Teddy Kennedy a DLC democrat?

[thom1102]

Check out this email I just got from dear old Uncle Ted:

Dear Thom___________,

A year from now, on July 29, 2004 at the Democratic National Convention in Boston, our party will nominate our candidate to be the next President of the United States -- and we have our work cut out for us to win the election.


However, by March 2004, we'll know who our nominee is. And President Bush won't hesitate to spend his bottomless campaign fund trying to smear our nominee with lies and accusations. To fight back, the Democratic nominee will need every last bit of help we can give.

That's why I'm writing now to ask for your support. President Bush is vulnerable -- we all know that, and we know it more and more every day. That's why the White House fundraising machine is already in high gear. By the end of this year, Republicans will already have raised a staggering $250 million to drown out our Democratic candidate.

To prevail in 2004, we need your support more than ever -- and we need it now, because early money counts the most.

The DNC has set up a Presidential Fund to provide needed support to our nominee in the crucial period before the Democratic National Convention, and to fund our field operations in key states which will be vital to victory.

We need you to stand with us in this all-important battle for our freedoms and our values.

In just two years' time, President Bush has already undermined many of the basic ideals that we have worked so hard to protect:

He has chipped away at the civil liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.
He has sided with the polluters and against our priceless environmental history.
He has lavished massive tax breaks on the wealthiest Americans, and dumped enormous federal debts on our children and grandchildren.
He has tried hard to undermine Social Security and Medicare.
It's clear beyond doubt that he and his administration manipulated the nation into war in Iraq, and had no serious plan to win the peace.
And that list is only the beginning. On virtually every other major issue, the Bush Administration has been all promise and no performance.

That's why the coming presidential election will be a major turning point for the nation. With your help, the Democratic Party can take back America. We can elect a President who can be both strong and right on foreign policy and national defense, who will not lead us needlessly into war, and who will share our high priorities on all the other issues we care so much about, and that make America truly America.

Yours in victory,

Edward M. Kennedy


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[ulysses]

1. I don't follow you

I don't see anything here that screams "DLC".

[ShaneGR]

3. Another person who thinks a N is actually an L

I don't understand the phenomenon, and I believe there should be a study. Dyslexia?

[ulysses]

8. I can understand it at times, if that was the poster's point.

They're not the same org of course, and I don't believe that the DNC is controlled *entirely* by Al From and his merry gang of quislings, but it can be difficult to tell at times where DLC influence really *does* end.

Personally, I think the DNC is one of the battlegrounds right now.

[LynneSin]

9. Yeah, that's what I think when folks call Biden a "DLC Whore"

Even though amazingly the guy has never been a part of the DLC (but the other DE senator is - yet no one ever badmouths Tom Carper)

[lcordero]

2. Nope, there are no Kennedys in the DLC directory

the DLC directory is here:
http://www.ndol.org/new_dem_dir_action.cfm

[walkon]

11. The Scoop on the DLC - Not Our Guys!

Informative article on the goals of the DLC.
www.progressive.org/nich1000.htm

[lcordero]

4. The DLC and the DNC are two different organizations

[thom1102]

7. oops!!! here's my damage. Sorry.

mea culpa

[whoYaCallinAlib]

5. Okay, I give up . . . where do you get DLC?

Seriously, not trying to be smart . . . I just don't see it.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

6. He is not a DLCer!!!

He states that we Democrats should be tough on national security issues!!! And YES, We should be so. Bush has done nothing to protect this country. Dems should step up to the plate and win a home run!

[JohnKleeb]

10. Hes the anti thesis of the DLC man

He has chipped away at the civil liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.
He has sided with the polluters and against our priceless environmental history.
He has lavished massive tax breaks on the wealthiest Americans, and dumped enormous federal debts on our children and grandchildren.
He has tried hard to undermine Social Security and Medicare.
It's clear beyond doubt that he and his administration manipulated the nation into war in Iraq, and had no serious plan to win the peace.
And that list is only the beginning. On virtually every other major issue, the Bush Administration has been all promise and no performance.
Teddy K
I think the DLC knowing them would have a hissy piss and btw Teddy K is why I made Kerry my back up if Teddy can endorse Kerry I can see Kerry has something good too and Kerry has pretty good too even with out that.

[JohnKleeb]

12. Sigh Wellstone was so right

"I want us to compete for that great mass of voters that want a party that will stand up for working Americans, family farmers, and people who haven't felt the benefits of the economic upturn."
I really think if he hadnt died I think he should have been a candiate. Wellstone/Kucinich................now featuring in my dreams the real thing was canceled because Paul died. ):