Ahh, more on Peter Goldmark.  I gotta tell you I have been thinking that this is the guy a district like Washington’s 5th needs since I first heard his name.  After doing a little research it became obvious that Peter could reach out to voters across party lines with a progressive and fundamentally sound message that transcends the identity his district has absorbed. 

Lynn Allen at Evergreen Politics spoke with him during his recent “Amber Waves” tour. 

He told a story about a group of conservative Republican cattlemen who’d come to hear him in Wauconda a day earlier.  They asked him a bunch of questions and nodded at his answers.  At the end they said they agreed with everything he said.  Then they asked him, “So, how come you’re not a Republican?” 

Goldmark said, “The Democrats work for the little guy, the folks getting the dirty end of the stick.  The big guys don’t need help.  It’s the little guys hurting.” 

This is exactly why I like this candidate.  From my point of view, if the republicans in control of Congress were truly out there fighting the good fight for folks, honestly working for a better future for this country, and carefully addressing their concerns, I might actually be in their camp.  Instead, a group of morally bankrupt authoritarians bent on driving this country blindly into an ideology both fiscally and philosophically are in control and making the lives of the people who trusted them worse. 

A comment on Lynn’s blog sums it up, and perhaps this is how Peter might have responded.

“This is the way Democrats approach these issues. So, how come you’re not Democrats?”

That my friends, is what I call a good question.

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