Take Back the Party: I've Had Enough Of The D.C. Dems (excerpts), Molly Iv

[LiberalArkie]

This is a cut & paste from http://www.bushwatch.com/ about an article by Molly Ivans.
The excellent article by Molly Ivans can be found at http://www.progressive.org/node/3142

Take Back the Party: I've Had Enough Of The D.C. Dems (excerpts), Molly Ivins
Mah fellow progressives, now is the time for all good men and women to come to the aid of the party. I don’t know about you, but I have had it with the D.C. Democrats, had it with the DLC Democrats, had it with every calculating, equivocating, triangulating, straddling, hair-splitting son of a b---- up there, and that includes Hillary Rodham Clinton....I can’t see a damn soul in D.C. except Russ Feingold who is even worth considering for President. The rest of them seem to me so poisonously in hock to this system of legalized bribery they can’t even see straight....

Every Democrat I talk to is appalled at the sheer gutlessness and spinelessness of the Democratic performance. The party is still cringing at the thought of being called, ooh-ooh, “unpatriotic” by a bunch of rightwingers. Take “unpatriotic” and shove it. How dare they do this to our country? “Unpatriotic”? These people have ruined the American military! Not to mention the economy, the middle class, and our reputation in the world. Everything they touch turns to dirt, including Medicare prescription drugs and hurricane relief. This is not a time for a candidate who will offend no one; it is time for a candidate who takes clear stands and kicks a--....

What happens now is not up to the has-beens in Washington who run this party. It is up to us. So let’s get off our butts and start building a progressive movement that can block the nomination of Hillary Clinton or any other candidate who supposedly has “all the money sewed up.” I am tired of having the party nomination decided before the first primary vote is cast, tired of having the party beholden to the same old Establishment money. We can raise our own money on the Internet, and we know it. Howard Dean raised $42 million, largely on the web, with a late start when he was running for President, and that ain’t chicken feed. If we double it, it gives us the lock on the nomination. So let’s go find a good candidate early and organize the s--- out of our side.

[Skinner]

1. How many times has this been posted on DU?

LOL. Anyone keeping track?

I agree... It's a great article. But It was originally published about a month ago, and It's probably been posted here on DU at least a dozen times.

[JuniperLea]

2. Not to mention the mass quantity of "I Hate The Dems:" and

"I'm Sick of the Dems" and "Why Can't the Dems Get Their Platform Together" type threads. It is getting seriously annoying!

Yeah! We know already! STFU!


Personally, I think those threads should be put into the lounge with the rest of the palaver.