Moyers disses Dems as 'spineless'

I'd say more like bought off.
It appears to me that all Republicans and half of the Democrats in Congress are corporate.

That leaves one quarter for us.


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Moyers disses Dems as 'spineless'
By: Patrick Gavin
August 30, 2009 04:16 PM EST

PBS's Bill Moyers issued a tough critique of the Democratic Party on Friday night on HBO's "Real Time With Bill Maher."

Moyers, whose comments focused on the recent health care debate, said that "too many Democrats have had their spines surgically removed."

Moyers, a White House press secretary during the Johnson administration who went on to win over 30 Emmys and countless other awards during his subsequent journalism career, has been a frequent critic of the Republican Party over the years, making his critique of the Democratic Party on "Real Time" more exceptional.

"The problem is the Democratic Party," said Moyers. "This is a party that has told its progressives — who are the most outspoken champions of health care reform — to sit down and shut up. That's what Rahm Emanuel, in effect, the chief of staff of the White House, told progressives when they stood up as a unit in Congress and said, no public insurance option, no health care reforms."

Moyers said that, over the years, the Democratic Party "has become like the Republican party — deeply influenced by corporate money."

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/26594.html

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That was because he was stubborn and refused to change his thinking. I agree with Moyers that too many Democrats in Congress have no spine because they give in too easy. Not only do they not have a spine, they don't have a pair of balls either.

We've lost our way.......

President Emanuel could have given two White House lunches for the bankers who've been given $13 Trillion in loan guarantees.

So there.

Cowards are easily "bought off".

It's the heroes who refuse payment for their actions.

But he has made a tactical error in letting the spineless, corporatist, centrist, blue dog, DLC Dems become the voice of his administration and thus the party.

Like this clown:

If it wasn't for Lyndon Johnson, of whose administration Moyers was a part, Halliburton WOULDN'T BE ANYWHERE.

"Here's the party that lost and the conservative movement that was discredited over the last eight years .... They're setting the agenda for a Democratic Party that controls the White House, the Senate and the House. Something's wrong in that."

Yes there certainly is. And let me just add that it stinks like shit and we all smell it.