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Read Robert Watson’s opinion column in the Palm Beach Post. Thanks to Barry Dockswell for pointing this out.

Excerpt:

Most Americans support restrictions on assault weapons, know that families can’t live on minimum wage, favor clean air and clean water and believe that America is always strongest when leading our allies, not bullying them. So Democratic policies don’t need to be changed; instead, the way they are presented to the country does need to be changed.

For example, the Republican Party, like a good courtroom attorney, frames debates in such a way that to oppose the war is to oppose our troops. To criticize or question Bush is to be unpatriotic. Democrats need to lead on national security and the fight against terrorism by reminding the country that being patriotic means providing our soldiers with protective armor, a livable wage, fair death benefits, and the truth about the war.