Reply #11: you have to go way back... [View All]

[wyldwolf]

... mid to late 90s...

State election results provide additional evidence of Democratic resurgence under New Democrat leadership. Centrist Governors Howard Dean of Vermont, Tom Carper of Delaware, Jim Hunt of North Carolina, and Mel Carnahan of Missouri all won re-election comfortably. Of the new Governors, Jeanne Shaheen is on the board of directors of the New Hampshire DLC, Frank O'Bannon of Indiana was Evan Bayh's loyal Lieutenant Governor, and Gary Locke of Washington ran a textbook New Democratic campaign. --- Election '96 -- A Call for a Third Way[br />
In fact, the DLC's website contains upwards to 80 positive pieces with Howard Dean when he lead the Democratic Governor's Association, leading up to around the time of the Iraq War.

And check this http://www.newdem.org/annualmeeting/">link of an annual meeting of the New Democrat Network with DLCers Mary Landrieu, Bill Richardson, Joe Lieberman, Blanche Lincoln, Jane Harmon, pollster Mark Penn, and Governor Howard Dean (among others.)

As for debating "New Democratic philosophy," there would be no point. If you are a center-right New Democrat, then nothing I, Dr. Dean, or any number of facts, could present would dissuade you from supporting them.

I made no mention of debating New Democratic philosophy. I offered to compare, issue by issue, Dean's positions with those of the New Democratic movement. This would have zero to do with yours or my thoughts on the policies.

More than anything, however, the sources of DLC funding speak volumes about who their right-wing sponsors are

Many of these contributed to the Democratic Business Council, too. Established in the early 80s, the DBA sought to compete with the GOP for corporate dollars and it flourished during Dean's tenure as DNC chair. Members include Arco Oil, Chevron, General Dynamics, Boeing and United Technology for $15,000 a year.

Dean took contributions from Time Warner, Microsoft Corp, IBM Corp, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup Inc., Goldman Sachs, and Viacom Inc. Three times in 2003, one Robert Crandall of Dallas, TX, contributed $2000. to the Dean campaign. Robert Crandall who, since the 1980 election cycle, has made political contributions as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Airlines and the Chairman Emeritus of AMR Corporation. The same Dallas-based Robert Crandall who serves on the Halliburton Board of Directors.

Dean amassed over $110,000 in donations in the first four months of his campaign from people with ties to the Fund for a Healthy America, a Vermont utility group.

Dean's organization, DFA, took contributions from Fisher Scientific. :shrug:

Fact is, if Sainthood is measured by corporate money - or lack of it - Dean is riding shotgun with the DLC (and DNC)

I've been on DU for 8 years. I've seen your recycled links over and over.