A little info about the DLC (A DLC WAKE-UP CALL)

[berni_mccoy]

Wiki has an excellent article on the DLC for the uninformed. I suggest everyone read it. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Leadership_Council)

The DLC was a reactionary creation based on the belief that the GOP is right in everything they stand for and the Democratic party can not win based on pricinple. They claim to be pulling the Democratic party to the center, but what they are actually doing is destroying the very foundation of the party.

The DLC should take Lieberman's loss as a signal that the end of their philosophy is near.

Here are some very key excerpts:

The DLC interpreted the election of Reagan as a signal that progressive politics needed to 'modernized' to remain viable. ... The group advocated economic policies, such as decreased government regulation of business and free trade, that often conflicted with the views of traditional Democratic constituencies, especially labor unions.
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It is the opinion of the DLC that populism is not politically viable, citing the defeated Presidential campaigns of Senator George McGovern in 1972 and Vice-President Walter Mondale in 1984.
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The DLC has supported welfare reform, such as the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, President Clinton's expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the creation of AmeriCorps. The DLC supports expanded health insurance via tax credits for the uninsured and opposes plans for single-payer universal health care. The DLC supports universal access to preschool, charter schools, and measures to allow a greater degree of choice in schooling (though not school vouchers), and supports the No Child Left Behind Act. The DLC supports both NAFTA and CAFTA.
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The DLC gave strong support for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Prior to the war, Will Marshall co-signed a letter to President Bush from the Project for the New American Century endorsing military action against Saddam Hussein. Despite the DLC's centrist pretenses, the organization spared no criticism of anti-war voices. During the 2004 Primary campaign the DLC attacked Presidential candidate Howard Dean as an out-of-touch liberal, because of his anti-war stance. Even as domestic support for the Iraq War plummeted in 2004 and 2005, Marshall called upon Democrats to balance their criticism of Bush's handling of the Iraq War with praise for the President's achievements and cautioned "Democrats need to be choosier about the political company they keep, distancing themselves from the pacifist and anti-American fringe."
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The DLC is so far out of touch with the PEOPLE of the party.... Joe's loss should be a wake up call for them.

[kaygore]

1. Down with the DLC!

[Dhalgren]

2. The DLC's days are numbered - and it isn't a very big number...

[loudsue]

4. No, not many of them; but they're who the media puts on Teevee

as the "democrat voice". The DLC is totally funded by the conservatives, NOT the "moderates", as they would like people to believe.

The DLC are nothing but republicans who have infiltrated the party, and they need to be called on it at every turn.

The defeat of LIEberman was a resounding rejection of the DLC by the Democratic base. Unfortunately, many DLC members aren't even elected officials.

:kick::kick::kick:

[berni_mccoy]

7. That's very true... And I am so very tired of repukes and DLCers being

the only ones who go on the talk shows.

[readmoreoften]

3. DOWN with the DLC. Quislings.

Even Al Gore got wise and jumped ship. Time for the rest to change their tune.

[Cleita]

5. Their position was obvious from the beginning.

For every slam I got for pointing out that they didn't have much in common with the real Democratic Party, I now feel vindicated.

The real Democratic Party is strong only when it recognizes that labor is it's backbone. Catering to management isn't what the Democratic Party stand for.

[readmoreoften]

10. Hell yes! /nt

[undergroundpanther]

6. DLC

Destructive Lying Cabal!

Doomed Leftist Copycats!

DLC SUUUUUUCKS!

They are..Fake Democrats, with Fake ethics, from FAKE PEOPLE(rethugs)
DLC are the fake liberal PNACers! What's the SCOOP find OUT!!
http://www.progressiveindependent.com/shalom/pia/DLC_PNAC.htm

[flyarm]

8. DLC=

DLC..DEMOCRATS LOVE CORPORATIONS!

[berni_mccoy]

11. Good point. Democrats lost a huge portion of the labor vote

when they tried to play the K-street game and cave to corporate lobbyiests. The DLC supported NAFTA and other similar trade agreements and that is a big part (if not the biggest) thing that went wrong with the party.

The party needs to return to its original concepts: the little people have no resources to protect themselves from big business.

[Kurovski]

9. Pitchforks, torches, tar and feathers. That's the only way to deal

with those creeping miscreants.

And please, no more "But Clinton won 'cause of the DLC!!!" crap. that was a fucking lifetime ago.

[LincolnMcGrath]

12. DLC Vice chair says Lieberman should run as Independent

dl cya later