RichM
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Mon Sep-01-03 01:54 PM
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Poll question: What % of Congressional Dems "fight for progressive values?" IOW - |
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what percent of them, in your opinion, can be said to faithfully defend the interests of the broad mass of American people -- as opposed to primarily representing corporate interests & those of our society's privileged elite?
(Note: I don't mean to be horning in on Terwilliger's earlier somewhat similar poll. My feeling was that re-formulating the question might offer the advantage of providing a quantitative glimpse into the general question "How satisfied are posters here with what elected Democrats do in Congress?")
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Mon Sep-01-03 02:02 PM
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RichM
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Mon Sep-01-03 02:12 PM
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3. On behalf of all us horner-inner types.... |
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Mon Sep-01-03 02:04 PM
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2. I think you might just as easily ask the inverse question: |
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To what degree has access to wealth replaced genuine representative public service as a prime motivator in the Democratic Party?
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Mon Sep-01-03 02:15 PM
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Edited on Mon Sep-01-03 02:16 PM by redeye
But the number should be 0% - I expect politicians to remember the lesson of World War One and put the interests of the world before those of the nation.
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Mon Sep-01-03 02:53 PM
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link for the 'Progressive Caucus' in the House of Reps. http://bernie.house.gov/pc/members.asp
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Mon Sep-01-03 03:04 PM
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6. Actually, this is a very good point. I use the number of Prog. Caucus |
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members to estimate how many of the Dems are "worth their salt." My feeling is that if you take the number of members (about 54, last time I counted) and divide by the number of Dems in Congress (maybe 208 or so), you get a number like 25%. So I use this as an upper limit of how many Dems are NOT worthless. However, not everyone in the Progressive Caucus is worth his/her salt. That's because there are some pro-Israel militarists, airheads like Pelosi, & other assorted phonies in there.
I do think, though, that this ratio is a reasonable guide to roughly how many Dems are worthless & how many aren't. Certainly, all the Dems I have respect for (Kucinich, Stark, Lee, Conyers, McDermott, Waxman, etc) are ALL members of the PC. And Bernie (not a Dem) is one of the very best of the lot.
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Mon Sep-01-03 05:03 PM
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7. Anyone else care to weigh in? |
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Results seem pretty interesting, so far!
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