Don't leave the Dems - TAKE OVER. Join or start a progressive caucus now

[helderheid]

Join or start a progressive caucus in your state. Here is the link to ours in Utah:

www.udpc.org

Click here to find out info on your state:

http://pdamerica.org/caucuses.php

[helderheid]

1. More info on Progressive Democrats of America

http://pdamerica.org/index.php

Main page has an action alert to send orange roses to Sen. Boxer

[Bill MI]

2. Don't get mad, get LOUD!!!

We need to flood the Judiciary Repuglicans with e-mails, letters, and phone calls in order to get them to understand how important this is. They MUST hold FULL investigations with subpeona powers.

<http://judiciary.house.gov/contact.aspx>

The idiots have megaphones, but we have numbers!

The Senate Democrats were cowed, this time by their constituents, into doing what they should have done in 2000. We can't stop now. The Fight has only begun!

[Liberty Belle]

3. Sit-ins at the rethugs offices--& invite the media first.

So they can't have you arrested without looking like total morons.

[helderheid]

4. very good tip!

Also, run for office.

[Liberty Belle]

7. You could infiltrate the GOP and run as a rethug.

AFter the rigged machines declare you the winner, you unmask yourself as Super-Dem and ban the blasted things!

...It's late and I'm feeling loopy, but it's a nice dream.

[helderheid]

8. Hey don't think that hasn't crossed my mind!!!

Why not do both??? Take over the dems and the repubs? Hey, it's not like that hasn't already happened before, right? ;)

[Liberty Belle]

17. Cool. I'm running as a Dem delegate to our Assembly Committee.

You for for the rethug committee in your area. Woo hoo!

[helderheid]

14. thanks! n/t

[madfloridian]

5. Thanks, we are with DFA.

www.democracyforamerican.com

www.blogforamerica.com

[helderheid]

6. Another fine organization

and from what I understand, will be working closely with PDA. Already our local caucus (www.udpc.org) is working closely with Democracy for Utah (http://www.democracyforutah.com/). The UDPC endorsed Kucinich for president and obviously democracy for utah was working to get Dean elected but after the primaries, we've been working together much more closely. In fact, Peter Corroon, Dean's first cousin, became Salt Lake County's Mayor this election.

Get active locally! :)

[madfloridian]

9. Yes, we are active locally.

Many of the local seats went to Dean people this time.

[helderheid]

10. Excellent.

Why not start a progressive caucus in your state if there isn't already one, and if there is one, why not join it? :)

[Bill MI]

11. Democracy (Dean) For America

<http://www.democracyforamerica.com/>

[helderheid]

12. Again, an excellent organization

However, what I am suggesting is forming official caucuses within the dem party. This is being organized through PDA.

[helderheid]

13. Besides organizing the caucuses

PDA has the Conyers papers

http://www.pdamerica.org/field/final%20status%20report.pdf

[helderheid]

15. and shucks

our videos rock

http://www.udpc.org/videos.htm

[sarahlee]

26. PDA and DFA

are different organizations with different but complimentary purposes who are working together now at both local and national levels.

Get involved in both!

[genius]

16. Good. But also give your money to the progressive and not the party

The party has a bad tendency to misuse money for social gatherings where the concservatives get together and figure out how to screw their liberal members. When we take over the party and stop this social nonsense, then we should start donating again.

[helderheid]

18. Totally agree

The DNC/DLC won't see a DIME from me. Just progressive groups and candidates.

[Jo March]

19. Check out this link that we've started!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=262387&mesg_id=268616&page=

We have a list of action categories and items underneath those. We are looking for good ideas for specific tasks and people to spearhead those tasks.

We invite anyone over to help and make suggestions!

Thanks.

[ClassWarrior]

20. Thanks Clarity...

I was just thinking of PMing you for the details on this.

NGU.

[helderheid]

21. You're welcome! :)

:)

[ClassWarrior]

22. kick

:kick:

NGU.

[ClassWarrior]

23. .

[helderheid]

24. thanks friend

:)

William Pitt just linked to www.pdamerica.com on his blog. They have a useful new tool. Check it out:

http://truthout.org/fyi/

[ClassWarrior]

25. It's the most important thing we DUers can do.

NGU.

[ClassWarrior]

42. .

[mod mom]

27. Great idea. We have already started in Columbus, OH. We were

really organized due to the emphasis placed on us during the campaign. I was at a meeting today with former area organizers from different areas of the city. We are also working with a professsor of political science from OSU, as well as a gentleman with expertise in Campaign Management , Speech Acts, and Spiral Dynamics (very interesting) to form an alliance for change. I suggest that organizers that reside in college towns use the faculty resources available to them. A lot of college professors are good democrats. Best of Luck to you!

[ClassWarrior]

29. That's awesome, mom!

NGU.

[Jo March]

28. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Election Reform Group

helderheid, this is a great idea. We are looking for people with good ideas and the willingness to work.

