Related to this entry, and the seeming unwillingness of Democrats to even go in front of a camera and just simply say something.
Just 36% expressed a favorable opinion of congressional Democrats, whereas 45% viewed them unfavorably. That’s statistically the same as the showing for congressional Republicans, who were viewed favorably by 38% and unfavorably by 44%.
“I was watching the news & and I heard nothing from the Democrats,” said Dez Jackson, 20, a cashier in Greenville, S.C., who was sharply critical of the president in the survey. “What are they, afraid to speak up?”
I don’t understand what they’re afraid of, or who the risk averse dumbass nincompoops advising them are, but they’ve set us up for failure yet again. Yes, you can wrap a kid in a protective bubble and he may never get hurt, but he never gets to have any fun or make a difference either.
This represents a pretty radical departure for me but I’m just about ready to tell any and all Democrats (no matter their stature) who won’t do the simple act of standing up and be Democrats on every issue no matter how small to go screw themselves – a limp ass Democrat is just as useful as a Republican, quite frankly. Maybe we ought to keep a list. (via Tapped)
a limp ass Democrat is just as useful as a Republican, quite frankly. Maybe we ought to keep a list.
Amen to that!!
(Hey, I’m an athiest, can I say that?)
Good to see you getting on board, Oliver. A party afraid to stand for anything doesn’t deserve to win elections.
Even though though Kerry comes charging into town like some Quixotic
character flailing at a Senatorial windmill, I, for one, admire his willingness
to place himself in ridicules path.
But, he needs more than one Sancho to assist in the battle with the
elite du jour. And they ALL need an effective plan. As Eastwood says
to his fighter in ‘Million Dollar baby’, “Guts ain’t enough”
If the people lead, the leaders will follow.
What the Dems need to do is create a media war room that creates the public inevitability of that Dems will oppose some Republican idiocy of the day. Then top Dem leaders need to stake out consistent positions with common talking points. Use the Social Security issue as the model. It was very effective.
It’s not that the Democrats don’t stand for anything. It’s that they won’t oppose Republicans. They flip out when the Democrat who does oppose Republicans, Howard Dean, opens his mouth to oppose Republicans. Basically, they’re castrated wussies.
Well, if it works for degenerates, then maybe we’ll give it a try.
Great to see that OW remains at the tip of the spear when it comes to “staying on point” with the other lefty blogs…
These activists — spearheaded by battle-ready bloggers and making their influence felt through relentless e-mail campaigns — have denounced what they regard as a flaccid Democratic response to the Supreme Court fight, President Bush’s upcoming State of the Union address and the Iraq war. In every case, they have portrayed party leaders as gutless sellouts.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/27/AR2006012701505.html
It is hilarious to me that all the lefties here keep accusing the republicans of dependency on “talking points”, when oliver and his fellow travelers here are the internet equivalent of the “Wave”, an endless, self-perpetuating echo chamber of one stale idea after another….
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny–alito-clinton0127jan27,0,1420194.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork
And she is not alone. I wish I could stay home from work on Monday
and watch CSPAN2. It may be Custer’s last stand but I relish the thought
of Althouse pinching a loaf over this.
That’s pretty much what I told the last couple Dem fundraisers who called me. I told them if Dems will go for a filibuster, whether or not it succeeds, I’ll donate. If they won’t, no point in my sending them any cash.
If only we got useful talking points. I’m not saying I don’t occasionally get stuff from the Dems, but its useless nine times out of 10. My problems with the Dems go far beyond Alito and the current Iraq posture, and to be perfectly honest a lot of those bloggers being referenced are just as bad if not worse than the beltway crowd.
It is hilarious to me that all the lefties here keep accusing the republicans of dependency on talking points
It is hilarious that ‘drpedro’ proves it’s true, here, and day after godforsaken day.
ahem perhaps you can point me to the links showing where I received my talking points from?
My ideas are my own…
Oliver why is it then that the same memes seem to reverberate throughout the left wing blogosphere? I commented on this in a another thread too, but the Post seems to have your recent position nailed.
Maybe the talking points aren’t coming from the dems, but from Kos or whomever.
In any case, as the Post points out, if the dems followed your advice, you would likely lose more elections than the dems do already. Whether you like it or not, a democracy like this one runs on compromise, which almost by definition means that NEITHER side is all that happy with the outcome.
There’s been no compromise, if Dems were compromising with Bush I’d be upset but not livid. They’ve allowed themselves to be railroad. And trust me, I would not be taking talking points from Markos. This certainly isn’t a “recent” position for me, I was even angrier about this back in 2004, but I thought maybe the Dems have learned a lesson or two in the time inbetween – they haven’t. If anything they’re more clueless.
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That’s mighty good news, peed’.