Make no mistake about it: Schumer was referring to US here at DU when he

[Obiepup]

was talking about 'left wing extremists'.

He thinks we are in the same league as the KKK and the Aryan Nation on the right.

That slander was directed at you and me.

The power has gone to his head. People are telling him to come out and attack us.

We need to take Washington back.

We are the mainstream. Not Schumer and his ilk

Edited to add: Right wing talk radio frequently uses the term 'far left'.

[liberaltrucker]

1. You sure?

Back up your statment, please.

[Obiepup]

6. Well not DU specifically but

your average DUer with progressive beliefs, morals and ideals.

He thinks that makes on an extremist.

He must think stamping out bigotry is the mark of a 'left wing extremist' as an example.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

30. Must he?

Pure conjecture.

I am an average DUer and I neither consider myself an extremist nor believe I am viewed as one.

[Obiepup]

31. Same here but I fear Schumer does not see me the same way n/t

[Maru Kitteh]

53. BASED on WHAT?

If you don't have anything to back that up it was really dumb to say, if you do - let's hear it already.

[funflower]

2. Welcome to DU, Obiepup!

:hi:

[Obiepup]

10. Thanks

Thanks for the kind welcome

[bluestateguy]

3. Now Schumer is a DLC stooge?

I need an asprin. :eyes:

[Dr Fate]

4. Maybe- but what did he say? Link?

n/t

[Obiepup]

9. There are a couple of threads on it floating around

n/t

[0007]

44. Put them floating links up so we can read em.

Other wise you're not making much sense.

[babylonsister]

47. Here's a thread from yesterday:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4960988&mesg_id=4960988

Sorry, I don't agree w/the OP, but emotions run high.

[in_cog_ni_to]

12. He was talking about the Mier's nomination and said

he thinks Bush has figured out that the religious radical right doesn't represent the republican party just as the "far left" doesn't represent the Democartic Party. :grr:

[jobycom]

5. No, just you, not the rest of us.

:-) (I'm teasing.)

Welcome to DU!

But Schumer was just trying to earn mainstream brownie points, like Bush does when he pretends to be moderate. Or literate. Or sober. Or sane. Or anything resembling a human more than an evil fungus.

[EFerrari]

42. "Or literate. Or sober. Or sane."

:rofl:

[fooj]

7. Hey! I saw you on the "Indictment thread"...

Still trying to raise some hell, huh?

That slander was directed at you and me.

No. Schumer was referring to EXTREMISTS. Kinda like the ones in the WH.

Peace.

[in_cog_ni_to]

16. What's a "LEFT" extremist?

Just wondering.

[MrBenchley]

8. Sounds like he was talking about some folks here....

"We are the mainstream. Not Schumer and his ilk"
Guess again, bunkie.

[incapsulated]

11. So, I'll be flamed for this...

But who is "US at DU"? You've been here 48 hours.

(I've already slammed Schumer, I voted for him, and I reserve that right)

[Obiepup]

14. registered DU members n/t

[incapsulated]

19. I'll just say...

I have reason to be suspicious of new members who are here speaking for "us", while they attack Democrats. Even those that piss me off.

[Obiepup]

25. I respect your opinion

but if a Democrat needs to be criticized or attacked IMHO, I will not hesitate to do so.

I feel it is my duty to speak out.

[incapsulated]

28. That is your right

And if my paranoia is unjustified, I apologize.

[Maru Kitteh]

51. Your paranoia is certainly reasonable

and I share it, as well as your concern. One to watch I say.

[LittleClarkie]

15. No you won't. Good question

Forty eight whole hours you say? Isn't that long enough?

[LittleClarkie]

13. Speak for yourself, dude

If the extremism fits, wear it.

But I think he was talking about folks probably more to the left of the party, folks with their own agenda. Folks who will react to Meiers from the Left the way the farther Right is reacting.

Both sides are pissed. I wonder if that makes her a moderate.

[strategery blunder]

17. Oooh, I can see where this is going...

:popcorn::popcorn::popcorn:

[liberaltrucker]

18. I'll welcome you to DU

When you post a link to confirm your allegation. This isn't FR, we don't tolerate unsubstiated rumors.

[hang a left]

24. It is not an unsubstantiated rumor....

there has been several threads today on it. Use the search function instead of being rude.

[liberaltrucker]

29. Didn't mean to be rude

I just keep a dose of skepticism handy. I work for a living-not online constantly-where's the link?

[mestup]

20. I'm starting to think I'm an "extremist."

I believe in a national single-payer healthcare plan.

What is WITH these Dems who keep trying to go after to the rightwing voters? Screw them. GO AFTER THE MORE THAN HALF THE CITIZENS WHO NO LONGER VOTE!

[rawtribe]

21. Welcome to DU

Listen, learn, but never be afraid to express yourself! Keep posting!

[Obiepup]

23. Thank you for the kind advice

[Old and In the Way]

22. Don't loose any sleep over it Obiepup.

[Obiepup]

26. I'll try not to. Thanks

[firefox]

27. Screw the DLC

All I have to say from now on is "Screw the DLC."

[blondeatlast]

50. Schumer is DLC? Holy hell, toss those aspirin downthread some, willya?

:eyes:

[alittlelark]

32. uh, yeah....

