Reply #7: mon, geo! your short answer was perfect. but your long answer, wow.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

that really was even more accurate.

I have been thinking the very same thing for months now. And hearing our "pal" Rahm Emanual on the air, on why Hackett had to go, I started grinding my teeth. THE DLC has a lot to answer for, but then again, the entire Democratic establishment owes us an answer. Rahm has only two problems. he loves mirrors and he loves reading how bloody smart he is. Yeah, well Rahm, there are lots of smart people in the world. But a lot of them actually think things through, rather than rely on their press releases.

One thing we must realize is how the GOP got to where it was. It started on the ground level, training, pushing education, pushing writing, pushing youth into the party and giving them experience. Think tanks, jobs, articles - it has been a plan. Condi Rice is a perfect example of this. Too bad she is so imcompetent and stupid. No, the GOP has out planned and out-smarted us on training. Newt and others were brilliant in adopting the French plan for pols. grab 'em early, pick the best, train and brainwash them and support them as they grow.


NAME ONE DEMOCRAT who was willing to share power with ein junger or to promote a youth someplace, when it might cost him power or money. I can only think of Howard Dean, and he is left pissing into the windstorm because of our structural problems. Name one time that Democrats had tried to train students on issues of governance, administration, and politics. Name one time that we have created a working system of training, through research, writing, and exposure, smart people to run for office, or more importantly, to train them under fire and to place them in the myriad of federal offices which actually make things work.