Posted on 10/30/2008 10:06:43 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
I thought this might be a good opportunity to offer some thoughts about not only judicial confirmations, but how to bring about meaningful change in this country.By the way the Obama Camp and supporters have pummeled the more moderate Hillary supporters in the primary, The One meant every word of this when he wrote it back in 2005.
Maybe some of you believe I could have made my general point more artfully, but it’s precisely because many of these groups are friends and supporters that I felt it necessary to speak my mind.
There is one way, over the long haul, to guarantee the appointment of judges that are sensitive to issues of social justice, and that is to win the right to appoint them by recapturing the presidency and the Senate. And I don’t believe we get there by vilifying good allies, with a lifetime record of battling for progressive causes, over one vote or position. I am convinced that, our mutual frustrations and strongly-held beliefs notwithstanding, the strategy driving much of Democratic advocacy, and the tone of much of our rhetoric, is an impediment to creating a workable progressive majority in this country.
According to the storyline that drives many advocacy groups and Democratic activists - a storyline often reflected in comments on this blog - we are up against a sharply partisan, radically conservative, take-no-prisoners Republican party. They have beaten us twice by energizing their base with red meat rhetoric and single-minded devotion and discipline to their agenda. In order to beat them, it is necessary for Democrats to get some backbone, give as good as they get, brook no compromise, drive out Democrats who are interested in “appeasing” the right wing, and enforce a more clearly progressive agenda.
The country, finally knowing what we stand for and seeing a sharp contrast, will rally to our side and thereby usher in a new progressive era.
Consider your Digg link FRugged!
PS There’s no Digg ping list. If you put the keyword “Digg” in your post, FReepers will know right where to find it.
Thanks again for the ping!
Are you still writing in Fred? I bet you voted for Perot too, didn’t you.
“THis could blow the commie out of the water if someone can get this to the RNC.”
There are moderate democrats who might not be very pleased with it either.
Actually, your Digg link isn’t working...says “fatal exception” each time I try. You might want to try posting it on FR again.
The RNC needs to run a national ad with this in it. Who the hell is in charge of the RNC these days?
This is very interesting. For some reason (maybe this) I’ve had the feeling lately that the re-energized Right should help the REAL Democrats take their party back from the Socialists. Not at the expense of our own party, obviously. I guess I’m old enough to remember when the Democrat party was far to the right of what passes for that party today.
Velveeta, time for us to send more emails!
Actually, you might want to find the Digg link for this and post it as its own FReep this Digg!!! post on FR. We need to change lots of minds between now and the election!
The digg it link didn’t work!
Thanks for the ping!
Read the rest of the article. Obama may be a radical, we know he was in the New Party, but he is not dumb enough to say that moderate democrats should be banished.
He portrays himself as a moderate - read it.
Send it to everyone you know!
Rush is talking about it right now!
Rush just mentioned. ;)
Rather, he portrays himself as a true beleiver, with the smarts to know how to disguise it by minimizing inflammatory rhetoric.
Fascist thug.
Can you help get his out to whoever needs to see it?
PUMA sites, Hill Buzz, Drudge, Just Say No, etc.,
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