Going Forward: Liberals Finding their Voice

Going Forward: Liberals Finding their Voice

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Not since Richard Nixon left the White House have liberals felt so free to be feisty. After decades of being shushed and shooed aside by centrist Democrats who feared the party's left-wing image was turning off voters, liberals have kicked their way out of the political closet. They are loud. They are angry. And they've got a whole new attitude.

"We have been too nice. We have been too polite," says Ann Lewis, a veteran strategist with the Democratic National Committee, where the official party weblog is called "Kicking Ass."

The sudden emergence of an outspoken left wing may be the most surprising political development of the year. Until recently, liberalism could not have been more out of vogue. But in the six months since Bush appeared under a "Mission Accomplished" banner on a Navy aircraft carrier, the political dynamic has changed. Some indicators:

Five books attacking the president have been on the USA TODAY bestseller list since August: Dude, Where's My Country by Michael Moore; Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken; Bushwhacked by Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose; The Great Unraveling by Paul Krugman, and The Lies of George W. Bush by David Corn. Their prominence has matched, at least for now, similarly angry tomes by conservatives. "There's a rising tide of liberal ideas," says Joe Conason, whose book about conservatives, Big Lies, was held back until Baghdad fell.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1201-09.htm
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gives me some hope.

There have been various articles about this lately and this is one of the better ones.

"Republicans had better worry. Angry people are motivated to get out to vote. If they can channel that anger into something constructive, they can literally upset the presidency."

Paul Weyrich, veteran conservative organizer


the question is: are/will people (be) mad enough to get out and vote?

I hope that it keeps gaining momentum.

thank you for posting it