Reply #3: I haven't moved [View All]

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Okay, actually I had to leave Iowa because I could not find a job there. But if the party is not united it is not because of the progressives. It is because the DLC types run across the room to kiss the Elephant's a$$ and because they run to the media to distance themselves from Democrats who are too progressive and too critical of the BFEE.

Also I have to disagree with Trippi:
"It's more a problem with the messenger, said Trippi, the architect of Dean's anti-Washington campaign, which attracted party activists angry with leaders in Congress."

To me, the next paragraph shows why:
"Vilsack said the interparty turmoil is overstated, although he plans to tell the gathering in Columbus today that the party cannot survive on anger and opposition. He said he intends to show all branches of the party that the group is focused on solutions that uphold traditional party principles."

That message - that the Democratic party is currently running on only "anger and opposition" is quite simply an RNC spin point. What the fu$% kind of a message is that to give RNC spin points wider circulation and more credibility? It ain't the messanger, it is the message.

Here's a spin point that Vilsack should be circulating. 1) "Republican 'solutions' are bad for the country and especially bad for the working class. They lie about these facts and personally attack people who oppose them. We are fully committed to fighting for the working class and for justice and for truth."

The first two sentences happen to be true. Sadly, for the DLC, the last one is not.