If YOU aren't proud to be a member of the Democratic Party today

[Horse with no Name]

Then maybe you ARE in the wrong place.

[babylonsister]

1. This is the best speech this man has ever given!

:patriot:

[peace frog]

2. Who's the sweet little girl

in your holiday pic, Horse? She's a cutie.

And you're damn right I'm proud to be a Democrat today!

[Horse with no Name]

3. That is my pride and joy

My Granddaughter.
She is the reason I care.:cry:

[SharonRB]

4. I'm so proud.

I just hope people hear about it.

Sounds like an acceptance speech to me. Please, Al, you need to run again.

[ZombieGak]

5. So WHAT'S To Be Proud Of?

Spoken like a true partisan... but what's there to be proud of? Dems have proven ineffective in countering the Right the past 25 years and their pathetic performance during the Alito hearings proves they are clueless about developing a new strategy. Isn't the definition of insanity doing the same things over and over and expecting a different result?

Since the Party is so inept... their best hope for regaining power is hoping the GOP implodes... and there's no where else to turn.

[havocmom]

7. Send transcripts to your Congress Critters

with pertinant passages (like the part about the oaths they took) underlined!

Send LTTE with quotes cuz MSM sure as hell will not give this the exposure it needs.

Let your reps know you are paying attention, care about the course of the nation and DEMAND change in their attitudes about insisting on REAL oversight of the malAdministration.

Do poitive things instead of just complaining.

The way things are is NOT the way we have to allow them to continue.

Or wander off to a cave and eat worms.

[ZombieGak]

9. a positive direction begins with critical thinking

Rushing to some "positive" course of action is pointless if the problems aren't well understood. In the case of the Democratic Party, even after 25 years of progress by the Right... they STILL don't get it. Here's a post I did on how inept they are at protecting the USSC: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x98132

[havocmom]

10. Hand wringing and inaction is what the neocons are counting on

Why encourage it? Let them win by default by not participating? Ah-huh. And what does that do, you know, besides assuring that Congress and America thinks the neocon voice is THE voice of the American majority?

And I rush to nothing. This has been my basic message since I was about 16... that was a very long time ago.

Let the Congress here you. Let them know you are paying attention. Work to elect people who DO represent you.

And, if by "USSC" you mean the Supreme Court of the United States, let me suggest that most around here use SCOTUS term.

[ZombieGak]

11. who's hand ringing? not me!

"Hand wringing and inaction is what the neocons are counting on. Why encourage it?"

Who's hand wringing? Are you suggesting that if someone tries to wake the Dems up from their coma, one that has had them losing ground the past 25 years... that's not important?

[havocmom]

12. "Rushing to some "positive" course of action is pointless...

...if the problems aren't well understood" Sure sounded like trying to dissuade others from my suggestions.

[ZombieGak]

13. I'm focusing on the long-term

I just don't want to see all sorts of efforts pissed away when Dems SHOULD already know they are ineffective. Take the Roberts/Alito hearings. All the groups I know of that are aligned with the Dems played from the same old tired play book. I've certainly been at MoveOn's forum since summer suggesting ideas... including that they at least give the matter enough importance that they create a special USSC forum. But they had their mind made up that the old playbook was just fine... trying to counter a bad nominee and never developing a broader constituency for an expansion of rights... and relying on stare decisis instead of the 9th amendment as the TRUE source of rights. I posted about that here hoping to get some interest when it could still do some good: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x98132 I've also called all the Democrat Senators and Spector on the Senate Judiciary committee. So if you're suggesting that I just mindlessly advocate ideas and approaches I believe are intellectually bankrupt... just so the Right doesn't think we're unsure of ourselves.... sorry. As I said elsewhere, doing the same things over and over and expecting a different result is insane. Better to invest in developing a better strategy that will pay off in the long run.

[gumby]

6. An Important message from President Gore's speech

is that the threat posed to Our Constitution is bipartisan.

We The People are all threatened by Bush's Evil Cabal.

[bleedingheart]

8. I am proud to be a Democrat but Gore did not absolve the

Democrats...He called them to action as well. "keeping the powder dry" ...has been ineffective and we all knew that.

His speech made me cry. It was phenomenal.