Dem congressmen and the media need a lesson in "liberal" policy

[OzarkDem]

WASHINGTON, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Three Democratic congressmen who are about to take important leadership posts said on Sunday they plan to pass popular legislation blocked by Republicans but would refrain from pushing some of the most controversial elements on the liberal agenda.

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Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts, who will take over the U.S. House of Representatives committee that covers banking and other financial institutions, mentioned raising the minimum wage, providing cheaper drug coverage for the elderly and providing more affordable housing and help with college tuition as the focus of Democratic legislation.

"Our first efforts are going to be to do those things that I think the mainstream of America wants," Frank said. "Some things have become liberal because the right wingers who control the Republican party have abandoned them to us."

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N26411308.htm

Excuse me, Reuters & Rep. Frank, raising the minimum wage, cheaper drug coverage, affordable housing and help with college tuition ARE liberal issues.

I reject the premise that gay marriage and discrimination against gays in the military and similar wedge issues are typical of the "liberal" agenda. They are not. I demand that you stop characterizing them as such.

[sui generis]

1. sour grapes

they have to "claim" the non-controversial issues as everyone's while leaving the "controversial" issues as moonbat liberal issues.

This is where real leadership says we do have the ability to multitask, and ALL of these items are equally important and on the agenda.

The rest are just politicians, and I don't mean that in a good way.

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2. Hmmmm... After Reading This Again

I wonder if they are deliberaltely sugesting that "populist" ideals are other than "liberal" to push their agenda through Congress. It would make sense since the Republicans claimed most of what they pushed through Congress was "Moderate".

[OzarkDem]

3. Where's the benefit in letting the news media define issues?

Parsing terminology for public policy is self-defeating, it only allows the news media and political opposition to define the party to the public.

Dems have to continue to define themselves to the public to keep control of their own agenda. They need to focus on making "conservative" a dirty word and "liberal" a good one.