The kind of people we are dealing with

[Shira]

"According to this argument, the values voters the Democrats must pander to are people like Cary and Tara Leslie, archetypal Ohio evangelical "Bush votes come to life" apotheosized by The Washington Post right after Election Day. The Leslies swear by "moral absolutes," support a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and mostly watch Fox News. Mr. Leslie has also watched his income drop from $55,000 to $35,000 since 2001, forcing himself, his wife and his three young children into the ranks of what he calls the "working poor." Maybe by 2008 some Democrat will figure out how to persuade him that it might be a higher moral value to worry about the future of his own family than some gay family he hasn't even met."

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/14/arts/14rich.html?pagewanted=1&oref=login

[Shira]

Campaign's over, sweetie.  Give it a rest, would ya?


I seen you 'round for a long long time
I really 'membered you when you drink my wine

Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?

I seen you walkin' down in Chinatown
I called you but you could not look around

Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?

I bring my money to the welfare line
I see you standing in it every time

Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?




The color of your skin don't matter to me
As long as we can live in harmony

Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?

I'd kinda like to be the President
so I can show you how your money's spent

Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?

Sometimes I don't speak too bright
but yet I know what I'm talking about

Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?

I know you're working for the CIA
they wouldn't have you in the Mafia

Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?

This Leslie phenomena does not worry you?

[Shira]

This Leslie phenomena does not worry you?

Shira, I realize this is hard for you to comprehend, but a lot of people do not make judgments solely on the basis of income.

I worry about some of the folks in my party, some of the liberals only see the Blue-Dogs and the DLC as means to an end, its about time the moderates started fighting back, had the likes of Carson, Knowles and John it would have been much easier... well to work!     

Could you bring one single position of Kerry that could be titled “Extreme”?

[Shira]

Letting social security go bankrupt without doing anything to fix it.

That’s your spin on his position. When did he say that he is going to let SS go bankrupt? The Conservatives ideologically hated the SS since its foundation by FDR. They know that they can not kill it in one shot, so they are trying the gradual approach.