Big Democratic victories in two red states and Dem leadership still afraid to take on Bush

[book_worm]

DEMS pick up state senate seat in VA and win a huge victory in KY Gov race--and Democratic leadership still afraid to take on Bush and Cheney. Let's keep the pressure on Conyers now to make sure his committee doesn't bury DK's resolution.

[bigwillq]

1. The American people "get it"

I wish our "leaders" in DC would. :mad:

[Cha]

2. So maybe they're not afraid..

maybe it's something more cunning..like they're bought and paid for by unseen sources..follow the money is what they always say to do.

[L. Coyote]

3. Where have you been since Januiary? 50+ investigations, 100s of hearings ....

The Democratic leadership is not afraid to take on Bush and Cheney. And, by the way, an impeachment motion was moved today.

[PSPS]

4. ... and absolutely nothing to show for it.

Bush is still getting everything he wants. The torture/killing/crime spree continues unabated. Democrats gleefully continue to sign the blank checks, permit subpoenas to be ignored, approve wider lawbreaking with FISA II, and confirm a new Torture Boy.

It seems all the '06 election brought was a few "strongly worded letters" and that's about it.

[L. Coyote]

6. And more than a few "strongly worded letters" of resignation from a long lish of highest officials

that seems to keep growing at every turn of the oversight express. Meanwhile, investigations continue to curb the power of the Corrupt Bastards Club. The day is young!

[Individualist]

5. It isn't fear that's motivating them

"The Democratic Leadership Council's agenda is indistinguishable from the Republican Neoconservative agenda," http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Kucinich_DLC_agenda_undistinguishable_from_Neocon_0813.html


Let's just look at the cold, hard facts about the DLC and its record. The DLC has pushed, among other things, the war in Iraq and "free" trade policies, using bags of corporate money to buy enough Democratic votes to help Republicans make those policies a reality. They have chastised anyone who has opposed those policies as either unpatriotic or anti-business -- even as a majority of Americans now oppose the war in Iraq, oppose the DLC's business-written trade deals, and are sick of watching America's economy sold out to the highest corporate bidder. Additionally, in brazenly Orwellian fashion, the DLC has also called its extremist agenda "centrist," even though polls show the American public opposes most of their agenda, and supports much of the progressive agenda. http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0727-32.htm

The progressive movement has not just threatened this message monopoly -- it is undoing it. Through MoveOn, the rise of popular documentaries, blogs, think tanks, etc. It's not just that we talk about real values and innovative strategies. It's because we're talking, period, that the centrists feel threatened.

Hence the DLC's vicious attempts to discredit the movement. And that's what they want. They don't seek to win an argument over policy. They seek to destroy the credibility of their opponents and restore their message monopoly. http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=721

This is why the DLC is dangerous. For all their claims of supposedly wanting to help Democrats, they employ people like Marshall Wittman who specifically try to undermine the Democratic Party, even if it means he has to publicly defecate out the most rank and easily-debunkable lies. They reguarly give credence to the right wing's agenda and its worst, most unsupportable lies. They are the real force that tries to make sure this country is a one party state and that Democrats never really challenge the Republicans in a serious way. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sirota/why-the-dlc-is-so-dangero_b_13640.html

DLC Watch, the wicked shall not escape justice http://dlcwatch.blogspot.com

Without a doubt, the DLC is the most fundamentalist organization within the caucus, the most ideologically rigid, and the most destructive to the progressive cause.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/5/24/1712/23448

These DLC types are amazing, they really are. Their pathology is unique; they all secretly worship the guilt-by-association tactics of Lee Atwater and Karl Rove, but unlike those two, not one of them has enough balls to take being thought of as the bad guy by the general public.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/11275627/the_low_post_democrats_walk_themselves_to_the_gallows