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Babs Streisand (D-Calif.) Weighs in on Election
Barbra Streisand's website ^ | 11/8/2002 | Barbra Streisand

Posted on 11/17/2002 10:24:31 PM PST by Jack of Clubs

…A SAD TIME Posted on Nov. 8, 2002 by Barbra Streisand

It is a sad time. The Democratic Party was not able to articulate a clear message - was not able to convey the very real and very many differences between the two parties. They did not allow the American people to make a meaningful choice. They never articulated what it was we were voting for, and in doing so they failed to motivate their base to go to the polls. The Republicans, on the other hand, spoke directly to their constituency and gave them a reason to vote.

Instead of standing up to the Republicans and indicating their differences, the Democrats went along with the president on tax cuts and Iraq- and were voted out anyway. The American people want leaders - they want people who convey a strong message and stand for something. The Republicans have done this well...even though what they stand for is against the interests of most Americans. Now it is time for the Democrats to stop operating out of fear.

Because the differences are there. The Republicans are excited to, in Trent Lott's words, "roll" their agenda through the Congress. And it's an agenda all of us will have to live with - for the worse. Tax cuts for the rich, destruction of the environment, a prescription drug plan that covers only a very small percentage of seniors, an inadequate pension reform bill, an overly aggressive foreign policy - that's all on the agenda.

And there is a horde of extremist federal judicial nominees, deemed by the Democratically-controlled Senate as too conservative for confirmation, just waiting to get rushed through the nomination process. These judges are guaranteed to threaten our civil liberties, a woman's right to choose, civil rights and environmental protection. And they will be around long after the president is gone.

So as we move forward, I, for one, will continue to urge the Democrats, even as, or especially as, the minority/opposition party, to be vocal in conveying the differences to the American public. Because this is not the time to give up fighting for what is important. There is too much at stake. The Democrats must once again return to their roots as a strong and directed party fighting for the betterment of the poor, working and middle-class Americans that make up the great majority of our country.

The Democrats who stood up to the president and showed strong opposition leadership were the ones that won on Tuesday. Hopefully, by 2004, the party - and the people - will get the message.


TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bs; election; streisand
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Ya gotta understand...if the election doesn't turn out her way, it's not because the voters rejected her ideas. No, it's that her party was inarticulate. What a twit.
1 posted on 11/17/2002 10:24:31 PM PST by Jack of Clubs
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To: Jack of Clubs
This is a no talent washed out hag with a mouth the size of a toilet and a brain the size of a pimple.
2 posted on 11/17/2002 10:26:26 PM PST by friendly
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To: Jack of Clubs
What a joke. Who cares what kind of brain fart that high school dropout has? The ignorant slut is completely irrelevant.
3 posted on 11/17/2002 10:28:58 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: Jack of Clubs
Was she even sober enough..to find a voting booth, herself ??
4 posted on 11/17/2002 10:30:17 PM PST by Coto
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To: Jack of Clubs
I think in a round-about way she is saying, "You peons are not as smart as me! Now you will be punished!"
5 posted on 11/17/2002 10:31:27 PM PST by Mark
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Who cares what kind of brain fart that high school dropout has? The ignorant slut is completely irrelevant.

LMAO! Perfect!

6 posted on 11/17/2002 10:31:57 PM PST by friendly
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To: Jack of Clubs
.....................BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!
7 posted on 11/17/2002 10:32:32 PM PST by Psycho_Bunny
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To: Jack of Clubs
Hey, Babs' spell check must have been working! I didn't see any misspelled words. Unfortunately, her "reality" check wasn't working!
8 posted on 11/17/2002 10:33:06 PM PST by Theresawithanh
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Yo! Babs! You don't send me flowers anymore? Wutzupwitdat?
9 posted on 11/17/2002 10:33:11 PM PST by Mark
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To: Jack of Clubs
The Barbara Streisand Family Values theme didn't go over real well this election.

Keep talking Babs !
10 posted on 11/17/2002 10:33:39 PM PST by John Lenin
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the poor, working and middle-class Americans that make up the great majority of our country.

And also constitute the vast majority of Babs' servants.

11 posted on 11/17/2002 10:35:36 PM PST by laurav
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To: Jack of Clubs
she said, "They never articulated what it was we were voting for, ..."

If "they never articulated what we were voting for," then how could you vote for them?

These idiots can't connect the dots. Is it me, or are these people nuts?

12 posted on 11/17/2002 10:38:30 PM PST by Cobra64
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To: Jack of Clubs
Babs babbling on...oh those memories!
13 posted on 11/17/2002 10:38:32 PM PST by Cindy
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"The Republicans have done this well...even though what they stand for is against the interests of most Americans"

Is Streisand saying here that the voters are too stupid to understand what is in their best interests?
What breathtaking arrogance.

14 posted on 11/17/2002 10:38:42 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Jack of Clubs
Hey Babs...your House and Senate are belong to us!!!
15 posted on 11/17/2002 10:40:04 PM PST by AlaskaErik
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To: Theresawithanh
Hey, Babs' spell check must have been working! LOL! . . . and grammar check.
16 posted on 11/17/2002 10:40:22 PM PST by leadpenny
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To: Jack of Clubs
The truly shocking thing is that the Dems are willing to be seen in public paying attention to Babs. However much money she raises, it can't be worth it. Make her wear a mask and disguise her voice. Anything but let the public associate politicians who want to appear to be serious with such a lightweight, self-important, narcissistic twit. I hope they keep bowing to her, Clinton, and Gore. The face of the Democratic Party.
17 posted on 11/17/2002 10:41:07 PM PST by Starrgaizr
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"The Democratic Party was not able to articulate a clear message"

They most certainly did. What they articulated was anti-War on Terror, anti-tax cut, anti-2nd Amendment, and anti-American.

18 posted on 11/17/2002 10:43:54 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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All this, and just below it she prides herself on having raised record-setting amounts of cash. For people who can't get a message out with it.
19 posted on 11/17/2002 10:45:40 PM PST by lainie
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To: Jack of Clubs
They did not allow the American people to make a meaningful choice. They never articulated what it was we were voting for, and in doing so they failed to motivate their base to go to the polls.

Yah, we did, and your mouth was the motivation that got many of us to the polls. You're just like the RAT leaders!! Your arrogance runs your mouth and blinds you to the reality of the message the American public was sending. You'll continue to run your mouth and end up in the same losing position in `04 - can't wait!!!

20 posted on 11/17/2002 10:46:00 PM PST by Rockyrich
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