Baby talk

[Pryderi]

Excellent points, and well worth reading the entire article

http://rawstory.com/admin/dbscripts/printstory.php?story=1734

Filed by Nancy Goldstein - Raw Story Columnist

Effective immediately, the Democrats will be known as the lyin'-ass boyfriend party - the perfect date for progressive voters looking to be stood up, bullshitted blind, or left holding the tab.
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For five years now it's been "Please baby, baby, baby, please! I'm sorry I was a no-show last time, but hey, that was because I was working overtime to save up to do something extra special for next time, which is the really big event - right, baby?"

Last April, when the Democrats backed away from filibustering extremist appeals court nominees, it was, "Don't you fret, baby. We're not going to go to the mat over small fry like Owen, Pryor, and Brown because we're saving the filibuster for the big one - you know, the Supreme Court, baby." Months later, Democrats folded rather than fight John Roberts, the young-ish yes man with a penchant for executive privilege and a wife who used to head an anti-choice organization. After all, they said, they needed to save their energy, and the filibuster, for the next Supreme Court nominee, who would undoubtedly be worse.

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First of all, Reid is no Gingrich. He's not a great leader, or even a good one, let alone a visionary. He's not an inspiring or even particularly coherent speaker, and he can't keep weasels like Joe Lieberman and Ben Nelson or drama queens like Joe Biden in line. On his watch, the party formerly associated with the New Deal and the Great Society has continued its betrayal of working people, labor, the social safety net, civil liberties, and choice.

[Catfight]

1. EXCELLENT, my sentiments exactly! nt

[Demeter]

2. On the Other Hand, Reid is Better Than Daschle

Mr. Milquetoast couldn't even utter a discouraging word. And Reid is the pioneer, to break ground for the true Democrats: Coyers, Howard Dean, Russ Feingold, and the trainer who will get Pelosi, Boxer, and so on into top form.