BILL WINTER: We HAVE a REAL Democratic message!

Bill Winter (bio) is running for Congress against Tom Tancredo (Colorado Congressional District 6).

Bill wrote on MyDD a response to a question written on DailyKos. I thought I'd continue this blog-O-rama here on Progress Now.

The question was, "waiting for the Democratic Party to stop playing politics and again be a voice of values and vision."

For the full text of Bills' answer click here. Bill Winter for Congress webpage (www.winterforcongress.com)

Here are a few snippets of Bills' post:

We ARE out here talking about a REAL Democratic message, Randy. Lots of us. But the "leadership" of the Democratic Party continues to throw us under the bus in favor of candidates who "can win" according to the calculus and logic of the folks in Washington.

We are going to start by reclaiming the high ground in every debate and on every issue. We're not going to curl up in a corner anymore and say "Please don't hurt me". We're going to fight back.

When they try to say we are godless, we are going to go right to the source and quote the Bible back at them.

When they try to say we are not patriotic, we will fight back and we will say that true patriotism means loyalty to America, not loyalty to a President or a policy or a political party.

If they say "cut and run" then I say "What will you sacrifice? Will you send YOUR children to the war? Will you go yourself? Will you pay higher taxes to pay for it?"

And when the answer is no or stony silence, then I will say "How dare you offer up the lives of others for a slogan, when you won't pay any price yourself!"

We stand for America. We stand for America's children and her future. We DO have a plan to restore greatness, and right the wrongs that we see so clearly today.

But we don't have to go out and talk about what is wrong. Americans know what is wrong. They want to hear how we are going to fix it. They want to hear our solutions, so let's give it to them. We have solutions and we are the party that gets things done.