Getting rid of the DLC is the first step on the road to recovery. Its strategy of ideological appeasement worked once, when moderate Clinton ran against moderate George I, but since then it's become a losing formula in the face of the newly radicalized Right. The DLC turned the Democratic Party into the Vichy Party.
I get to tease you once again by pointing out that reform of the Democratic Party is one of several necessary threads in the rehabilitation of the Left's political machinery, and news like this is a reassuring sign that things are moving forward, quietly and generally under the radar. Credit where credit is due, the Republicans taught us a powerful lesson in the last election--it's downright humliating to have lost to George W. Bush after his first term. Winning by all rights should have been like shooting fish in a barrel, and we have nobody to blame but ourselves for failing. So thanks, it was a useful learning experience.
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- Civil War
- Well some moderates do gor some splaining to do.....
- The Countdown!
- Cool
- Oh, by all means, the Democrats should release their Inner Commies.
- Exactly
- I think the Democrats need to take a stronger stand on supporting abortion rights.
- No, PLEEZE don't move the Democratic Party to the Left.
- "moving to the center"
- Shirley you jest?
- I agree that Kerry was a pure politician.
- "leftist loonies"
- re: "leftist loonies" v the pure thinkers--like Pat Robertson
- Passed the stimulus-response test
- "The left are the victims of this emotional redirection and exploitation."
- Who would you have run for the Democrats? (n/t)
- re: Shirley you jest?
- Shirley you jest?
- I don't think the Democratic Party pays much attention to "learning experiences."
- Exactly
- Oh, by all means, the Democrats should release their Inner Commies.