Democrats and Republicans
Today, both the Washington State Democratic Central Committee and the (oh, I suppose I’ll lower myself to link to them, just this once) Washington State Republican Party chose new state chairs, replacing Paul Berendt and Chris Vance, respectively. I don’t yet know the results of either contest. An article in yesterday’s Seattle Post-Intelligencer offers a useful scorecard to pick out the competitors.
Rather than try to handicap the who’s-who in the two races, I’ll instead make note of one of the clearest of differences between the two parties, and one of the myriad ways in which being a Democrat is good and true and right, being a Republican is bad and false and wrong. It’s the final paragraph of Neil Modie’s above-linked P-I article:
The Democrats’ meeting Saturday is open to the public. The Republicans’ meeting is closed.
Need I say more?
Comments
Yes, more would be good. How about why it matters whether the meeting is open or closed? The Parties aren’t government agencies, they can be operated in a myriad of ways, as long as it is done within the confines of the law.
That Republicans wanted to keep a possibly divisive meeting closed, while the Democrats kept theirs open says literally nothing about which party is right, or wrong, good or bad.
Your partisanship is blinding. I would have stuck with “handicapping” the race, because your point here, while true, is virtually meaningless.
Next time, if you don’t feel comfortable linking to the WA GOP, don’t!
Do what I do. Link to NAMBLA.
It does make a difference whether a party meeting is open or not. It is a sign that the party has nothing to hide and is not afraid of conducting its affairs in the open. Who serves as Chair of the party is the public face for the party. Why would the Republicans feel the need to do their business of electing a new chair in secret? Are they afraid
someone might say something that is not the official party line.
Republicans from the top down are afraid of any dissent. I thought America allowed dissent and welcomed it. Not under Bush, who wants to send people to “Dissent Zones” whereever he appears, while docile sheep not willing to say a peep that the King has no clothes are welcomed.
Republicans seem to be still taking their cues from the Reagan movie actor era. To them politics is not about debate and give and take and free discussion of differing views. It is all about father knows best, about image and scripting public appearance according to set rules. Republicans are monolithic right now in their image making. Hopefully this arrogance will be their downfall.
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