Is the DLC Pure Evil? - Democratic Underground

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Sun Dec-26-04 10:35 PM
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Poll question: Is the DLC Pure Evil?

I mean, we might as well quit beating around the bush. (no pun intended)

There are enough threads in this forum alone suggesting just this sentiment in a more subtle manner, why not come right out and say it?

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Birthmark

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Sun Dec-26-04 10:37 PM
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1. The DLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Corporate America

Just like the RNC.

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Gman

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Sun Dec-26-04 10:44 PM
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2. You apparently don't have much to do

except bash other Democrats.

Find something constructive to do with your time.

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BrklynLiberal

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Sun Dec-26-04 10:48 PM
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3. Not any more evil than the Republican Party

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NoPasaran

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Sun Dec-26-04 10:48 PM
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4. I have differences with their strategy

But to suggest that they are "pure evil" is just plain nuts.

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NuttyFluffers

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Sun Dec-26-04 10:48 PM
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5. no, merely diluted evil. kinda like watered-down decaf coffee. n/t

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ret5hd

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Sun Dec-26-04 11:21 PM
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6. The DLC is just (just?) another tool of the right...

to shift the "reference frame" farther to the right. Much as in orwell's 1984, when you lose the ability to speak of such ideas as fairness, equality, class, etc, you lose the ability to think of such ideas.

That is the goal of the DLC. Yes, it is evil, as evil as the repugs, for they ARE the repugs, just a different name.

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Selatius

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Sun Dec-26-04 11:56 PM
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7. Corporate funding of the DLC is not *evil,* but it is unwanted

It's something we should not tolerate at all, but it's not evil as in Adolf Hitler or Joseph Stalin. If we call the DLC "evil," we're just diluting the term just as the term "fascist" was diluted to mean anything except the original definition of corporatism, extreme nationalism, and bigotry rolled together.

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AntiCoup2K4

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Sun Dec-26-04 11:58 PM
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8. Yes, they are evil, traitorous neocon anti-American sellouts

And the fact that more of them turn up on PNAC documents all the time, proves it.

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leftofthedial

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Mon Dec-27-04 12:26 AM
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9. I don't like the DLC one bit

but they are IMPURE evil

they still occasionally do the right thing

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jpgray

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Mon Dec-27-04 12:31 AM
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10. No--half evil which is much worse because it's difficult to unite against

Daschle and Bob Shrum for example aren't malevolent assholes by any means, but as influential members of the opposition party they are ineffective, dangerous and directly harmful to the country and its people.

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Lydia Leftcoast

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Mon Dec-27-04 12:33 AM
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11. No, just too caught up in the Beltway mentality

I think the poor things really believe that they're the salvation of the Democratic Party, and that getting rid of all the nasty peace activists, people of color, economic populists, feminists, GLBT people, advocates of universal health care, advocates of progressive taxation, environmentalists, and labor activists will win the hearts of the legendary swing voters.

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OneBlueSky

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Mon Dec-27-04 12:39 AM
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12. BushCo's back door to the Democratic Party . . .

to ensure that the Dems don't get too uppity . . . BushCo leaves nothing to chance, be it elections or political "opposition" (wink, wink, nudge, nudge . . . say no more, know what I mean?) . . .

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Mon Dec-27-04 12:49 AM
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13. Locking...

Edited on Mon Dec-27-04 12:49 AM by Endangered Specie

Flamebait.

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