[Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [Alt-Media] Life-long Dems fed up with party]

[Andrea Dorey]

Dear Molly,

Gee, loved your diatribe, honey!  Maybe we should run somebody who  
can yell the hell all the way to DC and REALLY scare the shit out of  
everybody ensconced there for a lifetime of freebies and perks that  
will continue until their death and the death of their spouses--how  
about that, Molly Ivins?  Remember Ralph Nader?  No one has come  
close to the upset he caused, even in 2004 with NO support from his  
supposed friends.  Or is it too far out to avoid the usual pack of  
politicians--and that includes the sainted, useless Howard Dean?

How about adding to your wish list of three issues a little beginning  
step called CENSURE that might finally lead to impeachment of the top  
dogs of war?  Or do we lack the spine needed to face the criticisms  
about that one: "We don't have to go THAT FAR!" they chide. "Too  
extreme!"  We don't want to be extremists, do we?

I'm getting tired of the same ol', same ol'.  Why are we once again  
(50-YEARS-AND-MORE LATER!!!) fighting the same old attacks on  
personal freedoms for women?  civil rights for minorities?  living  
wages for immigrants that we pay slave wages to?  a secure social  
security for the aged and infirm?  Why do we tolerate this same old  
bullshit over and over again?

Why do we stand by meekly while our elected representatives vote on  
and pass bills that they NEVER even bother to read, like the PATRIOT  
Act, or while they give total authority to the executive branch to  
wage war--a power that belongs to the legislative branch--or refuse  
to support the black caucus who tried to get just ONE senator to  
allow them to have the last election just examined, investigated,  
just looked at to find out why so many irregularities existed?  Why?

I'm tired.  I'm going to take care of myself from now on and stop  
wasting time fighting the same damn battles.  It's time for me at 67  
years of age and after 40 years of activism to leave this mess to the  
young (like the young professional women who didn't need women's  
liberation because they had it made, and like the progressives who  
didn't need the Nader organization because he was in danger of  
"becoming a Harold Stassen").

So, fine.  Do it a new way.  Do it your way.  I'll be interested to  
see how far you get.  And, really, good luck.

Andrea



On Mar 11, 2006, at 11:36 AM, Gerry Gras wrote:

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> Subject: [Alt-Media] Life-long Dems fed up with party
> Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:09:10 -0800
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> Enough of the D.C. Dems
>
>    by Molly Ivins
>
> (The Progressive, March 2006) -- Mah fellow progressives, now is the
> time for all good men and women to come to the aid of the party. I
> don't know about you, but I have had it with the D.C. Democrats, had
> it with the DLC Democrats, had it with every calculating,
> equivocating, triangulating, straddling, hair-splitting son of a
> bitch up there, and that includes Hillary Rodham Clinton.
>
> 	I will not be supporting Senator Clinton because: a) she has no
> clear stand on the war and b) Terri Schiavo and flag-burning are not
> issues where you reach out to the other side and try to split the
> difference. You want to talk about lowering abortion rates through
> cooperation on sex education and contraception, fine, but don't jack
> with stuff that is pure right-wing firewater.
>
> 	I can't see a damn soul in D.C. except Russ Feingold who is even
> worth considering for president. The rest of them seem to me so
> poisonously in hock to this system of legalized bribery they can't
> even see straight.
>
> 	Look at their reaction to this Abramoff scandal. They're talking
> about "a lobby reform package." We don't need a lobby reform package,
> you dimwits, we need full public financing of campaigns, and every
> single one of you who spends half your time whoring after special
> interest contributions knows it.
>
> 	The Abramoff scandal is a once in a lifetime gift ? a perfect lesson
> on what's wrong with the system being laid out for people to see. Run
> with it, don't mess around with little patches, and fix the system.
>
> 	As usual, the Democrats have forty good issues on their side and
> want to run on thirty-nine of them. Here are three they should  
> stick to:
>
> 1) Iraq is making terrorism worse; it's a breeding ground. We need to
> extricate ourselves as soon as possible. We are not helping the
> Iraqis by staying.
>
> 2) Full public financing of campaigns so as to drive the moneylenders
> from the halls of Washington.
>
> 3) Single-payer health insurance.
>
> 	Every Democrat I talk to is appalled at the sheer gutlessness and
> spinelessness of the Democratic performance. The party is still
> cringing at the thought of being called, ooh-ooh, "unpatriotic" by a
> bunch of right-wingers.
>
> 	Take "unpatriotic" and shove it. How dare they do this to our
> country? "Unpatriotic"? These people have ruined the American
> military! Not to mention the economy, the middle class, and our
> reputation in the world. Everything they touch turns to dirt,
> including Medicare prescription drugs and hurricane relief.
>
> 	This is not a time for a candidate who will offend no one; it is
> time for a candidate who takes clear stands and kicks ass.
>
> 	Who are these idiots talking about [running Sen. John] Warner of
> Virginia? Being anodyne is not sufficient qualification for being
> president. And if there's nobody in Washington and we can't find a
> Democratic governor, let's run Bill Moyers, or Oprah, or some
> university president with ethics and charisma.
>
> 	What happens now is not up to the has-beens in Washington who run
> this party. It is up to us. So let's get off our butts and start
> building a progressive movement that can block the nomination of
> Hillary Clinton or any other candidate who supposedly has "all the
> money sewed up."
>
> 	I am tired of having the party nomination decided before the first
> primary vote is cast, tired of having the party beholden to the same
> old establishment money.
>
> 	We can raise our own money on the Internet, and we know it. Howard
> Dean raised $42 million, largely on the web, with a late start when
> he was running for president, and that ain't chicken feed. If we
> double it, it gives us the lock on the nomination. So let's go find a
> good candidate early and organize the shit out of our side.
>
>
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