Republicans and Their Slogans

By Marta Jorgensen

Here's a new slogan for the Democrats

We can now return the favor. It is our turn to chastise, to reprobate, the Republicans. The history of this country that the Republicans have handed us, the laws they have created in the name of fighting terrorism, and the war that we have had to endure brought to us under false pretenses, has earned them a new phrase. Listen up. Your history has earned you a new mantra. Here it is. "War and waste."

To the demand for more money for war, we answer, "War and waste."

To the demand for more laws that monitor our lives with government intrusion and the cost of money for more bureaucracies, and at the cost of individual freedom, we answer, "War and waste."

To the president who demands an imperial presence that negates Congress and violates human dignity, we answer, "War and waste."

To the demand for more lives of our sons and daughter to fight a war that people, even veterans, want to end, we answer, "War and waste."

"War and waste" has been the behavior of the Republican Party. We now throw this phrase in their face. To those who think we are too strong in our declaration, I say, "Offend the offensive."

Let us not think that we can meet aggression in our lives or against our land with a prayer and a cupcake. But how strong can we be if the treasury is empty?

How can we negotiate from strength if the funding for this war comes from banks and countries across the sea? How can we guarantee unbiased negotiations for the best interests of our workers and our economy if we sit across the table from the representatives of a country to whom we owe a great financial debt?