaps the media isn't reporting what the party has to say because they're not saying anything? The Democratic party needs to go ON THE RECORD with an official statement of where they stand on the issues. An informed citizenry is more likely to vote Democratic if they're made aware in no uncertain terms of where we stand.

The silence is deafening.