DEMOCRATS THUNDER FROM THE LEFT.

Demand an End to Injustice and Racism, Restoration of Confidence

Argue Strongly that Elections have Consequences and Commit to Election Monitoring in 2006 and Every Election after that

Howard Duckman
Serious News Service, 9/5/2005

Wash. DC (SNS). The Democratic Party stated a stunning show of party unity today on the steps of the Capitol. Framed by the steps and columns of that venerable building, all members of the Democratic congressional delegation stood as one while their leaders spoke.

Howard Dean, DNC Chairman, introduced the speakers and rallied the crowd of energetic hill staffers and local activists.

Dean introduced lead off speaker Hillary Clinton, D, NY whose first words were “Have you had enough of the bull shit!” The crowd roared its approval and cheered at every opportunity. Clinton was direct and stated “The marriage of politics and greed, policy and commercial interests, and bureaucracy and vendors must stop. We can never repeat New Orleans.”

Before introducing rumored presidential candidate Joe Biden, D, DE, Chairman Dean had a few sharp words for the Republicans. “We’ve sat on our hands the last three election cycles and watched huge leads disappear mysteriously. Enough! We will challenge every unfair election set up, we will monitor every precinct, we will make sure every vote is counted and every voter has the opportunity to exercise his or her franchise.” He went on, “Do you think New Orleans would have happened under President Gore? Do you think it would have happened under President Kerry? You know darn well it wouldn’t!” The crowd cheered wildly. This subject had been taboo at DNC for a while. There were shouts of “Remember Ohio” and “Cleland” Cleland”.

Dean then introduced Biden who said, “Not withstanding urgent matters of national security, collegiality and consensus are finished. There will be no more collaborating with the Republicans. They have become a threat to the general population.” Biden was stunned when Joe Lieberman, D, CT came on stage and put his arm around Biden’s shoulder. Lieberman shouted into the microphone, “We’re through, we’ve had enough, New Orleans! New Orleans!”

Pandemonium reigned as the crowd surged forward chanting “New Orleans! New Orleans!”

Dean came to the podium again. He stood between the two long term Democratic icons and sotto voce uttered, “Elections have consequences. All elections have to be free and fair. No more election fraud.”

With that the crowd broke into a rendition of “This Land is Your Land” while Dean, Biden, Liebenberg, and Clinton raised their hands together to the energized crowd.

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How long do we have to wait for a unified, strong, clear statemente from leadership. I'm a party grunt and I'm smart enough it's time to unify for the people of NOLA and for our party.

I thought this was true. It needs to be.

Now they're going to hang Blanco out to dry. Makes me sick.

Our folks should be Kirking Out!!! Banging the table.

Screaming for Bush's impeachment.

if it were true.

that was true.

Too bad it's from dreamland.

we could only hope for a fresh start and some brave new politicians

the day Hillary Clinton says: “The marriage of politics and greed, policy and commercial interests, and bureaucracy and vendors must stop."

I guess this article is what they call "visioning" ... it is incredibly sad to realize just how far the Democratic Party really is from the article's "vision" of how things should be ...

oh, t'were it so ...

Don't they realize that the whole country is ready to burst, we just need leadership.

NOLA is insanity, complete and total.

It's time to make some serious noise to make sure people get help and we don't have to put up with this bull shit any more, not one more time.

Makes me wish we had mod points like Slashdot...

Of course, I should have been clued in when I saw Lieberman involved in a story about "Democratic Unity"...

while working furiously behind the scenes to get things rolling in the South, the more Bush has to take ownership of this whole thing himself.

He did it. Dems are doing the right thing.

scenes?

ESP?

haven't gotten in front of cameras they don't exist?

with the reality of life!!!

recession, Bush will blame the recession on them. The recession will happen and Bush will have to take the blame for that too.

or, heaven forbid, risk a Rove-Co. Attack.

Right now, I have more respect for honest liberal-moderate republicans (if there are any left). The VAST Majority of these present pink tutu Democratic Leaders might as well speak up because the average American is *PISSED*.

I'm one democrat who will not "go along to get along" again if you ask me to vote for these corporate whores like Biden. Not again!

attacks from Rove & Co.

My heart started beating so fast I almost had a heart attack! Now I'm depressed again! x(

This stuff is bad for your health! :(

:eyes: I'm just funnin with ya, just WISH it was true!

