AmaDemocrats aphinde ahlwitha ukwehlulwa emihlathini yokunqoba. Ukulahlekelwa umuntu ongenele ukhetho olubi njengoGeorge W. Bush okhethweni olubili lulandelana kuwumsebenzi omangalisayo ngempela. Ngo-2000, amaDemocrats abusiswa ngokuthula nokuchuma okulinganiselwe, kanye nokungakwazi ukusebenza. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, amaRiphabhulikhi ayethweswe umthwalo ngumuntu owayengenalo ulwazi kanye nobuhlakani obuncane. Esikhundleni sokuhlola okwawo amaphutha asobala, amaDemocrat abeka lonke icala lokulahlekelwa kwawo kuRalph Nader. Kulo nyaka, amaDemokhrasi abonakala enakho konke okuvuna wona futhi. Umnotho usendlini yangasese, i-Iraq iyisiphithiphithi esisabekayo, futhi isilinganiso sokugunyazwa kukaBush singaphansi kwamaphesenti angama-50, kodwa ngandlela thize bakwazi ukulahlekelwa kubi kakhulu kunokugcina. Njengoba uNader engeyona into, amaDemocrat kumele abeke icala kulabo abafanele: ngokwabo.
Ukusabela kwamaDemocrat kuze kube manje akuthembisi. Abaningi basole abantu abamnyama ngokungaphumi ngobuningi babo. Abanye baphakamise ukuthi kufanele siyeke ezindabeni ezinjengamalungelo okukhipha isisu, isenzo sokuqinisekisa, kanye nomshado wezitabane - silahle abangani bethu abasengozini kakhulu, ngamanye amazwi. Obunye ubuthi obukhulu bugcinelwe abavoti abasebasha ngokungaphumi ngamanani amakhulu kunangonyaka ka-2000. Iningi lamaDemocrats athukuthele lithumele amazwi ahlabayo kumabhulogi nasezinkundleni liphakamisa ukuthi noma iyiphi intsha engazange ivotele uJohn Kerry kufanele โithunyelwe I-Iraq," lapho besiyobulawa khona futhi besifaneleka. Mhlawumbe ukube uKerry ebesinika isizathu sokumvotela ngaphandle kokuthi akasiye uBush, ngabe sikwenzile. Isibonelo, kungani uKerry engaphumanga nesu lokuzikhandla lokwehlisa imfundo yasekolishi? Uma uhhafu wokunqunywa kwentela kaBush bekuphambukiselwa ekwehliseni izifundo zasekolishi, ikolishi belingaba mahhala.
Ngeshwa, uKerry wayematasa kakhulu ezama ukukholisa abaxhasi bakhe bezinkampani ukuthi akayena "uDemocrat wokusabalalisa kabusha" ukuphakamisa noma yini engase yenze abantu bamthande. Nakulokhu, umuntu ongenele ukhetho lweDemocratic Alliance wakugwema lokho okufanele kube โisisekeloโ sakhe futhi welula isandla sakhe kwesokudla. UBush, ngakolunye uhlangothi, uchithe iminyaka emine edlule ezamazama endaweni yakhe. Useze waphakamisa ukuthi kuchitshiyelwe uMthethosisekelo ovimbela ukushada kwezitabane - umqondo ongavamile onhloso yawo kuwukugqugquzela abavoti abangamaKristu abaphiko lwesokudla. Isu lakhe laphumelela ngokusobala, njengoba izinhlolo-vo zokuphuma zabonisa ukuthi โizindinganiso zokuziphathaโ zazibaluleke kakhulu kubavoti, zigxeka ngisho umnotho kanye nobushokobezi. UBush wanamathela ezimisweni zakhe futhi isisekelo sakhe samvuza ngalokho. Uchaze kalula u-Kerry njengomuntu ongenamthetho ozosho noma yini ukuze akhethwe ngoba uKerry, empeleni, uyisiphephetha-moya esingasho lutho ukuze akhethwe.
Ukuchaza u-Thomas Frank, amaDemocrats adinga ukufanisa ukuthandwa kwamasiko okungelona iqiniso kwamaRiphabhulikhi nokuthandwa kwawo kwangempela. Uma uKerry efuna abantu abamnyama balinde kulayini amahora amane ukuze bamvotele, udinga ukubathembisa ngaphezu kwamaphoyisa engeziwe azohlukumeza izindawo abahlala kuzo. Kungani ungathathi ikhasi likaJesse Jackson bese weseka ukuchitshiyelwa koMthethosisekelo onikeza abantu ilungelo lokuvota? Kungani ungaphakamisi uhlelo lwentela oluqhubekayo? Azikho izintela zanoma ubani owenza ngaphansi kuka-$100,000; yenza okusele ngokwandisa izintela ezinkampanini nabacebile. Ithemba lokungakhokhi noma yiziphi izintela zeholo kumele lizwakale lilihle kumaRiphabhulikhi amaningi ahola kancane kuya kwamaphakathi. Kodwa maye, sekwephuze kakhulu ngoKerry ukuthi aqhamuke nemibono emihle. Umhlaba kuzomele ubekezele eminye iminyaka emine kaBush.
Izindaba azimbi zonke. Okokuqala, uTom Daschle ekugcineni uhambile. Ngethemba ukuthi amaDemocrat azongena esikhundleni sakhe kufakwe uSenator ongathandi kakhulu ukugoba akhothe amabhuzu kaBush. U-Tom Daschle uyiphosta yakho yonke into engalungile ngeDemocratic Party namuhla. Uyisikhohlakali esiyekethisa ngaso sonke isikhathi. Akanayo izimiso futhi akanawo umgogodla. Kubukeka sengathi kunomnyakazo ozomfaka esikhundleni sakhe uSenator u-Dick Durbin wase-Illinois, okungaba ngcono kakhulu. Okunye okukholamu yezindaba ezinhle ukunqoba kukaCynthia McKinney, iDemocrat ethuthukayo yaseGeorgia okwazile ukubuyisela isihlalo sakhe naphezu kokucwaswa yiqembu lakhe. Ukukhethwa kukaBarack Obama eSenate e-Illinois nakho kungase kube yizindaba ezinhle, nakuba uSenator ubelokhu ebanga imisindo ethile kusukela kamuva. Asethembe ukuthi kuyisenzo.
Okwamanje, โabakwesokunxeleโ kufanele balalele ubuhlakani bukaMickey Z, osanda kubhala, โNgeke siphinde sibekezelele ukwesekwa โokukhuluโ kunoma yini ebukeka njengeDemocratโฆ .โ Ukhetho lwango-2004 cishe luzokwehla njengokumosha imali okukhulu kakhulu, isikhathi, namandla emlandweni we-American left. Akufanele nanini sizivumele ukuthi singene shรญ enkolweni yobuntu njengaleyo ezungeze uBush. Bush akuyona ukuphela komhlaba. Ukunqoba kwakhe akufanele kushintshe lutho, njengoba nje noKerry ubengeke aphumelele. Kudingeka siyeke ukukhohlisa ibhokisi lokuvota futhi sibeke izinsiza zethu namandla okudala emisebenzini ekhiqizayo. Ake ucabange ukube yonke imali esamosha kulolu khetho ibiye emikhankasweni yamaholo aphilayo noma ezinhlelweni zokuvota eziqhubekayo ezifundazweni. Mhlawumbe lapho-ke singase sibe nokuthile okuphathekayo esingakubonisa ngemizamo yethu (kanye nama-blogger ambalwa ewashini lokuzibulala).
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