[longship]

33. I think he was talking about DLCers

:evilgrin:

Seriously, I will not be demonized by some popinjay, tin plated Senator from NY. If he doesn't like the fact that the Democratic party has liberals in it, he can bite me. Fuck him. I've got a very nice letter to him which I'm dropping in the mail in the AM. :sarcasm:

[chascarrillo]

34. If the shoe fits...

... feel free to wear it.

[Pachamama]

35. "Us here on the DU" - did you mean the people who belonged to DU before or

after Oct. 2nd 2005? :shrug:

Because, I see you are referring to yourself as us on the DU and you just joined and I've belonged here for over a year+ and I saw Schumer speak today on C-Span (also saw him on the Daily Show last week) and I don't see him as referring to "me" and others on the DU as the "extremists".....

Personally I have no issue with Schumer....I don't take his comment as an offense....I think that he's "playing the word game" with the right wing....

[JNelson6563]

36. If you mean DU

I'd say the self importance is getting outta hand around here.

If you mean the sorts of people who post here, I suppose Dem "leadership" tends to be less than appreciative of those who want them to show a spine.

Julie

[ladylibertee]

37. He is not talking about us.He's talking about way way left.

[JNelson6563]

38. Ah I see

Well I'd hardly say DU is "far left", sure there are some here who are but we've got plenty of corporatist apologists, moderates, moles etc.

Of course a reich winger can't see more than one layer at a time so that explains the misconception that DU is "far left". Read one post by a far-leftist and the whole board is so.

Julie

[nadinbrzezinski]

59. No he is talking about progressives

this is the other elephant in the room... there is a movement by some in the leadership led by the DLC, to drive progresives of any stripe out. And reality is, it is to be expected... but no he was not referring to International Answer but to Kucinich, and Wellstone and the rest of the gang... that may not be you... I suspect it is not you... but it is many Democrats.

Why is this going on? Oh many reasons... I could write a hsitorical treatise on it, but I need sleep.

[H2O Man]

39. Naw. n/t

[tomg]

40. Schumer is my senator. Sometimes I really

like him, sometimes I think he is bogus. Generally, he is okay. No complaints about his recent vote on Roberts. The "there are far left wing and far right wing elements " stuff is sheer boilerplate. It is, quite honestly, the rhetorical equivalent of some Democratic Congressman saying "my honorable colleague" when talking about Delay or something. I mean it is not like Schumer morphed into Bill O'Reilly who uses the term "far left" to describe Schumer. And this is from someone who, reasonably, could be considered relatively far left ( last time I looked Michael Harrington was getting ready to roll the rock back and take a stroll).

[elehhhhna]

41. Dear Mister Schumer,

A hearty FUCK YOU to ya this morning!

Or, as we say in TX, "FUCK ALL Y'ALL" !!!

[Tsiyu]

43. Today, I will (verbally) slap down any idiot who

plays with words as Schumer has. Who gives a flying fuck what these criminals say? They have DESTROYED AMERICA!!!!!! Do their words really matter to anyone?

Tell them all to go to hell and don't take anything they say seriously. They all need to be kicked firmly in the ass and sent to live under the Theocracy they so desire. Afghanistan is nice this time of year, I hear.

I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK!!!!!!!!!

[EFerrari]

45. Shumer meant me.

lol

And, why don't people think words are important? The "word game" is how the nut wing managed to pretend it was the middle and tried to disappear the left altogether. The words matter.

[Tsiyu]

46. I just believe we need to ignore the idiots

They've been shoving the same shit down our throats for years. Has it changed you or me? We are still raging liberals and always will be. I know that is true about me, anyway.

Let the ignorant fucks say what they want. When we get upset it only feeds their sick need to attack what's good and promote what's wrong. Counter every attack with one of your own. I don't take ANY SHIT from these fools. Their empty words mean NOTHING to me.

[Finder]

48. Schumer meant the Dems do not want to "Free Mumia"....

and most at DU would agree with him if the ANSWER threads were any indication.

[nadinbrzezinski]

58. Quite honestly I don't believe he meant ANSWER but

if it amkes you feel better, he did.

Quite frankly he did not mean IA... he meant the progresives IN THE PARTY and IA is not part of the party.

[applegrove]

49. I think we need to flush out our economic policies. Why would we

be isolationist when there will be 3 Billion middle class (10 times that in the west today)in the next 40 years? Why would we want to not access those markets in India, China, Russia & Brazil & South America?

Being for trade does not mean we have to be against universal health care or fair trade or anything else.

[MaineDem]

52. I must have made that mistake

Somehow I didn't think everyone at DU was a left wing extremist.

I'm glad we have you here to tell us this.

Oh...welcome to DU. And I'll let you in on a secret. DU is not necessarily mainstream.

[donheld]

54. Without proof this post isn't worth much

:think: :puffpiece: :banghead:

[Pachamama]

55. Looks like Obiepup is onedeadpup....

Didn't last long, poor puppy....only 57 posts before getting the granite tribute!

[DanCa]

56. How does that old song go

They ll lock me away call me radical, liberal irresponible? It's from the sixties.

[DanCa]

57. Cool like Gandalf were officially labeled disturbers of the peace.

But seriously if right wing radio upsets you dont listen to it. I dont . Its not worth it. Just relax and drink more beer.

[burythehatchet]

60. I'm gonna have this cup of tea and then become outraged. n/t