Dumb Dems let GOP run wild

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http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=18967

Molly Ivins - Creators Syndicate

04.28.05 - AUSTIN, Texas -- Being of the populist persuasion, I am a terminal fan of Thomas Frank, who has gone from "What's the Matter With Kansas?" to "What's the Matter With Liberals?" in the current issue of the New York Review of Books, which is a good spot for it.

Those of us in the beer-drinking, pick-up-truck-driving, country-music-listening school of liberals in the hinterlands particularly appreciate his keen dissection of how the Republicans use class resentment against "elitist liberals," while waging class warfare on people who work for a living.

The unholy combination of theocracy and plutocracy that now rules this country is, in fact, enabled by dumb liberals. Many a weary liberal on the Internet and elsewhere has been involved in the tedious study of the entrails from the last election, trying to figure out where Democrats went wrong. I don't have a dog in that fight, but I can guarantee you where they're going wrong for the next election: 73 Democratic House members and 18 Democratic senators voted for that hideous bankruptcy "reform" bill that absolutely screws regular people.

And it's not just consumers who were screwed by the lobbyist-written bill. The Wall Street Journal shows small businesses are also getting the shaft, as the finance industry charges them higher and higher transaction fees. If Democrats aren't going to stand up for regular people, to hell with them...

Now here's some populist lagniappe (that's a

[BR_Parkway]

1. hit that right square on the nose. Hey Washington Dems - the idea

of an opposition party is to OPPOSE things. Though I will say that things are looking better this past week or so - maybe rubbing up against someone with spine has worked some regeneration of their own.

And guess what Washington??? When you stood up to the bully - he blinked!!!! Please, please remember that. You are there to be our representative, I'm not a battered wife, so stop representing me like one. (Actually, I'm in NC so both of my R Senators are full steam ahead - prop your gun up on your Bible so you can get a steadier aim on them queers)

[Warpy]

2. The problem is that they're all rich SOBs who side with the DLC

and with any Repug who is going to add a few dollars to their net worth in the bargain. No, DLC Democrats do NOT care about ordinary people. They care about themselves, a few yuppie friends, and corporations, in that order. The rest of us are just irritants they have to pander to during election season.

To hell with the lot of them.

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3. Which ones are the DLC Democrats and

do their views on the issue dominate official Democratic policy?

[Warpy]

4. you can find them at the DLC website

and also at the Blue Dog Democrats website.

That's why they cave in. That's why they're spineless. That's why they don't give a shit about you or me.