"The Liberal Lion needs a Tiger"....Boston Globe.

[madfloridian]

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/01/16/liberal_lion_needs_a_tiger/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+City%2FRegion+News

SNIP..."If Senator Edward M. Kennedy is serious about rebuilding the Democratic Party, he should shelve the blueprints and hire a hammer.
Democrats clapped last week when the senior senator from Massachusetts made an impassioned plea for the party to return to its progressive roots. Democrats always clap for the Liberal Lion, before they revert to losing strategies designed to win the most votes by giving the least offense.

With the nation mired in a misguided war and a stagnant economy, the need for a bold opposition party is as pressing as it has been in the 43 years that Kennedy has served in the United States Senate. He ought to use his stature to pressure his party to appoint a chairman who actually articulates Democratic values.

Line for line, Kennedy's speech at the National Press Club could have been delivered by Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont who remains the bte noir of too many party insiders who do not know how much they need him......."


SNIP..."I think the basic task of this position is to organize our forces and our priorities," Kennedy said. ''I think that is the job, the mechanics. Who is going to speak about the policy issues? Frankly, I think that is the job of those of us in the Congress."

Maybe, but given the anemic rhetoric of most elected Democrats, Kennedy ought to welcome some spirited company on the front lines. ''The Democratic Party will not win elections or build a lasting majority solely by changing its rhetoric, nor will we win by adopting the other side's positions. . . . 'Values' has lately become a code word for appeasement of the right-wing fringe. But when political calculations make us soften our opposition to bigotry or sign on to policies that add to the burden of ordinary Americans, we have abandoned our true values."

Ted Kennedy didn't say that. Howard Dean did..."

[pa28]

1. Dean for party chair kick! n/t

[marcologico]

2. The Boston Globe has its head up its butt as usual.

Kennedy's speech: policy, policy, policy (Medicare, anti-poverty programs, etc.)

Dean's speech: hot air, baloney, sound bites.

NO FRIGGIN' COMPARISON. Sorry Globe, go back to digging up dirt on Democrats.