Moore: Dems Behaving Like Frightened Animals

[jonathon]

Moore is right. It is the perfect truth.


The ever-colorful and controversial Michael Moore fleshed out his thesis that Democrats are wimps by mimicking them as babies and likening them to scared animals, during an appearance on MSNBC Wednesday.

"Democrats are in for an ass-whipping of biblical proportions in November if they don't get off the dime and do the job they were sent there to do," he said on The Rachel Maddow Show. "Don't they see that?"

Moore acknowledged Maddow's point that the party controlling the presidency almost always loses seats in the mid-terms historically, but claimed Democrats can avoid that "by having the courage of their convictions."

Echoing remarks from his interview with Raw Story last week, the filmmaker contrasted the purportedly tepid Democratic spirit with the zeal Republicans have in advancing their agenda when in power.

http://rawstory.com/2010/03/moore-democrats-frightened-animals/

[Skittles]

1. repukes have "zeal" because they are a bunch of goosesteppers

I agree Dems are in for a rude awakening but I detest the "zeal" of repukes being touted as some kind of character trait

[sendero]

4. Oh it's a character trait..

... just not a good one.

[davidwparker]

2. that was a great interview. and so true

[AlinPA]

3. After today, with Durbin asking Democrats to vote "No" on public option, I agree with Moore. Sad. nt

[sabrina 1]

5. Durbin asked Dems to vote 'no' on PO?

Well, that does it. I just saw yesterday that he signed on to adding the PO as one of 40 Senators. Why do they do this, do they really think we are that stupid?

[frylock]

6. we are that stupid..

because you know that a large percentage of disenchanted voters will be right back in the booths come nov to enable these cowards yet again.

[AlinPA]

7. Check this thread. There are others.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x218629

[laughingliberal]

13. Bless Bernie Sanders:

“I think we have got to do everything that we can to get a public option so that is absolutely something ... somebody can and should do,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who caucuses with Democrats. <snip>

<snip> Sanders said he believes supporters will have the votes when the amendment comes up. “I can’t swear it to you, but I do think we can,” Sanders said. “I think that some people for whatever reason choose not to sign a letter but will vote. Yeah, I think we’ve got it.”

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_102/news/44084-1.html

[sabrina 1]

14. Thanks, Check this out. I knew I wasn't dreaming.

Citizens for a Public Option

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Please sign this online petition, showing your support of Congress' work to reform America's health care system now.

Look at the signatures. 'Durbin, Leahy and Schumer'!

Do they talk out of both sides of their mouth and think no one is watching? Is there something in the water in DC? This is insane. They cannot be trusted, even the so-called good ones! This is utterly depraved. Liars all of them!

[laughingliberal]

8. I thought he was on board, too. That does do it! nt

[opihimoimoi]

9. MM is a film maker....not a political action cop....its his opinion...and I don't share it

Them Pubs are Fucked and They noes it

Their Media Pals are doing their best to wreck the Obama Train.....but this time....they are stoopily

positioning themselves in FRONT of the SPEEDING TRAIN...Their brainwashing talking points are being debunked rejected as the TRUTH emerges more and more rapidly

[Mike 03]

10. Yes, I believe he is right. Although it is a shame we have to admit this is so.

If we can't win health care reform on our own terms, I am not sure where we go from here.

[Cetacea]

11. Does he ever praise them when they do something right?

[MrSlayer]

12. They aren't frightened animals, they mostly don't give a fuck.

It is painfully obvious after having a large majority in the House and a super majority in the Senate that they are simply not interested in helping the People or pushing back against the owners. They could have done anything they wanted and they chose not to. The entire party is not bought off like the Republicans are but enough of them are that meaningful positive change cannot happen, ever. Negative change can happen in a heartbeat and people will gleefully cheer as it goes on. I've said it before, the Republicans just violently rape you and the Democrats will use a little lube and give you a friendly reach around but at the end of the day you are still getting fucked.

We need to face the facts, we might get some crumbs from the Democrats but we're never going to get enough to rebuild the middle class and make this a prosperous nation again. The elites have taken most everything of value and they are going to take the rest of it in "bipartisan" fashion when the idiot sheeple vote the Republicans back into power. Don't think they won't, the populous has shown time and time again that they not only are they utterly clueless about how this is happening to them, they are conditioned to want it to happen to them.

I'm disgusted with the whole false process, the corporate media and the bought off government officials.

[jonathon]

15. Fair point.

[laughingliberal]

16. Yes, I'm sure that is more to the point. nt

[justinaforjustice]

17. Not Cowards, But On the Corporate Payrolls.

Most of our Democratic Politicians are doing just want their corporate funders want them to do. The corporate lobbyists are writing the legislation and the bought and paid for politicians are passing it.

Take the the health insurance corporations for example, their lobbyists wrote the Senate health care bill. The last thing the insurers want is competition from a public option plan, so it not in the bill. Obama had already promised them that it would not be in the bill, nor would allowing drug importation from Canada. The insurers were delighted with a law that requires citizens to purchase insurance,so we have a bill with no public option and a mandate to buy private insurance.

President Obama long ago made a deal with the private insurers. They would give him financial support, he would give them mandated customers, with no public plan competition.

No, they aren't merely cowards. Our politicians are traitors to the people who elected them, because they are being paid -- in campaign donations - and later in lucrative lobbying jobs -- to vote as the corporations tell them to vote.