So: Had enough appeasement yet?

[MannyGoldstein]

18 years of appeasing the fringe-right, and where are we?

Gun crazies shooting politicians, 50 million in poverty, one in five on food stamps, real unemployment of almost 20%, and Social Security on the chopping block. Oh, and foie gras and sumptuous wines for the bankers, paid for with our tax dollars.

I think we need a New Deal, not a Third Way. What do you think?

[obxhead]

1. Yes, it is time for change. Real change, not the words. nt

[Matariki]

25. And more than the DLC asking for donations after every outrage.

[RagAss]

2. The times will be changing

[Cirque du So-What]

3. I've way past having had enough

but it's going to take more than tapping out our frustrations on an internet discussion board to effect change. What it will take to translate this into action, I don't know. Personally, I'm practically ready to play Tonto to the first Lone Ranger who comes along with a good idea!

[EFerrari]

4. The corporate media who calls Assange a terrorist ignored Palin.

I'm SICK of this twisted shit.

[HEyHEY]

22. Well, we're talking about a country that allows Pat Robertson to champion murder

Of Hugo Chavez, but when muslim Imans do it they are religious extremists who warrant invaded two countries.

[JVS]

5. Damned hippies!

[Vinca]

6. Amen.

[WillyT]

7. Yep... K & R !!!

:kick:

[Hannah Bell]

8. kr

[AsahinaKimi]

9. I really wish

Democrats would use this event to go "Alan Grayson" on Republicans. We need more of that in the House and in the Senate.

[LiberalEsto]

10. Oh, noooo. More bipartisanship!

:sarcasm:

[TheKentuckian]

11. 110%

[Atticus]

12. What do I think? Hey, I'm a white guy with a job AND health insurance.

Why should I rock the boat?

I'm sure our leaders know what's best.

[yurbud]

13. Bubba's thanks for appeasing the far right was a decade of them trying to look at his penis

and impeach him for lying about an affair with a consenting adult.

Democrats at the top should have learned their lesson then, but they are not trying to win over VOTERS, they are trying to win over the wealthy patrons of the GOP, to prove that they are more reliable stewards of the interests of the wealthy, hence the presence of economic typhoid marys like Larry Summers and Robert Rubin in the Obama administration and now another corporate apologist appointed as chief of staff.

We are not the participants in our government anymore than we are participants in what we watch on TV.

[Kingofalldems]

14. K and R for the New Deal

[PurityOfEssence]

15. 18? Try thirty!

I'm middle-aged by pretty much any definition, and my ENTIRE adult life has been dominated by a retrograde neo-feudalism pretty much without even a breather. Maybe the first couple years of Clinton's Administration were a bit of respite, but it's been grim ever since.

I was in College when Reagan was elected. Now, we have MUCH more religion in politics and life, much less of a social safety net, the debt is approximately 15 times larger, working wages are lower, we're in two stupid wars and on and on and on.

Sadly, we're stuck with Obama. It would be nice to have a REAL challenge and empower the left, but it's not feasible. What we CAN do, though, is influence policy as much as possible and keep our hand in.

Oceania will prevail.

[Arctic Dave]

16. I've been sick of these fuckers for a long time. nt

[LWolf]

17. I had enough from the first.

We need a new LEFT-OF-CENTER deal.

[GSLevel9]

18. propose a solution that has a clean balance sheet and I'm all ears. nt

[donheld]

19. Long ago

[Tatiana]

20. Had enough for a very long time.

Appeasement only guarantees that we, the average people, end up losing.

There's nothing to be gained from trying to "compromise" with these dangerous thugs.

[Swamp Rat]

21. Yes. First thing on the 'to do' list: Rid the Democratic Party of the DLC

[Amonester]

23. Don't ask see-nothing-never (c-n-n) about 'analyzing' this...

'greatest pRogRess since Ronuld Reagun came in' and report on their findings...

[girl gone mad]

24. k & r

What a sorry state of affairs.

Can't wait for the inevitable speech from Obama telling us how awesome Republicans are because of this tragedy.