Another Vote for Hope Over Anger

[wyldwolf]

For the second week in a row, rank-and-file Democrats have spoken loud and clear: The Democratic Party is moderate, middle-class, and motivated by hope, not anger. Sen. John Kerry firmly established himself as the big comeback story of the nominating process. He won a second straight victory by following the path urged on Democrats by the original Comeback Kid, President Bill Clinton: showing the country not just what Democrats are against, but what they are for.

http://www.ndol.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=131&subid=192&contentid=252351

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. While I agree with this assesment, I still do not understand why...

John Kerry with his progressive record belongs to the "Repug-Lite Committee".

[blm]

6. He had to. Dems like Dean were pulling the party too far right.

Liberals like Kerry had to pull leftward to keep balance in the DLC.

[MercutioATC]

17. So he's campaigning to the left of where he really stands?

...seems Bush did that too. Worked for him, maybe it'll work for Kerry.

[wyldwolf]

7. From one Clark supporter to another...

Clark is DLC - if not officially then in spirit.

Will you be changing your candidate preference?

[Myra]

9. From one Clark supporter to a professed one...

Clark is Clark - the best candidate to beat Bush.

His own man.
Our man.
Representing a higher standard of leadership.

[wyldwolf]

10. You're insinuating I'm not a Clark supporter?

I was one of the first on DU to be so.

Oh, well.

[Hawkeye-X]

2. DLC = CROCK

Can we say 2002 election fiasco kiddies? I know you can!

[polpilot]

22. Double crock. Go to the DLC website and wretch. Can we say 'the

establishment has their candidate'...

Dean '04...Third Party

[blm]

3. Funny that Kerry is the most liberal candidate

along with Kucinich. Kerry sells liberal positions through a moderate voice.

Dean is selling his centrism using an anarchist's voice. Very odd.

[lancdem]

4. You know you're going to get flamed

for posting something from the DLC. Pretty gutsy, I'd say! I agree, BTW. The DLC is far from alone in that sentiment.

[wyldwolf]

8. Exactly why I posted it

Why should I worry about posting from a democratic source from which the current Dem frontrunner is a member of, our last legally elected president is a member of, and of which the guy who got the most votes in 2000 was a member of?

[boxster]

15. No kidding. People are quicker to post stuff from the RNC or Newsmax

before they'll profess belief in something that the DLC says.

What is wrong with that picture??!?

[genius]

5. Kerry's okay but I think we can do better with Kucinich.

I really enjoyed watching Kerry win but I still have to vote my conscience in March.

[ibegurpard]

11. The DLC offers hope for entrenched party politicians and politicos

to continue chowing down at the corporate trough. The rest of us are shit out of luck.

[mdguss]

12. The DLC is right:

There is no hope of convincing the far-left to join with our party and win in elections (see all the bash Kerry threads). The far left has its ideals, and wants to stick to them. Fine, that's their right.

So without the far left, because we mainstream Democrats are not holy enough for them, how can we win? Answer: move to the center. When you vote Green, you give people like me, Al From and Joe Lieberman more of a voice within the party.

Thanks for posting this.

[ibegurpard]

14. Interesting that you assume I'm far left or "green"

I said no such thing. My positions on issues actually run across the political spectrum. What I object to are people who SUPPOSEDLY represent me savaging very CENTRIST candidates NOT because they aren't "electable" but because they threaten the power and privilege of establishment party power and money-brokers.

[peachy]

16. The DLC is wrong

The repubs have been pulling the national debate to the right for so long that what they now call the center would have been considered right wing 30 years ago. Remember the clean air and clean water acts? Nixon passed those. I think that the DLC strategy of trying to get the republicans votes is wrong wrong wrong. The party would do much better to try to get my vote back from the greens. I'll probably vote democratic this fall, but because I consider Bush an extreme threat not because the party has done anything to redeem themselves.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. Kerry was hoping for votes when he voted for the IWR.

The mere fact that it cost thousands of lives was second to his ambitions.

Green for me if he gets the nomination.

[adamrsilva]

18. More like they voted out of fear

Kerry is so fake it's not even funny, but Democrats think Dean is unelectable and Clark is a Republican, so this is what we get.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

19. Thank You. I have no doubt Bill Clinton is a happy man right now

The future of our party is bright. John Kerry represents the best hope for that future.

[Sean Reynolds]

20. Go Kerry!

Lets continue to push the Democratic Party more and more to the right! Maybe in 10 years we can all call ourselves Rockefeller Democrats, err Republicans!

[farmbo]

21. OK...you're allowed to gloat. But do you actually believe that hooey...

...about "Hope over Anger"? (queue uplifting piano music...fade in with picture of Kerry in fatigues circa 1968)

Kerry co-opted Dean's anger, and now he's for everything...and for nothing, seemingly stradling both sides of all the issues. But his heroic veteran reunions have provided comfort food for the media.

And Dean did the rest.