DLC == PNAC light!

[SeanQ]

The DLC, claiming to represent moderate Democrats, continue to attack the majority of the Democratic base, for example calling those of us opposed to the Iraq war "anti-American". Huh?!?

Please, DO NOT BE DECEIVED!!! The DLC does not represent the Democratic party or real Democratic ideals. They do not represent moderate Democrats. They represent moderate NEOCONS!

Will Marshall, co-founder of the DLC, is involved in the Project for a New American Century (PNAC). That's right - he is a signatory on documents issued from the same organization founded on the ideals of the likes of Rumsfeld, Cheney, Bolton, Perle and company!

http://rightweb.irc-online.org/ind/marshall/marshall.php
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050221/vest

We have all seen how harmfully and divisive the DLC's attacks on it's own party have been. These people are not interested in traditional Democratic values. In there own words they want to be 'market-driven'! Does that sound like the goal of a party interested in civil rights, personal liberty, sound labor policy, etc?

Will Marshall is participating in an event (to paraphrase Sirota) only right-wing lunatics should take part in, at the fringe-conservative Heritage Foundation entitled "Did the Progressives Destroy America?".
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2034042

Real centrist Democrats do bring in very valuable input. As a party we have matured and grown over the past few decades. We have become the party of fiscal responsibility, understanding that big government helps no one, and that to achieve our loftiest ideals for the common good we need to implement wise stewardship of our resources and sound long-term planning. We have shown that we are the party capable of winning conflicts - because we only get into them when we need to, and plan to get out as quickly as possible, as opposed to waging wars of opportunity. We do not confuse profit for corporations with national interest!

Most likely some members of the DLC do really mean well, and certainly some of the DLC platform is good-sense, moderate Democratic ideas. But publishing some articles that reflect centrist Democratic ideas, does NOT make them centrist when you look at their entire body of work, nor does it excuse the way they treat to rest of the party. The organization is a poison to our party (indivual members will need to be sorted out). Instead of encouraging liberal and moderate Democrats to work together to develop reasonable, applicable solutions that works toward our shared ideals, they try to disown our ideals so they wont get in the way.

The DLC lost us the presidency, the Senate, and the House. But, in the right-wing tradition of blame-shifting, they blame 'liberals', applying the label to anyone in their own party who disagrees with them (including Dean, who they loved for his politics before they realized they couldn't control him, or his funding)

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!

I've bought my Democracy Bond. Though I don't agree with Dean about everything, I respect him. I made it plain that my support stands only as long as the DNC continues to work on being competitive in all 50 states, and continues to be guided by the parties membership and the countries best interest and not the DLC and it's ilk inside the beltway. If the DNC can find, and support candidates like Paul Hackett, I will do as much as I can to help the party regain control.

If the DLC takes control of our party, and they select more complacent sheep as candidates, they will get no support from me. Some will agree with me and some wont, and that's fine. But for myself, I WILL NOT SUPPORT THE PNAC AGENDA!