Our Democratic Leaders are first and formost beholden to their corporate masters who give them cushy, under the table payola and other perks.

The people don't mean shit the these FILTHY CORPORATE PSEUDO DEMOCRATIC LEADERS.

It's time to kick these bums out! I will not forget come re-election time. Hell, I may vote for a non neo-con republican before a DLC Democrat. Why? At least these a**holes are somewhat up front about who they support, i.e., corporations first. :puke: At least moderate republicans believe in SMALL business, not necessarily huge corporate greed.

I don't think these arrogant, pro-everything Israel, corporations first, DLC Democratic Leaders FULLY REALIZE how many average American Democrats will NOT EVER again vote for them? Backstabbing corporate loving assholes!

last night!!!

Democrats are holding onto the scraps thrown their way! I have NO ANSWERS!!! Some should be coming, but WHAT???? They don't answer phone calls or emails. I usually get a bounce-back every time I email them, and then when I phone I get... "we'll pass the information along."

Yeah, right! And I don't use the word RIGHT very often!

with regard to our Democratic Leadership, or more appropriately, lack thereof.

Consider that our leaders are almost all millionaires? Therefore if something goes terribly wrong, even a depression, most likely everyone they hold dear will be financially taken care of.

We need true leaders who VALUE serving our country, not people that use a congressional seat as a spring board to making big bucks in the private sector.

What's wrong with loving your neighbor vice hording all kinds of crap that will not go with you when you cross over?

I am so depressed and disappointed with this country. All I can do work, pray and weep.

May God Save Our Beautiful Country from unbridled greed within the seemingly all powerful Military-Industrial MACHINE. :cry:

just saying.

TC

This is as much about Dem legitimacy as Repub legitimacy.

I want no cowardice in the face of disaster. I am taking names.

Al Gore gets 100 free passes for this one...he did something.

And he did it in the background. I saw the Tennessee media on this and there was almost no mention of Gore's role. When that happens, the object of publicity, the savvy ones, actually make sure it's low key. He made an affirmative choice to do the job and keep it quiet.

I wish he were our President!!! I love the guy.

And I didn't think it went far enough ~ what it does is show how feeble the opposition party is though. Even if it were true, it would demonstrate how late they are getting to putting their country ahead of their careers.

I'm done with politicians ~ except for Rep. Conyers, Gen. Clark, the black caucus and those who have been there, telling the truth but being ignored by their own party all along.

That should be sent to every Democrat to let them know that even if a little late in the game, that is what an opposition party ought to be doing right now.

They're all a disgrace, thousands and thousands of their fellow citizens are dead and they're still more worried about their careers and cushy lifestyles, and commraderie with the abusers.

Wish it had been true ~ we can always dream. :cry:

:cry:

:eyes:

...the headline. A man can dream, can't he! :hi:

:hi:

False hope is NOT appropriate right now.

It's what we want so badly that it actually hurts when you realize that it's not true.

Mean Mean Mean postx(

And I didn't want to do a "rant" so here you have it. Some body has to say it...our party needs to speak, to THUNDER!

Sorry to upset you.

We can't search or check for answers so does anyone have another link on this Greg Palast story? http://baltimorechronicle.com/2005/090205Palast.shtml

political satire like this that raises some very important points about where some of us disagree with certain Democrats belongs in GD - Politics where it began ...

just because something is satirical doesn't mean it isn't appropriate content for GD ... satire is a form of political speech too ...

I posted it to GD Politics, went to Starbucks, and came back to find it here. I'm jsut glad it's up. I see it as inadetuate and declase Swift, which actually might be pretty good by today's standards.

Rought times, our party needs to THUNDER.

I fell for it, I'm so stupid!

I can't laugh cause the letdown was too hard to take.

The Democrats featured (Lieberman, Clinton, Biden) are charter members of the Republican Ownership Society.

:hi:

She threatend to assault the POTUS.

This threat must remain operative. No APOLOGY

The first to do so will have their head on a pike.

I if they refuse to lead, we must motivate them. Unity is strength.

Heads on pikes. No defections to the other side. Destroy them.

That was a great comeback for her after the intial shock. She's got my vote!

UNITY

a female Senator from the deep south just said she would punch * in the nose.

