Defining The American Dream
Judy, Liz and Barbara are joined by a guest for this podcast. Debbie is a former Republican, now a Democrat, and she tell us why she changed parties. Also, in our attempt to be optimistic we encourage the “Swifties” to come out and vote, the Parkland shooting survivors who are now of voting age, and all women because “Republican family values are to put women in their place.” And our rights remember, women’s rights, are on the line right behind the LGBTQ community’s. We are all upset by the innocents killed in Israel and Gaza! But we encourage you not to take the U.S. policy out on Biden when his reelection and so much more is at stake!
Since the Independent Democratic Women no longer exists, (the group, not the women) we are just a few (3) “screwball Democrats." This means that we will not be able to afford to renew our website as of May 26th. However, you should still be able to listen to our podcast through Spotify, Apple, and other places. Let us know if you have problems!"
Our IDWSC "Just Facts" Campaign
The Independent Democratic Women overwhelmingly came to the conclusion that facts matter. In this world of ours we need to be aware of what is real and what is not and we decided to take on the task of clarifying some misunderstandings and falsehoods that seem to surround and affect our lives more and more. Thus we came up with our “Just Facts” campaign.
It may not be obvious how politics and how we view the world in today’s United States shapes us and inflicts pain on us, and gives us a leg up, and equalizes us or contributes to our inequality. Having the facts, we believe, can help us view our world in a fairer and certainly more rational way. For example, is a healthy and aesthetically pleasing environment important to us? The facts tell us that our environment is at risk. Are women’s choices about their reproductive health guaranteed? In today’s world this fact is being disputed. Does the Second Amendment of our Constitution provide for free and unfettered access and use of any gun, anytime, anywhere? The facts say otherwise. Are we guaranteed by our Constitution the right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit
of Happiness? Some untruths attack these rights for some people. Are our voting rights under attack? What’s the truth about voter ID laws? What’s the truth about voter fraud? What’s the truth about election fraud? What’s the truth about climate change?
We have heard from young women and seen for ourselves from young and old, that much of our country’s efforts to teach U.S. Civics to our nation’s citizens has gone wrong. We hope to do our small part toward setting the record straight on how our democracy is supposed to work and on what rights we have as citizens of these United States.
And finally, but not the least of it, we hope to lessen the great political divide in our community. We think listening to our neighbors while setting out some facts that we can all agree on, will perhaps not be walking the mile, but will be starting out on the trip to polite discourse, and intelligent debate. We believe that employing tools like agreeing to disagree, researching factual information, reaching consensus, and loving our neighbors, can go a long way toward bridging the destructive political divide that seems to be entrenched in our communities.
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Hosts
Barbara Scott
Liz Kearney
Judy Herschel
Production
Barbara Scott
Judy Herschel
John Hotvedt
Amanda Cook
Tyler Petriello
Music Composed By
Carl Hagstrom
Established 2019