I’ll admit that it has been a slow start for “Democrats for Kovach.” In part because the spelling of Kovachs’ name was an unfathomable mystery for so many, and in part because people don’t fully understand the goals of the “Democrats for Kovach” movement. Let me clear that confusion up with the first draft of the “Democrats for Kovach” manifesto. This is an open source manifesto, so please take part in honing the “Democrats for Kovach” manifesto in the Comments section.
Democrats for Kovach Manifesto
1) “Democrats for Kovach” do not want to elect Tim Kovach or any other Republican to public office. Kovach is a wingnut cyrpto-teabag sympathizer and worst of all, a Republican. Recent history is replete with horror stories of the downstream catastrophes that attend electing Republicans. Republican “trickle down” economics which depend on cutting taxes on our wealthiest citizens and corporations in the hope that the money will be used to “create jobs” has created the dire economic situation that we are in today. Calls to continue Republican economics through “austerity” are nothing more than advocating for a middle class in continuous decline and MORE economic failure.
2) “Democrats for Kovach” do not want to elect Democrats to office who promote a destructive Republican agenda under the ruse of being “bipartisan” (I’m looking at you John Carney). Delaware is a blue state and deserves to be represented in Congress by a Democrat who can be counted on to uphold basic Democratic Party principles by being vocally in favor of a social safety net, and a strong economy built on progressive taxation. It is our firm belief that any incumbent Demcorat running as an unapologetic Democrat can easily win re-election in Delaware given built in registration advantages and the continuing popularity of Democratic policies among Delaware voters.
3) Knowing that TIM KOVACH has no chance in hell of beating John Carney, “Democrats for Kovach” will use the upcoming election for the House of representatives, to continually remind the candidates that Delaware is a Democratic state which deserves democratic representation in Congress.
That’s the basics. Nobody is primarying Carney, so unless he changes his tune, the only reasonable course of action is to thrown away a protest vote on the pitiful candidacy of Tom Kovach.