The Heathen Speak

"I am enormously proud to be a member of the DLC"
-Bill Clinton

"It feels so good to say, on behalf of the American people: thank you, DLC, for so many of the ideas and the vision that have moved this nation forward".
-Al Gore

"Today, less than 15 years after we started, the ideas pushed by the DLC are literally sweeping the world, and you should be very, very proud".
-Bill Clinton

"The truth is it would he hard to think of a single American citizen who, as a private citizen, has had a more positive impact on the progress of American life in the last 25 years than Al From".
-Bill Clinton

"Responsibility of the kind we have seen in New York is at the heart of what the DLC has always stood for; it is written in the record and work of this organization. From national service to community policing to deficit reduction, the ideas you have advanced around the country have been about inspiring a new sense of responsibility in all walks of American life. Millions of Americans are able to lift themselves up, give something back, and hold their heads high because you have given them the chance".
-John Edwards

"This (the DLC)is an organization that I've been proud to be part of for a number of years".
-Mark Warner

although I can't say it made me feel better - or that it was a surprise.

I've decided that I'm a progressive, and until I leave the Democratic party, am a progressive Democrat and proud member of the progressive or Democratic wing of the Democratic party (as Gov. Dean would say).

It would be utter folly for them to ignore their progressive base or to take them for granted. They must not think that we will really consider leaving. In any case, if they want the millions raised outside the Beltway, sans a few corporations and corporate-CEO donors, they had better address the needs of their progressive base (the Democratic party).

scary stuff.