"I'm tired of the Congressional Black Caucus doing the heavy lifting of

[Horse with no Name]

party".....

Hell yeah....Lady on Air America just said now
Hell fucking yeah!

[xultar]

1. I'll vote for that.

[Ladyhawk]

12. No shit, xultar. They and a smattering of other Dems have been

the only ones who have even tried to hold ** accountable.

BTW, I am so sorry about your people in NO...I feel ashamed and sickened. I am really starting to think that ** left them there to die...maybe on purpose. :( :( :( :( :( :(

[xultar]

19. No need for you to feel ashamed. I lay this directly on the Rethuglicans

door step.

[Melodybe]

21. I hope this gets a lot of recommendations

[Melodybe]

16. Me too

The CBC is always on the side of honesty.

The Party needs to wake up.

[liveoaktx]

2. Watching them now on Cspan. I RELATE to what they are

saying. They are the true Democrats.

[Rainscents]

3. They are the true old democrats we badly needed now!

[spuddonna]

4. AMEN!!

Who went to see Cindy?
Who held the meetings on the Downing Street Memos?
Who went to NO?

Thank you, to all the people in the Congressional Black Caucus that have been the backbone of our party these last months...

[Yavin4]

8. Who Tried To Stop The Electoral Vote in 2000

The Congressional Black Caucus are the true heroes of America.

[spuddonna]

18. Exactly... John Conyers, can we clone this man?

I get emails from Kerry and Edwards... but with Conyers I get petitions delivered to the White House, and hearings on the DSM's...

[Tyranny_R_US]

5. ABOUT TIME SOMEONE SAID IT PREACH ON SISTER!

[G_j]

6. right on!

also tired of them being completely ignored!

[Coexist]

7. THANK YOU!!!

I heard that on AAR and I sat right up. Damn straight. And I'm a white suburban woman.

[seemslikeadream]

9. They are incredible

Been talking about them all day




This is NOT the first time GWB LIHOP to Black people
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4590308


STOP CALLING THESE PEOPLE REFUGEES.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4579276

[I Have A Dream]

13. Also, look at all the women in this group! This is the way it should...

be in all of Congress!

[ailsagirl]

33. They're beautiful-- that's all I can say-- so proud, so strong

They've done so much, and will continue to, as long as they live.
They'll never let us down.
:grouphug:

[ailsagirl]

32. The BC are the ones who involve themselves totally in what's

going on-- they're the ones who stand up for injustice.
They're the true fighters. How I respect them for having
the courage of their convictions.

I'll never forget that scene in Fahrenheit 9/11... I
couldn't stop the tears.

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. Indeed!

:applause:

[I Have A Dream]

11. Amen! Recommended!

I thought of this during the Downing Street Minutes/Memo hearing. My respect for them keeps going up higher and higher.

[Eloriel]

14. Tired of them doing ALL the lifting -- except for Howard Dean who

has had one arm tied behind his back on the issue and is also busy trying to BUILD a goddamned party. :grr:

[KeepItReal]

15. Roger that!

The people with the least to lose to Bush & Co always stand up.

Bush & Co. consider us lost anyway.

[politicasista]

17. Me ten

[Turn CO Blue]

20. Well you know the DLC-type Dems are furiously working

on a way to look compassionate and busy and yet withhold their criticism, because it wouldn't be appropriate to comment at this time on this colossal failure of leadership. So says the coward Pelosi.

[Lerkfish]

29. here's the funny thing...all that working behind the scenes produces

crap-nothing.

[frictionlessO]

22. You're damn right!

I will strive to see history enshrine the CBC as the group of heros and heroines they really are!

Hell yeah!

