Democrats in disarray -- again?
As summed up very nicely by Michael Crowley, writing today for Talking Points Memo, the NYTimes and the Washington Post are publishing pieces about Democratic divisions and the DLC is doing its usual nonsense that only serves to confuse and weaken us. Link
What we really need is for Howard Dean & Joe Biden, for starters, to take a show on the road to get the Party, including the “liberal base,” to agree on a clear message that can then be delivered with the discipline we claim to want. If the so-called Washington establishment doesn't deliver the message that those of us outside the Beltway (OTB) want to hear, whose fault is that?
Us OTB Democrats, cavalierly lumped by the media into “the liberal base,” are NOT all calling for immediate pullout, as so many pundits claim to know; many of us want what Dean and Biden want — stated clearly by one of Sheehan’s Gold Star Mom supporters, who said she wants the US to send more troops and do it right, or else get out.
To that end, OTB Democrats and independents should be bombarding Howard Dean, Joe Biden, Russ Feingold (who has NOT recommended immediate pullout despite what some folks think; he has called for a “target date” — not a “date certain” as at least one pundit asserted) and others with like credibility and passion to get on the road and get us all on one message:
SEND MORE TROOPS AND CORRECT OUR STRATEGY. LISTEN TO THE GENERALS, NOT TO RUMSFELD. GET RID OF RUMSFELD, WHO HAS BOTCHED THE WHOLE OPERATION. IF THE ADMINISTRATION INSISTS ON SIMPLY “STAYING THE COURSE” WE ARE ON NOW, THEN YES, WE SHOULD GET OUT.
We got Dean elected to DNC chair by grassroots effort, now let’s help the Democratic Party choose a decent message.
What we really need is for Howard Dean & Joe Biden, for starters, to take a show on the road to get the Party, including the “liberal base,” to agree on a clear message that can then be delivered with the discipline we claim to want. If the so-called Washington establishment doesn't deliver the message that those of us outside the Beltway (OTB) want to hear, whose fault is that?
Us OTB Democrats, cavalierly lumped by the media into “the liberal base,” are NOT all calling for immediate pullout, as so many pundits claim to know; many of us want what Dean and Biden want — stated clearly by one of Sheehan’s Gold Star Mom supporters, who said she wants the US to send more troops and do it right, or else get out.
To that end, OTB Democrats and independents should be bombarding Howard Dean, Joe Biden, Russ Feingold (who has NOT recommended immediate pullout despite what some folks think; he has called for a “target date” — not a “date certain” as at least one pundit asserted) and others with like credibility and passion to get on the road and get us all on one message:
SEND MORE TROOPS AND CORRECT OUR STRATEGY. LISTEN TO THE GENERALS, NOT TO RUMSFELD. GET RID OF RUMSFELD, WHO HAS BOTCHED THE WHOLE OPERATION. IF THE ADMINISTRATION INSISTS ON SIMPLY “STAYING THE COURSE” WE ARE ON NOW, THEN YES, WE SHOULD GET OUT.
We got Dean elected to DNC chair by grassroots effort, now let’s help the Democratic Party choose a decent message.
posted by The Voice | 10:37 AM
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Remember that there are "OTB" Democrats even inside the Beltway, and we also think the DLC is weakening the party.
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