Reply #11: I'm so fed up with the corporatist behavior of both my senators and my

[Talismom]

lousy so-called democratic congressman Eliot Engel that I've joined the Bronx chapter of the progressive democrats of america (www.pdamerica.org) and recommend that other NYers, as well as those in other states, look into their nearest chapters and start working. Tasini is bright and decent and very worthy of support and he's got mine!

Getting up and participating in saving a democracy is a lot more encouraging than the feelings expressed in the first response you got. After all, working at the grassroots 30-40 years ago got the Repuke party into the hands of real extremists. I don't think it's impossible, with a lot of dedicated effort and the patience needed to keep yer eyes on the very worthy goals of real, mainstream, progressive democrats, that we retake our party in my life-time. At the very least, a real fight could show that Hilary could eventually, or even sooner than expected, be facing the kind of challenges that Joe Lieberman is up against. She and the others who've been hob-knobbing inside the belway seem to need a real reminder of who they are supposed to be representing and I'm hungry to send her just such a message!

Get going dems! The g-ddammed party is OURS not the DLCs/corporatists/fascists.