[GreenPartyVoter]

23. Someone from the CBC needs to take over Pelosi's job.

-----------------------------------------------------
Save New Orleans, then save this country!
http://timeforachange.bluelemur.com/electionreform.htm

[Tom Joad]

27. We are confronting the war-funding Pelosi Sept 26th!

This sorry excuse of a congressperson MISrepresents one of the most anti-war cities in America, San Francisco, yet continues to vote for funding the occupation in Iraq and Palestine.
United for Peace and Justice will call her out on September 26th.
http://upj-bayarea.org/

[GreenPartyVoter]

40. Thank God! Please get a sign up there with the names of some people who

can do the job right.

[KoKo]

24. Yes....

I am, too.

[msgadget]

25. I'm not, I just wish they got primetime exposure

where their actions might actually do some good. They endured, little comes from their actions, unfortunately. Wouldn't it be great if, in 10 minutes, clips from their C-Span appearance ran on nationwide newscast?

[schrodingers_cat]

30. Ba-ding!!! You get your wish!!!! On Aaron Brown just this evening,

and on, I believe, the local Fux affiliate this morning.
This morning, numerous members of the caucus held a press conference, and ripped this administration a new one.
This evening, errrr, damn, I'm tired and I can't remember her name, she was asked by Brown whether this was a race issue. She responded that it looked like a class issue that included bigotry. She stated her case elegantly and convincingly.
Hooray for this front and center news coverage.

[faithnotgreed]

37. stephanie tubbs jones that was - RIGHT ON

and oh yeah
truth there

the cbc is always doing the heavy lifting

[I Have A Dream]

44. Stephanie Tubbs Jones is wonderful! n/t

[msgadget]

43. Whoo hoo!

I've gotta wish out loud more often!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Z_I_Peevey]

26. No shit!

Heroes. And I generally don't think that much of politicians (hah!) but the CBC has been a ray of hope for me during these dark, dark years.

[Lerkfish]

28. how about we fire the rest of congress and just let them have a go?

[journalist3072]

31. I understand these sentiments

I'm so proud of the CBC members. They are awesome. But I think it speaks volumes about the state of the Democratic Party that the CBC members are the only ones really speaking out now.

Where are the others?

[Independent_Liberal]

34. Right on!

:)

[ultraist]

35. We don't have to worry that...

the CBC will hide behind safe terms, such as conservative principles, mistake, and incompetency; terms that do nothing but perpetuate denial and justify horrors. We can trust the CBC to lift the veil and speak the truth.

[socalover]

36. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SHOULD REALIZE WE ARE NOTHING WITHOUT BLACK AMERICA!

[DemBones DemBones]

38. Back in early 2001, when the CBC stood up for

Gore and not one white person stood with them, I was so proud of them -- and so embarrassed at being white.

[I Have A Dream]

45. Me too. I lost my respect for all of the white senators who...

knew that the election was stolen. They only needed ONE senator! Obviously, we need more black senators. (Maybe if Barack Obama had been a senator at the time, it would have happened.) Was there even one black senator in 2000?

[Just Me]

39. I love our Black Caucus so much!!!

They ARE the voice of America and of humanity and of compassion. I am so humbly grateful for their presence and influence. I yearn to be a member of that circle of hope; but, I am a pale-skinned female. x( That shouldn't make a difference, I know.

I'm tired of cold & heartless white people infecting others perspective of me, my views/thoughts/feelings, and my life among others who just look different from me. I'm not cold or heartless. I view myself as a member of one race,...the human race. I find the variety among our race,...delicious and beautiful,...like a natural, multifaceted landscape being embraced by a colorful sunset.

I love our Black Caucus so much. I can't imagine life in this country without them.

[paineinthearse]

41. DU does its part

Most significantly through the John Conyers group - http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=340 - please visit daily.

[AlCzervik]

42. Thank God for the CBC!!!! They come out and speak the truth

without holding back.

[Gormy Cuss]

46. My sentiments exactly

I watched their press conference and thought, why are they the only moral conscience left in the Congress? Time after time, the Black Caucus is the only recognizable group of Dems taking the stand I want to hear.
There are other individual Dems who will speak to the hard issues, but not the Dogs or the DLC or any other group.