Exposing the lack of compassion by conservatives and
debunking right wing hypocrisy at every opportunity.
Note to Di and Chuck (Feinstein and Schumer):
Picking your battles and keeping your powder dry implies that someday, somewhere, you actually, you know . . . decide to duke it out.
The proof is in the pudding, as they say, actions mean more than mere words. The successful establishment Democratic Consultant, elected official and political insider does not do battle with the GOP, no matter how egregious their excesses, no matter what rhetorical red meat they serve to those duped into voting for them or sending them their hard earned dollars.
No, the established Democrat insider dances, refusing to stand for something because they fear they would then become a stationary target. Chuck and Di are not merely Senators, but very powerful Senators within that very exclusive club -- and want to keep it that way.
And I'm troubled to even mention this, but I find it bothersome that when push came to shove, they sided with Joe Lieberman and supported the President's Attorney General pick. Three of the leading and arguably most respected Jewish politicians in America refuse to stand against the practice of waterboarding and call it what it is, torture.
I guess it's possible that having relatives who live in a country that has been under siege and surrounded by people vowing to eliminate it from the planet might make you a bit less squeamish than I am about roughing up prisoners, even terrorists. Or maybe it's just a coincidence.
No, I think I'll go with the power grabbing thing. It seems to fit a much broader demographic. Lord knows that for all her tough talk, Hillary Clinton avoids being nailed down on positions like the plague, and when she is forced to pick a side, it's the one where she doesn't have to get her hair too messy. And she's just the most visible example of Democratic Conflict avoidance.
Hunter:
Democratic Cowardice, the sine qua non of rising influence in the Party Leadership. Unless something truly radical happens in the country, like our representatives start actually representing us, nothing much will stop our transformation from a representative democracy into a fascist commercial empire.
Picking your battles and keeping your powder dry implies that someday, somewhere, you actually, you know . . . decide to duke it out.
The proof is in the pudding, as they say, actions mean more than mere words. The successful establishment Democratic Consultant, elected official and political insider does not do battle with the GOP, no matter how egregious their excesses, no matter what rhetorical red meat they serve to those duped into voting for them or sending them their hard earned dollars.
No, the established Democrat insider dances, refusing to stand for something because they fear they would then become a stationary target. Chuck and Di are not merely Senators, but very powerful Senators within that very exclusive club -- and want to keep it that way.
And I'm troubled to even mention this, but I find it bothersome that when push came to shove, they sided with Joe Lieberman and supported the President's Attorney General pick. Three of the leading and arguably most respected Jewish politicians in America refuse to stand against the practice of waterboarding and call it what it is, torture.
I guess it's possible that having relatives who live in a country that has been under siege and surrounded by people vowing to eliminate it from the planet might make you a bit less squeamish than I am about roughing up prisoners, even terrorists. Or maybe it's just a coincidence.
No, I think I'll go with the power grabbing thing. It seems to fit a much broader demographic. Lord knows that for all her tough talk, Hillary Clinton avoids being nailed down on positions like the plague, and when she is forced to pick a side, it's the one where she doesn't have to get her hair too messy. And she's just the most visible example of Democratic Conflict avoidance.
Hunter:
If Clinton is being tagged with the triangulation label, it's because she has absolutely earned it, during her time in the Senate. She has been carefully cultivating the image of a business-friendly moderate, all this time, and her version of moderation has been to lend herself only weakly to any of the challenges presented in the Bush years. Name the top five Democrats to actively fight against the excesses -- no, the abominations -- of Bush rule: unconstitutional violations of law, the 'defining down' of torture, criminal acts by members of the administration, corporate handouts on a staggering scale. Name the top ten Democrats. The top twenty? Is Clinton (or Obama, for that matter) anywhere in that top list? In contrast, Clinton has played the far more conventional establishment game, by the establishment rules -- while other Democrats have put their reputations on the line on various issues they have passion for, Clinton has carefully cultivated behind-the-scenes, institutional power, and avoided potentially damaging fights about the big-picture issues that face the nation. Very smart, yes. But not progressive, and certainly not courageous.
Democratic Cowardice, the sine qua non of rising influence in the Party Leadership. Unless something truly radical happens in the country, like our representatives start actually representing us, nothing much will stop our transformation from a representative democracy into a fascist commercial empire.
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