Veterans' Day, a reminder for Democrats
ILLUSTRATED: Our party's culture needs to be welcoming of veterans and the military community.
Last night I had the privilege of speaking to the California Young Democrats retreat about military service and the Democratic Party. I followed FDR's three B's of public speaking: be short, be sincere, be seated.
What I said was that while we have been branded as the party dispassionate and incompetent on military matters, the ethos of take care of your people and don't leave anyone behind dovetails perfectly with our party. But the reality is there are some elements in our ranks who hate the military as an institution. Regardless of the merits of any war policy or budget priorities.
I told them, it is incumbent upon us to create a culture that is welcoming to vets and defense minded people. At club meetings and central committee meetings, we need to change the atmosphere to be more inclusive, and our candidates need to speak out more for the military.
Last night I had the privilege of speaking to the California Young Democrats retreat about military service and the Democratic Party. I followed FDR's three B's of public speaking: be short, be sincere, be seated.
What I said was that while we have been branded as the party dispassionate and incompetent on military matters, the ethos of take care of your people and don't leave anyone behind dovetails perfectly with our party. But the reality is there are some elements in our ranks who hate the military as an institution. Regardless of the merits of any war policy or budget priorities.
I told them, it is incumbent upon us to create a culture that is welcoming to vets and defense minded people. At club meetings and central committee meetings, we need to change the atmosphere to be more inclusive, and our candidates need to speak out more for the military.
posted by Teka Thomas at 12:07 AM
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