So some questions to be asked and answered:
1. Do you approve of neoconservative foreign policies?
2. Do you approve of neoliberal economic policies (globalization, NAFTA, etc)?
3. Is it worth it to elect a neocon just because he is "pro-choice" (as if his paymasters can give a crap about abortion)?
4. Is it worth it to elect virtual GOPers so that the "real" GOP loses power?
Answers:
1. Absolutely not.
2. Again, no way.
3. Nuh-uh. I look at the "full package" now.
4. No, but sadly thatseems to be the current thought process with a lot of Democrats, even some here.
The DLC IS staunchly neoconservative in foreign policy and neoliberal in economic policies. Their rabid pro-corporate position places them cynically on the wrong side of social issues AND trade issues. It totally negates the reperesentitve form of governemnt, as it does not "represent" those who elect them, rather, the corporations who pay for their elections.
...one would do well to remember that the GOP used to have a moderate or an even liberal wing. These were cut away through the very same soundbite-thinktank machine that would do the same to the DNC. How many times have you encountered paleoconservatives on public boards that have been angered by the coup d'etat that has turned the quasi-isolationist, non-nationbuilding, fiscally-responsible and small-government GOP into the very opposite?
The GOP DID, INDEED have a moderate AND an even liberal wing. These WERE DEFINITELY cut away through the very same soundbite-thinktank machine that would do the same to the DNC. I remember when this was so, and I remember when "the take-over" took effect. That Party went from a party with a different financial outlook/ pro-smaller government philosophy to a perpetual war on enemies and the poor Party in a time period that seemed over-night. They forced de-regulation of Corporations that enabled huge conglomerates to be formed. Then began the out-sourcing. Poor people floated on logs for a week in NOLA without help from the neo-cons "smaller government", but corporations and the rich only get richer through tax cuts and corporate welfare policies.
I echo this sentiment:
DON'T LET THE SAME FOLKS TAKE OVER THE OPPOSITION TOO! And, the DLC
IS the same folks. RESIST THEM and THEIR CANDIDATES, or the Democratic Party as it used to be will disappear forever.
TC