Post by DFW HOYA on May 22, 2012 18:52:36 GMT -5
What would some in the Republican Party say about a platform such as this?
Excerpts:
"To treat the special problems of children from impoverished families, we advocate expanded, better programs for pre-school children. We will encourage state, local or private programs of teacher training."
"An essential element of economic betterment is the opportunity for self-determination—to develop or acquire and manage one's own business enterprise. This opportunity is bleak for most residents of impoverished areas. We endorse the concept of state and community development corporations. These will provide capital, technical assistance and insurance for the establishment and renewal of businesses in depressed urban and rural areas."
"We pledge a unified federal food distribution program, as well as active cooperation with the states and innovative private enterprise."
"While believing no American should be denied adequate medical treatment, we will be diligent in protecting the traditional
patient-doctor relationship and the integrity, of the medical practitioner."
"The strengthening of citizen influence on government requires a number of improvements in political areas. For instance, we propose to reform the electoral college system, establish a nation-wide, uniform voting period for Presidential elections, and recommend that the states remove unreasonable requirements, residence and otherwise, for voting in Presidential elections. We specifically favor representation in Congress for the District of Columbia. We will work to establish a system of self-government for the District of Columbia."
"Organized labor has contributed greatly to the economic strength of our country and the well-being of its members. [Our party] vigorously endorses its key role in our national life."
"We will seek to develop law among nations and strengthen agencies to effectuate that law and cooperatively solve common problems. We will assist the United Nations to become the keystone of such agencies, and its members will be pressed to honor all charter obligations, including specifically its financial provisions."
Is this the 2012 Democratic agenda? No, it's the 1968 Republican Party platform.
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25841#axzz1ve39Mj6Q
Excerpts:
"To treat the special problems of children from impoverished families, we advocate expanded, better programs for pre-school children. We will encourage state, local or private programs of teacher training."
"An essential element of economic betterment is the opportunity for self-determination—to develop or acquire and manage one's own business enterprise. This opportunity is bleak for most residents of impoverished areas. We endorse the concept of state and community development corporations. These will provide capital, technical assistance and insurance for the establishment and renewal of businesses in depressed urban and rural areas."
"We pledge a unified federal food distribution program, as well as active cooperation with the states and innovative private enterprise."
"While believing no American should be denied adequate medical treatment, we will be diligent in protecting the traditional
patient-doctor relationship and the integrity, of the medical practitioner."
"The strengthening of citizen influence on government requires a number of improvements in political areas. For instance, we propose to reform the electoral college system, establish a nation-wide, uniform voting period for Presidential elections, and recommend that the states remove unreasonable requirements, residence and otherwise, for voting in Presidential elections. We specifically favor representation in Congress for the District of Columbia. We will work to establish a system of self-government for the District of Columbia."
"Organized labor has contributed greatly to the economic strength of our country and the well-being of its members. [Our party] vigorously endorses its key role in our national life."
"We will seek to develop law among nations and strengthen agencies to effectuate that law and cooperatively solve common problems. We will assist the United Nations to become the keystone of such agencies, and its members will be pressed to honor all charter obligations, including specifically its financial provisions."
Is this the 2012 Democratic agenda? No, it's the 1968 Republican Party platform.
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25841#axzz1ve39Mj6Q
