[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [Ufpj-disc] Do Democrats Like Peace?

[Brussel Morton K.]

I interpret the last paragraph of Swanson's piece, below,  as saying  
"Don't be a party loyalist", but don't reject what a party can do,  
even if its past is deplorable. This seems pretty obvious. --mkb

On Jun 19, 2008, at 4:03 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:

>>> The United States has always been soaked in blood and racism and  
>>> sadistic cruelty, yet we've worked and worked and worked over the  
>>> centuries to make it less so, and I don't hear from too many  
>>> people ready to give up on the country. Giving up on a party  
>>> because of its criminal past makes no more sense. But learning to  
>>> outgrow both nationalism and party-loyalty, and to be full-time  
>>> engaged citizens (not just voters) both of our nation and of the  
>>> world may be an idea whose time has come.

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