2008: Democrats on Democracy
August 18th, 2008 by Matt
The Democratic National Committee’s party platform committee released its product a little while back, and since one of the (seven) pillars of the foreign policy section is entitled, “Advancing Democracy, Development, and Human Rights”, I’m passing the link along here (hat tip: Washington Note) for those who wish to take a look (will do the same with the new GOP platform upon its release). The money subsection discusses the party’s commitment to “build democratic institutions” abroad, through a vision that goes “beyond the ballot box” and is based on the guiding principles that “democracy cannot be imposed by force from the outside; it must be nurtured with moderates on the inside”.
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