Reply #81: No, you aren't the "nitwit"

[FightinNewDem]

I didn't mean to imply that at all. Sorry about that.

Unfortunately, too many folks here think that the facts are made up of the Sirota article, a piece in the Nation a few years ago, and perhaps the weird rantings of the "Black Commentator". There is no attempt to actually understand the DLC's philosophy or its actual positions on the issues. For example, I have seen several posts that reference the DLC's alleged support for the Bush tax cuts. In fact, the DLC opposed the Bush plan, and has called for the rollback of most provisions of the 2001 cuts (leaving intact the reductions for low and middle income taxpayers that slipped through).

Is the DLC more hawkish on foreign policy than many Democrats would like? Quite possibly. But their foreign policy positions are still within the mainstream of Democratic thought. If the highest ranking Democrat on the Senate foreign relations committee can endorse their foreign policy white paper, then it is tough to say that it is some sort of radical right wing proposal.