Nathan Newman wrote:
>It's not socialism
-it's rhetoric. What have they done to advance any of these goals with -the public?
Hey, Doug- what have you done to advance the agenda, someone could say. Gephardt travelled around the country all of last year speaking in communities all over talking about this agenda, trying to elect people who support it. Same with Daschle and other Dem Senate leaders- which helped lead to the small gains in the House and the five Senate gains for Dems.
This agenda was coordinated with the unions and other progressive groups in turning out the vote through direct mail, TV ads and phone outreach. That's all about advancing these goals with the public.
The present political situation is just confirming for me that facts don't matter when folks are committed blindly to ideology. Bush is killing labor with executive orders, seeking to help bust the airline unions by blocking their strikes, party-line votes are repealing ergo standards implemented by Clinton, and party-line votes are resisting Bush's massive tax giveaways to the wealthy.
But still, folks keep up the silly statements that there is no real difference between the parties and the Dems just give in to the opposition, even when the evidence is exactly the opposite.
-- Nathan Newman