Reply #62: I hear you KoKo01...

[kentuck]

but I am no committed DLCer. I hate the direction they have taken our Party. But unfortunately, we are there. And the same people that criticize the DLC will turn around and praise Bill Clinton??

I have heard all the arguments and have made a few myself. I am trying to start a constructive discussion, hoping it does not deteriorate into a flame war, but I'm attempting to get us to look outside our little four-cornered contraption. Perhaps the DLC is not our enemy? Perhaps if we were a little smarter, we could use the DLC to our advantage? How could we do that? That is my question.

I hate what those Democrats did voting for that CAFTA crap last night. How could they be so fucking stupid?

I think we are the heart and soul and conscience of the Democratic Party and it would cease to exist without us. But, at this time in history, I think we have been discredited as "liberals" to a large extent, because we did not fight back 25 years ago when it began in earnest. I really think it may be more difficult for a "liberal" to win at this time than a DLCer. But that is not an acceptable idea. I understand that.