Would you just shut the f*** up?
The correct response should be, "If there is another terrorist attack it will prove that the Failed Bu$h AdministrationTM is in fact a failure and doesn't seem to really care about stopping terrorism and would give a huge boost to the Democratic party as the party that will actually do the correct things to stop terrorism." Duh. Was that so hard?
Showing posts with label centrist/DLC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label centrist/DLC. Show all posts
8.23.2007
Edwards - Still my guy.
Read the full speech at the end of the post. That's good, powerful, populist, progressive stuff. Here is what I took from the speech:
1) The centrist/DLC way does not work and will be abandoned.
2) Corporations currently run this country, this will end.
3) Money quote: "We cannot replace a group of corporate Republicans with a group of corporate Democrats, just swapping the Washington insiders of one party for the Washington insiders of the other."
4) Need public financing of campaigns
5) Create true universal health care.
6) Implement caps on greenhouse gases without nuclear power or liquefied coal but with true renewable energy sources.
7) Strengthen unions
8) Raise minimum wage
9) Cut lower and middle class taxes, "Let's restore fairness to our tax code by insisting on a simple principle -- nobody in the middle class should pay higher taxes on the money they make from hard work than the wealthiest pay on the money they make from their investments."
10) End the war in Iraq, "We should immediately withdraw 40-50,000 combat troops immediately and have the rest out in about a year."
Like I said previously, Edwards is not prefect, there are some things on which we disagree but on most things we strongly agree. Obama could still ultimately win my support but he needs to get as fired up as Edwards and take off the gloves and direct his attacks at someone other than Hillary. How about an Obama/Edwards ticket?
1) The centrist/DLC way does not work and will be abandoned.
2) Corporations currently run this country, this will end.
3) Money quote: "We cannot replace a group of corporate Republicans with a group of corporate Democrats, just swapping the Washington insiders of one party for the Washington insiders of the other."
4) Need public financing of campaigns
5) Create true universal health care.
6) Implement caps on greenhouse gases without nuclear power or liquefied coal but with true renewable energy sources.
7) Strengthen unions
8) Raise minimum wage
9) Cut lower and middle class taxes, "Let's restore fairness to our tax code by insisting on a simple principle -- nobody in the middle class should pay higher taxes on the money they make from hard work than the wealthiest pay on the money they make from their investments."
10) End the war in Iraq, "We should immediately withdraw 40-50,000 combat troops immediately and have the rest out in about a year."
Like I said previously, Edwards is not prefect, there are some things on which we disagree but on most things we strongly agree. Obama could still ultimately win my support but he needs to get as fired up as Edwards and take off the gloves and direct his attacks at someone other than Hillary. How about an Obama/Edwards ticket?
8.15.2007
One more thing from a year ago.
The importance of the 50 state strategy. 425 out of 435 contested Congressional races. Can't win if you don't play. Let's remember that and not let the DLC "centrists" try to convince us that the better strategy is to only run in the races we can definitely win.
More on the DLC in a more lengthy post but basically I'm not prepared to listen to anyone who says the only way to increase Democratic power is to move to the right and blur the distinction between the two parties.
More on the DLC in a more lengthy post but basically I'm not prepared to listen to anyone who says the only way to increase Democratic power is to move to the right and blur the distinction between the two parties.
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