Well This Is Interesting... Just Got This E-Mail From Democrats.com

[WillyT]

Notice it doesn't let Democrats off the hook here, and... It quotes Bernie Sanders... an Independent.

Not that there is anything wrong with that, just found it sort of... refreshing.

Anybody else get this???

:shrug:

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Dear WillyT,

This weekend, the super-secret SuperCommittee will try to make a last-minute deal to cut $1.5 trillion from future deficits. Republicans are demanding deep cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security - with (amazingly) even bigger tax cuts for the rich!

Tell Congress: Stop the Supercommittee Supersellout: http://mail.democrats.com/CT00058201MTgwMjMyOQ==.HTML?D=2011-11-18

Poll after poll shows Americans want the opposite - to protect essential social programs, raise taxes on the rich, and invest immediately in creating jobs. If Congress simply does absolutely nothing, it will cut $7.1 trillion from future deficits - including $3.3 trillion from letting the infamous Bush Tax Cuts expire.

Tell Congress: Stop the Supercommittee Supersellout: http://mail.democrats.com/CT00058201MTgwMjMyOQ==.HTML?D=2011-11-18

Sen. Bernie Sanders, as always, said it best:

"The deficit was caused by two wars not paid for, huge tax breaks for the wealthiest people in this country, and a recession as a result of the greed, recklessness and illegal behavior on Wall Street. And if those are the causes of the deficit and the national debt I will be damned if we’re going to balance the budget on the backs of the elderly, the sick, children, and the poor. That's wrong."

Thanks for all you do!
Bob Fertik

[msongs]

1. evidently democrats.com does not speak for reall congressional democrats lol nt

[RufusTFirefly]

2. Hate to be a cynic, but...

... the committee is sufficiently rigged that it seems like a done deal.
Thus, Democrats.com can come out of this looking good.

[slay]

3. Bernie has always stood up for Democrats values more than the actual Democrats

have.

[WillyT]

4. So True...

:hi:

[fascisthunter]

5. It looks that way to me too

[Jackpine Radical]

6. It's not an official Party organization & doesn't pretend to be.

It's a very progressive site run by Bob Fertik, and closer in spirit to Democratic Progressivism than to the Dem Party. David Swanson blogs there. Check out the site. This is not an atypical view for them to hold.