Op Ed News writer says Howard Dean is chair of the DLC.

I don't believe some of the stuff I read these days. If I wrote stuff like that here some of the folks who copyread everything I write would have my head on a silver platter.

Give and They Shall Receive



I haven't read the rest of the article yet, nor do I think that I will.

I'd expect to see that type of BS from the Cons, but not from one of ours.

article, and poof! You're an expert!

Unfortunately, you have to sign up.

about the writer's use of quotation marks. If he means grassroots or special interest, he should say so using those words; if he means something else he should be able to use the words that he does mean. Suppose I had written: Let me also complain about the "writer's" "use" of "quotation marks". See what abominable diction that would be.

Facts do not matter only hitting the same themes over and over.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was a Rove agent out to sow dissension.

:evilgrin:

He listens to a few radio programs and dabbles in politics (meaning he watches more politically themed TV than the average bear), which he then uses to totally discredit the process.

He's making a case for not donating and being politically inert.

In this instance, he's made himself tragically comic.

So that part is nonsense.

From Bill Frist MD
Wednesday April 11, 2007

SUBJECT: First Help Stop the Danerous Democrats

Last week, the Senate Democrats embraced a plan that will cut off funding for our troops in Iraq and begin an immediate withdrawal and House Spearker Nancy Pelosi engaged in dangerous discussions with the leader of a nation that sponsors terrorism.

Those were last weeks' accomplishments...and chilling signs of future intentions...by the Democrats' two highest ranking leaders in Congress-- Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi.

And that isn't all...in both the House and Senate the Democrat leadership is drawing up plans to increase spending and repeal President Bush's historic tax cuts.

They must be stopped.

__this paragraph deals with asking for money.

Just last November, when discussing support for our brave men and women in unform, Harry Reid said, "We're not going to do anything to limit funding or cut off funds."

Now - only a few sort months later - he's calling for a vote on a plan by Sen. Russ Feingold...the chief archiect of the Democrats - cut and run strategy that views surrender as a solution to Iraq's difficulties. At its core that plan seeks to cease funding for our soldiers in Iraq and begin an immediate withdawal tht would leave Iraq's freely elected officials unable to govern and undobutedly create a safe haven for terrorist intent on harming the U.S. and it's citizens.

--more begging for money.

While Reid was busy supporting a plan that would cripple our miitary's operations in Iraq, Pelosi began a series of meetings with government officals in Syria - meetings by a public official that send mixed messages about America's intentions to the rest of the world...meetings that President Bush, our country's twice-elected commander in chief, condemmed as "counterproductive".

At a time when we are engaged in an ongoing war in Iraq and a broader war on terror, our nation cannot affor to send confusing signals to the international community. Especially not for the purpose of partisan political gain.

Begging again for money

Bill Frist, M.D.

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Can any of you belive this lying bullshit.

Democrats bill will cut off funding. Not once does he mention that the fact that bush is going to veto it will cut off funding.

And he smears Nancy Pelosi for talking to Syria and ignores the republican visit preceding hers.

And that we, the democrats, are sending mized messages to the internation community. What the hell is bush doing.

I got so damn mad when I read this I wanted to fire back, but if I unsubscribe I won't get further emails and know what the hell his lying sack of crap is spreading.

Michael Bonanno is a published poet, essayist and musician who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

He is an associate editor for OpEdNews.

Bonanno is a political progressive, not a Democratic Party apologist.
He believes it's government's job to help the needy and that leaving
the people's well being to the so called "private sector" is social suicide.

http://www.opednews.com/author/author1823.html

I don't know the guy, but I do know that there is a lot of stuff that shows they don't know Governor Dean's role. Dean once wrote another writer there about an article that was at Opednews and Counterpunch:



Here's what the writer had accused the DNC of doing, totally unfair...



There's a pattern at the progressive media sites of not understanding, or perhaps misunderstanding, the various parts of the Democratic Party.

We need to set them straight. There is too much of it.

and submit it there about Dean and his role??

That would be awesome!! Do it!!!

OpEdNews invites you to Submit Your Articles or Diaries,
or Add links to articles on other sites
http://www.opednews.com/member_submissions.htm

Those kinds of mistakes drive me nuts too! ;)

But the whole OP-ED thing is just that, isn't it? :shrug:

Sort of a central place to post blog entries?

I don't want to sign up there. I have written several authors there. So has Governor Dean. To correct stuff.

He's the one that got a very basic fact and easily verifiable wrong in the middle of his rant against Dean and everything bad the Democratic party stands for.

Fuck him and his cluelessness.

I am not a "Democratic party apologist", neither is Dean. He puts country over party even now.

I resent the implication, and I really think that anyone who writes an op ed needs to get his facts straight.

He may not be aware that Howard Dean often agreed with him about the government and basic human care for those in needy circumstances.
This is what angers me....people writing stuff like that and not knowing what they are talking about.

Here is what Dean has said often:



http://www.crocuta.net/Dean/Transcript_of_Dean_Seattle_Speech_18March04.htm

Responsible for each other. That is what he said. I would love to see some of these op ed writers who don't even know what he is chairman do some research...or at least update their post.

... of a so-called "progressive" not having clue about the Democratic party.

There are outstanding "progressives", and there "non-progressives" who are pains in the butt.

Michael Bonanno is not a progressive. He's a "progressive," and you know how I make the distinction.

And trust me, you almost daily attacks on other who don't share your world view isn't appreciated much either.

...24 business hours ago! ;)