:)

Only it would be the DLC sponsoring the rally and the theme being, "let's take the party BACK from the doom-and-gloom progressives." After all, the key to gaining victories and political respect is to mimic and kowtow to those who steal elections and then turn around and claim a mandate, right?

I didn't even had to read it - the subject line was clear enough.

But oh happy day when such a thing does happen.....

Khash.

tossed out here to challenge Bush and crowd. Biden, H. Clinton, Lieberman, Bayh, and that ilk might as well move to the other side of the aisle. Wes Clark is and has been the one to call out the Rethugs on Iraq, Katrina. He is our true leader now!!

"At the end of the speeches, a breathless Evan Bayh, D, IN, forced his way to the podium. Lieberman and Biden reached down, pulled him up and they all shouted together, 'Bush must go!' This is a landmark event in American politics. Things will never be the same."

You're right, Clark said it. I'm a Clark supporter from day one.

I want him on television.

I totally respect Gore also who did his rescue work and made sure his name stayed out of the press, largely. Not that's a fine human being!

AL GORE IS MY PRESIDENT!

WES CLARK SHOULD BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT!

i saw this on the greatest page and didn't see what forum it was from. i was choking up with tears as i read this. this was a cruel joke :spank:

;)

Maybe THEN will they get the message about how the grassroots feels.

I enjoyed this thread; it made me think.

I might have changed the players that spoke; and added some more dialogue about ending ALL KINDS of discrimination.

A very good effort.

I'm a party member and I work form the state and local party. I'm one of his constituents...haha...I'm sure they'll be amused. Actually, I'll post their response on The Lounge, which apparently is where "the powers" here think my commentary belongs (I'm honored, btw;)

around looking for scapegoats. And if all he is left with is the actual people who were involved with the rescue efforts, then the truth comes out.

I want the Dems to stay quiet and come out to make statements but not be leading the discussion. Because then the discussion of "what it all means" keeps going.

Worked for Cindy. Rove couldn't find a way to knock her off the planet.

I think you try things. And if they work in a situation that is horrible, you let them keep working.

I would imagine the WH is fuming mad right about now because they cannot blame the Dems at all and they cannot attack Dem statements because all they have said is the obvious. And all they have done is the obvious.

So DeWitt is being attacked - boy is that a hot little potato. The mayor of LA who wrote a long letter requesting help? Others who called out for help. Bush is looking long and hard to find someone to take the blame. And he is not finding it.

Keep up the good works Dems. You are finally getting wise.

That's when you speak up and say, "all politics aside Mr. President, people are dying. Deliver the aid immediately." and when he doesn't then you get more serious. The * people are already after Gov. Blanco and the mayor. What should the national Democrats do, just let them get trashed.

The public has a deep distrust of the party, our party, because our leaders bend over every time they're threatened. We've had five years of that strategy and it's done nothing.

I think that they should have a tight coordinated strategy here, like Social Security, but that they must speak up.

I suggest you look at the Hackett campaign. He was highly outspoken, I mean very highly, and he nearly defeated the Republican in one of the most Republican districts in the country. The country is ready to respond to a real message.

Look at this http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0508/S00186.htm
Hackett is a fire-breather. He WON the most rural parts of this district by 60%-40%, very rural, southern Ohio, bordering Kentucky.

It's time.

I have kept hoping since the travesty of 04 that there was a Democratic plan. The hopes diminished with the inauguration. Recently, with the tremendous increase in the amount of people supporting our causes, I believed maybe our party was just waiting on the right time to tell the truth about the election. Then Katrina rolled into the gulf, and people of all political parties were able to see the value the Republicans at the helm have on human life. My hope has returned, and I am praying that someday soon, I will wake up and read a report similar to the above.

My fears are the corporations have too tight of a hold on 70% of our elected officials for this to happen. My hope stems from the ideals that make us Democrats instead of Republican. They say every man has a price, though. Time will tell whether the ideals have triumphed above the price.

and not 'til I saw posted responses did I realize this was a farce.

Nice dream. I bet it felt good to cook it up....

and got a really good ass kicking. She is a total Democrat but not a DUer. She was thrilled then furious. She said this type of satire is highly inappropriate and when I said I aspired to be a third rate Jonathan Swift, she remarked I was busy enough being a third rate husband. Lord, this is my last 'satire' with a point. The couch can be a fun place to sleep ...

x(

...he needs to get a little "crazy" again, liked him better then.
:hi: