Remember MoveOn, the Democratic PAC whose slogan was "Regime Change Begins at Home"? Well, they are a bit disappointed at the reults of the mid-term elections, and think the Dems need a change in leadership. Well, Duh. But I really, really, really hope that the Democrats listen to MoveOn PAC's advice on who that new leader should be. This from their latest e-mail alert (emphasis added):
Dear MoveOn member,
The time has come to tell the Democratic Party, "Enough."
Enough accommodation.
Enough politics based on polls rather than principles.
Enough focus on big bucks rather than big problems.
It comes down to this: We simply don't have the time to mess around. We need a real plan, we need real leaders, and then we need to make real things happen. We, the people, need to reclaim our democracy. And we need to reclaim politics, because it's just too damn important to be left to the politicians.
How do we do that? One good place to start is next week's leadership elections in the House. Dick Gephardt officially stepped down as House Minority Leader today. The Democratic House leadership position is an important one -- a good leader in that role could bring the party together around the issues we care about, fire up the base, and send the right wing packing in 2004.
Luckily, there's a great candidate in the wings. Back in early October, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) broke ranks with Gephardt on the Iraq war resolution. Through principled leadership, Pelosi persuaded
more than half of the House Democrats to vote against it, despite the
fact that their purported leader was four-square behind Bush's plan.
She's great on the environment, great on women's rights, and great on civil liberties. She could remind the party what it's all about.
Pelosi's heaviest challenger is Rep. Martin Frost (D-TX), who told the New York Times today that the Democrats needed to move further to the right. Frost's strategy is to beat the Republicans by being Republicans. It's doomed to failure: after all, Republicans will always be more Republican than Democrats.
That's why we need to stand up and be counted. As a group, we've given over $3.5 million to Democratic candidates just in the last year. We've volunteered. We've made phone calls. We've done everything within our power to sway the balance and make sure that those big decisions work for everyone. But we just can't do it without real leadership.
Please call your state Democratic Committee and the Democratic National
Committee today, and tell them that you demand strong Democratic
leadership and will no longer put up with accommodation. Use your own
words. Give 'em hell. Remind them that they work for you.
You can reach them at:
Louisiana Democratic Party
Phone: 225-336-4155
Fax: 225-336-0046
The Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202-863-8000
Then please let us know that you made your call at:
https://moveon.org/calls_dem.html?id=905-1465166-ANYANXHN70zZuAKpPHbJ7g
We want to keep track of the calls pouring in.
It's like the man said: We're mad as hell, and we're not going to take it any more.
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November 7th, 2002
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Yeah, that'll really help. Pick an ultra-liberal California Democrat who opposed the Iraq resolution as your new leader. Right after you got handed your asses in an election that proved that Americans were more worried about threats to the US than any other topic.
Morons.
Posted by Neal Mauldin at November 08, 2002 10:33 AM | TrackBackOk then,......time to purge the non-believers and moderates, no middle ground for us. We'll be true to our most extreme positions only, all dissent will be checked at the door.
I get the feeling that like Mondale in the 84 election, some democrats would rather be pure, then elected. By a hard shift left, they only ensure that moderate and conservative dems will find themselves homeless. The GOP will no doubt begin the courtship immediately. Could pick up a couple of defections in the Senate, a few in the House. I remember marveling in the eighties at the ability of otherwise sane democrats to continuely shoot themselves in the foot.
Apparently, pain isn't a good teacher if you are a dedicated leftist.
Posted by: puggs on November 9, 2002 10:13 AM