Sirota rants about the DLC and CAFTA......good for him.

[madfloridian]

I thought they were opposing it, but I guess not. I heard the New Dems were going to oppose it...guess not. Even if they are their daddy group the DLC is not with them.

http://www.davidsirota.com/2005/07/dlc-stabs-dems-in-backas-usual.html

DLC Stabs Dems In the Back...As Usual

"The Beltway-brain-rot insiders at the DLC have once again stabbed Democrats in the back, this time releasing a report defending the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) in an effort to help President Bush attract enough peel-off Democratic votes to pass this corporate-wirten atrocity. I am on book deadline right now so I don't have enough time today to go into all the reasons that CAFTA is bad, except to say look here, here, here, and here. I also don't have enough time to go into how this just once again proves the DLC exists to help Corporate America corrupt the Democratic Party. But make no mistake about it: the DLC is doing everything it can to undermine House Democrats, who are trying to stand up for America's middle class and stop this corporate-written atrocity. Even the House New Democrat Coalition is against CAFTA - but apparently, that's not OK with Corporate America and its reliable allies at the DLC.

As if the DLC is just an arm of the Bush White House, the organization timed this release perfectly to coincide with Bush's final push for the legislation, as if they are just an arm of the Bush White House. Despite the DLC's pathetic, transparent rhetoric about wanting to "bring a spirit of radical pragmatism" to the debate, what the DLC is showing is that it is an organization devoted to urging Democrats to sell their souls to the highest bidder. That may sell well with the DLC's corporate funders in Washington, D.C., but out here in the heartland, that kind of gutless behavior only hurts the Democratic Party over the long run."

[madfloridian]

1. Even the House New Democrat Coalition is against CAFTA

And they are being undermined by the DLC, and that makes me mad.

Is it true that garments made in the CAFTA countries are not required to even include any fabric made here in the USA? I would think that would hurt that industry.