Lake County Democrats sets a good example
Bob Mcclellan | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 12 years, 7 months AGO
I’m writing this just before taking off for three weeks in Wisconsin.
I recently wrote a letter about attending the Lake County Democratic dinner at Ronan’s Mission Mountain golf course restaurant, reporting what a fine and lively affair it was and giving the “Tree of Life” comments.
Just another note of observation about that gathering. While there were about 10 candidate speakers, none of them spoke out negatively against the Republicans.
Why?
They don’t really have to. Simple as that.
And now, referring to the national campaign, I hear over and over comments from Romney and other Republicans like this: “Obama is un-American”. “Obama is the worst president in history.” “Obama is the most radical president we have ever had.” “Obama is thumbing his nose at the Constitution.”
Obama is this and that! Do these people actually think that the bulk of American’s believe this?
Why do these candidates take us for a bunch of lemming-like characters that will follow them over the cliff of reason down into the waters of waste and destruction?
Anyway, I was impressed by the positive tone of the Democratic dinner gathering. And this is not to say that in our upcoming national elections that Democratic candidates will not spew out negativity, too, just as Republicans do.
They will and they do.
But the May 26 Lake County Democratic dinner was a good example of positive-tone campaigning.
We need more of it, for sure.
Bob McClellan,
Polson
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