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[rivka]

If you haven't been following the 2004 Presidential campaign obsessively, you might not know that the Democratic Leadership Council recently savaged Howard Dean as a far-left elitist liberal. It's hard to know where they get that - for lord's sake, this is a guy whose stump speech says that "white folks in the South who drive pick-up trucks with Confederate flag decals on the back ought to be voting with us because their kids don't have health insurance either, and their kids need better schools too." This is a guy who gets a perfect score from the NRA and the National Abortion Rights Action League. This is a fiscal conservative who tells Democratic audiences that if they want to fund social justice programs, they have to balance the budget first.

And, curiously, this is a guy that the DLC themselves used to claim as an example of "New Democrat" success. Until he ran for president and started threatening their guy, Lieberman.

I just sent this letter off to the Washington Post:

To the Editor:

I was shocked to read that the DLC now views Dr. Howard Dean as a
far-left liberal. This is quite a change of heart: as recently as
2002, the DLC praised then-Governor Dean on their website as a fine
example of a New Democrat. And it's easy to see why. Dean champions
fiscal conservatism. As Governor, he balanced Vermont's budget, put
money aside in a rainy-day fund, and cut taxes twice. This put him in
a position to provide generous increases in education and health care
spending - social priorities that really matter to everyday Americans.

The DLC is not only out of touch with average Democratic voters, they
are also apparently out of touch with their own past opinions.

Rebecca Wald
Elkridge, MD

Comments

[kightp.livejournal.com]

The DLC evidently have someone(s) else lined up as their pet candidates, and view Dean as a spoiler.

Which, goddess willing, he may yet prove to be ...

When are the D's going to learn that trying to make themselves over as Republicans in sheeps' clothing is not the way to offer American voters a choice. If I have a choice between a real Republican and a fake Democrat, I may well choose the devil I know ...

[rivka.livejournal.com]

And now I fall over in mortification. How could I switch from using "DLC" as a singular noun to using it as a plural noun in the same sentence? I should never post while sick.

mactavish will never respect me again. Poor little me.

[rmjwell.livejournal.com]

Good lord...

Time for me to re-investigate getting involved with my local Democratic Party organization; it's long past time to move the party back to its own roots.

[ororo.livejournal.com]

I think kightp has the right idea, but a quick glance at the

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I think <user site="livejournal.com" user="kightp"> has the right idea, but a quick glance at the <a href=""http://www.ndol.org/">DLC</a>'s online community site didn't give me who it was.

I like your letter. Especially the part about losing touch with their past opinions.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

I hope this gets printed. I too dislike Lieberman - he is far too socially conservative for me. I'd prefer almost any of the other Democratic candidates other than him!