[Peace-discuss] Feckless Democrats

[Chas. 'Mark' Bee]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at uiuc.edu>
To: "Peace Discuss" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 7:45 PM
Subject: [Peace-discuss] Feckless Democrats


> [I know, I know -- that subject line is 'way over-used, but here are a 
> couple of comments form bloggers that seem to em to be on the right 
> rack.  --CGE]
>
> [Quoting Matt Stoller from the blog <mydd.com>:]
>
>     "You may not want to believe it, but the DLC is still in charge of the 
> party in the form of the New Democrat and Blue Dog caucuses, as well as a 
> whole crew of consultants warning the party off of dealing with Iraq. 
> Business lobbyist centrists rule the roost, with progressives pushed to 
> the side everywhere from the think tank world to Congress to the 
> Presidentials (no, there is no progressive in the race, and though several 
> have instincts that way no one has developed yet into a genuine liberal)."
>
> I would have said they were all genuine liberals. But let's not cavil.
>
> Matt isn't willing to go quite as far as David Sirota, though:
>
>     "The Associated Press today tells the story of how Democrats in 
> Washington clearly do not want to end the Iraq War.... The renewed refusal 
> by Democrats to use their majority in even the most basic way to stop the 
> war is a declaration that the new majority is not close to using even the 
> most basic powers afforded to it to stop or slow down the war. In other 
> words, in backing off, the Democrats have just weeks after the 2006 
> anti-war election mandate effectively declared themselves as supportive of 
> the Bush administration's stay-the-course policy - a truly sickening act 
> of cowardice."

lol  Better hope not - we are, of course, your only hope.

  At any rate, the statements coming from the dems make your boy Sirota 
another reactionary liar.