In Austin
I flew from Peoria to Dallas today and then rented a car to drive to Austin. While in the air, I read almost all of the current issue of Blueprint Magazine, which is the DLC publication.
http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=132&subid=193&contentid=253571
DLC stands for the Democratic Leadership council, which is an organization for moderate Democrats. The issue was ok in spots; Senator Bayh made reasonable points about national security and energy independence, Senator Clinton pointed out that the differences between the left and center elements of the Democratic Party are much smaller than the difference between any of us and the Republicans. General Christman made a nice argument for the top tier academic universities to endorse ROTC programs and for members of Congress to not run away from the military (e. g., seek qualified nominees for the Service Academies).
And, Governor Warner made an excellent case for our need to continue to invest heavily in modern education and the need to reach out across party lines. Then there was a good analysis for Paul Hackett's excellent effort to win a blood-red congressional district in Ohio; he lost 48-52 in a district that went for President Bush by over 60%. So far, so good, right?
Well, then I came to Peter Ross Range's review of a book which argues that going to war in Iraq was the right thing to do even if there weren't any of those pesky WMD's there.
&^%$@!! I swear; it is almost as if the DLC is just as stubborn as the Bush administration. Folks, that dog just won't hunt anymore! That war was a colossal screw up and a tragic mistake. Can't you admit that you were wrong to go along with it to begin with? Evidently not. Evidently the DLC wants to be relegated to being irrelevant.
A couple of nice article from the Smirking Chimp:
One calls for the Democrats to start acting like Democrats:
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/article.php?sid=23731&mode=nested&order=0
This one slams the DLC types ("D C Democrats)
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/article.php?sid=23736&mode=nested&order=0
And as usual, Molly Ivns gets straight to the point:
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/article.php?sid=23733&mode=nested&order=0
http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=132&subid=193&contentid=253571
DLC stands for the Democratic Leadership council, which is an organization for moderate Democrats. The issue was ok in spots; Senator Bayh made reasonable points about national security and energy independence, Senator Clinton pointed out that the differences between the left and center elements of the Democratic Party are much smaller than the difference between any of us and the Republicans. General Christman made a nice argument for the top tier academic universities to endorse ROTC programs and for members of Congress to not run away from the military (e. g., seek qualified nominees for the Service Academies).
And, Governor Warner made an excellent case for our need to continue to invest heavily in modern education and the need to reach out across party lines. Then there was a good analysis for Paul Hackett's excellent effort to win a blood-red congressional district in Ohio; he lost 48-52 in a district that went for President Bush by over 60%. So far, so good, right?
Well, then I came to Peter Ross Range's review of a book which argues that going to war in Iraq was the right thing to do even if there weren't any of those pesky WMD's there.
&^%$@!! I swear; it is almost as if the DLC is just as stubborn as the Bush administration. Folks, that dog just won't hunt anymore! That war was a colossal screw up and a tragic mistake. Can't you admit that you were wrong to go along with it to begin with? Evidently not. Evidently the DLC wants to be relegated to being irrelevant.
A couple of nice article from the Smirking Chimp:
One calls for the Democrats to start acting like Democrats:
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/article.php?sid=23731&mode=nested&order=0
This one slams the DLC types ("D C Democrats)
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/article.php?sid=23736&mode=nested&order=0
And as usual, Molly Ivns gets straight to the point:
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/article.php?sid=23733&mode=nested&order=0
posted by Harriet at
11/22/2005 12:17:00 PM
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