Reply #139: Yes...it's clear that Democrats have the backing of at least half... [View All]

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...of the country. Millions more would support us if they knew the whole truth about the Bush* government and the corporate media. The most dangerous thing to a despotic government is an informed citizenry.

Yet...you'll see no complaints from the self-described moderates and the DLCers about our free press becoming stenographers for the Bush* regime. They simply try to explain away the lies and fraud as signs of the country 'moving to the right' and becoming more conservative.

The DLC's infuence on Kerry's campaign was apparent. His attempt to move away from the progressives and social Democrats and at the same time embrace the corporate agenda made him appear willing to sacrifce 'our' principles in order to win.

There was an opportunity during the Clinton years for the progressives and centrists to work together for the good of the party. But Clinton's 'third way' actually eliminated the involvement of the progressives.

History shows that the Democratic party lost the support of many of the 'southern' states after the civil rights act of 1964 and the 'new deal'. The DLC was created to get them back by comproming the very values that made the civil rights act the and new deal possible.