This constant Democrat bashing is ridiculous, plain and simple.

ClassWarrior

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Fri Mar-11-11 11:40 PM
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This constant Democrat bashing is ridiculous, plain and simple.

Edited on Fri Mar-11-11 11:40 PM by ClassWarrior

Unreal. Just unreal. With all the horrendousness being perpetrated by the right wing we have some posters expending energy bashing DUers night and day. It is simply outside reality. They applauded the ending of DADT. Supportive enough? They applauded the fair pay act. Supportive enough? They applauded the stimulus package, which invested in green energy, infrastructure, and saved millions of jobs. Supportive enough? They applauded the reversal of numerous bad Bush policies through executive order. Supportive enough? They applauded the fact that Obama fough like hell for the Dream Act. Supportive enough? They applauded the fact that his Administration refuses to enforce Section 3 of DOMA. Supportive enough? They applauded the fact that he signed more PROGRESSIVE legislation in two years than we've had at least since LBJ. Supportive enough? And, if anyone needs a further refresher course, start working the DU search engine for proof. Now I know some will say, "Well, they've also gotten angry because he still hasn't fulfilled many of his campaign promises, and that he refuses to take the bully pulpit for Democratic values, and that he didn't fight enough for the public option, and that he compromised on tax extensions for the rich for two more painful years," etc. Let's get into reality. They are citizens of the United States of America. It is their right in a democracy to demand that their elected officials represent their values - especially ones from their own party. The tax deal extended the very same corporate tax breaks that tanked our economy in the first place, and will only make the problem much, much worse. The tax cuts for the wealthy were only supposed to be temporary. It was another failure by the President to take a stand for Dem values, the best of American values in Lakoff's words. (As for being "centrist", you don't win indies and moderates by being mushy and weak and noncommittal, because they want a president who stands strong for his values.* These same bashers also bash Russ Feingold who won a lot more than twice in a so-called swing state while holding the honorable title of the "Most Progressive Member of the United States Senate." Go figure.)

The tax bill Bernie Sanders wanted embodied Democratic values better than any tax bill Obama or any other national Democrat has offered in recent memory. What do people not get? Reality time. I agree that it would be STUPID for Obama to overly inject himself in the Wisconsin matter. It would then become all about right wingers making it an issue about HIM instead of keeping the focus on the real issue. Nonetheless, some here are actually bashing Dems over their opinions of Obama's slogan of WINNING THE FUTURE. How crazy. Demonizing Democrats over A SLOGAN... THIS IS CALLED DEMOCRATIC DEBATE and it is what we as progressives are all about. So enough of this crazy Dem bashing. It is simply ridiculous and outside the realm of reality. Some need to find political reality plain and simple. Enough is enough.

*http://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-lakoff/no-center-no-centrists_b_60419.html

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