Reply #45: But.... you're not really... are you actually,, (spluttering) [View All]

The 40K troops thing is in there to beat Bush over the head with (this whole agenda is a political weapon). Bush has been purposely AVOIDING asking for more troops to avoid Americans getting "riled up" about the war. If Americans are FORCED to think about the true cost of the war, it will become even more unpopular. The DEMS are forcing America to confront the Iraq War by proposing this.

How can you flat-out say this is not a "progressive agenda"? It contains specific, concrete proposals to strengthen Medicaid and education!! And it's got an election reform plank! Is there anything more important to achieving the progressive agenda than getting real election reform???!!!

The "root problem" we've got is that Bush and the Republicans control the White House, the Senate and the House. This is designed to get them the heck out of there. We can't get ANYTHING accomplished if we don't break through the wall of manipulative, lying b-s spewed out every day by Fox and echoed by the stupid (complicit?) jerks on the other stations.