The blogger formerly known as Calpundit posts a call for a narrative for Kerry (
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2004_05/003927.php). I think we need a narrative in general, a narrative for our party:
Government has always been a way for people to get what they want. The thing is, which people get what they want? America started out with the king getting what he wanted.
Liberals in our unborn Nation, the Founding Fathers, once looked at the world as it was, and came up with a new way, with freedom and power for more. The conservatives of the time fought for the King, and lost.
Liberals looked at the world later and wanted freedom for the enslaved. The conservatives of the time fought for slavery, which they now call states rights, and lost.
Liberals looked at the world later and wanted equality for women. The conservatives of the time fought to keep women in "their place", and lost.
Liberals looked at the world later and wanted an end to monopolies and excessive control by robber barons. The conservatives of the time fought to keep power in the hands of the few, and lost.
Liberals looked at the world later and wanted an end to sixty hour work weeks, insurance if injured on the job, retirement benefits, and reasonable wages. The conservatives of the time fought to keep power, and lost, but continue to chip away at their loss while our attention is turned.
Liberals looked at the world later and wanted an end to lynchings, grandfather clauses, and separate but equal. The conservatives of the time fought to preserve these things they cherished, and lost, but continue to chip away at their loss while our attention is turned.
Liberals looked at the world later and wanted an end to back alley abortions, and to get the government out of our bedrooms and wombs. The conservatives lost this battle, but continue to chip away at their loss while our attention is turned.
We are improving the world. Help make it easier. Vote for a liberal.