For anyone who wants to join together, here is the link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=269011&mesg_id=269011

[helderheid]

30. Thanks!

I'll check it out!! :)

[ClassWarrior]

31. I intend to check this out too, arn.

Thanks for the energy and enthusiasm.

NGU.

[seabeyond]

32. i am enjoying you helderheid

TAKE OVER

you betcha, tis ours

[helderheid]

33. Thanks!

:)

I needed that! Having a shitty night so thanks for the compliment!

Yes, it's our party, so let's take the wheel!

[ClassWarrior]

34. You got that right, Clarity!

I'm ready to run the show.

NGU.

[helderheid]

35. friends don't let friends

drive drunk with power

;)

(oh God, I love that. Heheheheh)

[seabeyond]

37. bah hahaah

i bet you just bust yourself up all the time. wink

[helderheid]

40. I try!

;)

[ClassWarrior]

38. I used to have a bumper sticker...

...that said "Friends Don't Let Friends Vote Republican." But I got rid of it when someone covered half of it with duct tape so it read "Vote Republican."

NGU.

[New Earth]

39. oh man

some people are really losers :eyes:

that's vandalism, isn't it?

[ClassWarrior]

41. Not when it's relatives...

<LOL>

NGU.

[mordarlar]

36. he he figured there'd be one local....

MO<<<NE Ohio. : D

[jsw_81]

43. Yes!

Let's drive the party so far to the left that we'll have absolutely zero chance of winning elections outside of San Francisco, Boston and New York. That'll show those nasty Republicans! </sarcasm>

[in_cog_ni_to]

44. Right. Being Republican light

has worked so well! <sarcasm> :eyes:

[jsw_81]

45. How ironic

You mock my call for centrism but support Wes Clark, a centrist southerner who not only voted Republican but who also spoke at several GOP functions in praise of Reagan and others. What color is the sky in your world?

[in_cog_ni_to]

46. Oh stop with that shit already.

Clark was one of the most Liberal of the 10 candidates. He voted for Clinton TWICE. He voted for Gore in 2000 and Kerry in 2004. Being repuke light has gotten us where we are today. It's not a good place to be, in case you haven't been paying attention.

[helderheid]

50. hey

it worked for the neocons, didn't it?

[ClassWarrior]

51. helderheid's right, jsw...

Movements that take a strong, idealized stance are stronger and more popular - because people can have confidence in them. In 2000, Bush** said something to the effect of, "I may not know where Kosovo is, but I know what I believe."

Progressives can't understand how someone can brag of their lack of knowledge and still be popular to a segment of the public. But the key is the second half of that sentence: "I know what I believe." Many average folks don't understand all the political nitty gritty, so they want to know they can trust their leaders to act decisively. That's why that statement works.

Our values - Progressive values - are, in the words of George Lakoff, the best in American values. Hope, opportunity, equality, responsibility, compassion. When we come out strong for those values, it's not about "so far to the left" or right, it's about some the most dearly treasured values held by the American people.

So what's the problem?

NGU.

[helderheid]

52. absolutely

and what people need to understand is that "republican" and "democrat" hold very little meaning now - they are both "corporate" . People from all sides need to come together to take back our country. That's one of the reasons I HATE it when I see name calling like "repugs" and "repukes". I know republicans that voted * in 2000 and were major Dean and Kerry supporters in 2004.

[ClassWarrior]

53. Yup. Unless I'm talking specifically about parties...

...I have taken to ALWAYS saying Progressive and Radical Rightwing. And the ONLY hope of the Dem Party is to drive out the corporatists and make it the party of Progressives again.

NGU.

[Beth in VT]

47. While you're at it, advocate for instant runoff voting. n/t

[justiceischeap]

48. Is Virginia not allowed to have caucuses?

There's no listing for Virginia on the PDA site.

[GetTheRightVote]

49. I just want to see some action, Progressive seem on par with Jesse/Greens

I still believe in these kind of men more then any others.

:mad:

[ClassWarrior]

54. That's why we should re-populate the larger, more potent party...

...with these kinds of men & women. They're the Democratic Wing of the Democratic Party, as Paul Wellstone said.

NGU.

[helderheid]

55. I think if you had more and more like this

You'd see a huge influx in the party. Kucinich was who inspired me to get involved - I was 28 and had never voted before. The first vote I ever cast was for him in our State primary.

[LittleClarkie]

56. That's why my money, when I actually have some

WILL be going to the DNC.

I'm not giving up on an organization I only just joined. Rather for me like being a Lutheran instead of one of the louder Evangenlical organization.

No need to convert the converted (lest ye be preachin' to the choir.)

[raipoli]

57. Keep your eyes on VelvetRevolution.us

PDA is a founding member of www.VelvetRevolution.us, which will launch in the next 48 hours. Keep your eyes on it. It is your organization and will be the best thing since the 60's.

[davidgmills]

58. Tennessee

Just what I figured. No progressives here but me.