Gene Lyons ask are "Democrats Divided?

[mooseandsquirrel]

No.

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Likewise, pundits were puzzled when Rep. Jack Murtha, D-Pa., a decorated Vietnam veteran and one-time hawk, called for a tactical withdrawal from Iraq. Why didn’t party leadership rally behind him ? Basically, reports Amy Sullivan in Washington Monthly, because House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who helped persuade Murtha to make his misgivings public, realized that the ramrod-straight ex-Marine made a far better spokesman than she did.

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[rocktivity]

1. A sure sign that the Repubs are SHREDDED

is when they start whining about the Democrats being divided.

:headbang:
rocknation

[BOSSHOG]

2. Of course we are divided

Some of us are on the west coast, some on the east, some down in Dixie and many in the heartland. We are divided and they will be conquered from sea to shining sea.

[AX10]

3. Will Americans really be willing to sacrifice for the common good?

"Granted, it’s a fantasy. But polls show that many voters think Democrats have no strong, unifying beliefs. Tomasky argues that after “seven-plus years of an administration that has done almost nothing for the common good,” Americans are more than ready for a message stressing patriotism, community and selfsacrifice. “Such arguments,” he believes, “can be constructed on behalf of almost every single thing the party purports to stand for: health care coverage for those without it, the need to protect the planet and take global warming seriously, energy independence, asset-building for African Americans and other disproportionately poor groups, a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants... an industrial policy that addresses the flight of jobs, the health-care and pension crises,” etc. Critics argue that Tomasky fails to address the Democrats’ other perceived weakness, national defense. Even so, he’s made an excellent start."

[Demeter]

4. Patriotism? Community? Self-Sacrifice?

What cloud are you living on?

Patriotism to what? BushCo? Amerikkka, his greatest achievement in chaos to date?

What community? The one that won't pay taxes for anything, let alone volunteer?

Self-Sacrifice? Even the most sheltered and unenlightened of women in this country are abandoning that lifestyle as a sucker's game.

I've got a better message: equality, liberty, humanity!