Molly Ivins -- "Enough of the D.C. Dems"

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Poll question: Molly Ivins -- "Enough of the D.C. Dems"

niallmac suggested that a poll be created to gauge DU response to Molly's latest. Some have called her extreme, suggested she's gone too far; others think she's dead on as usual, or more so than ever. Here's an excerpt from the column that got folks going...read the whole thing, not just the excerpt, then vote.

I can’t see a damn soul in D.C. except Russ Feingold who is even worth considering for President. The rest of them seem to me so poisonously in hock to this system of legalized bribery they can’t even see straight.

(snip)

As usual, the Democrats have forty good issues on their side and want to run on thirty-nine of them. Here are three they should stick to:
1) Iraq is making terrorism worse; it’s a breeding ground. We need to extricate ourselves as soon as possible. We are not helping the Iraqis by staying.
2) Full public financing of campaigns so as to drive the moneylenders from the halls of Washington.
3) Single-payer health insurance.

(snip)

This is not a time for a candidate who will offend no one; it is time for a candidate who takes clear stands and kicks ass.

(snip)

We can raise our own money on the Internet, and we know it. Howard Dean raised $42 million, largely on the web, with a late start when he was running for President, and that ain’t chicken feed. If we double it, it gives us the lock on the nomination. So let’s go find a good candidate early and organize the shit out of our side.

http://progressive.org/mag_ivins0306