Democrats Need A Courage Transplant: Moderates Abandon Anti-War Critic

It's about time the "me too" Democrats, particularly those in Congress who vote with the Republicans so often, stand up and be counted. Too many Democrats are tiptoeing around the major issues facing our nation, afraid to venture out of the mainstream. This is a big mistake at a time when the nation is begging for true leadership.

Democrats have a golden opportunity to hammer away at the mistakes made by the Bush administration and to support Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., who has made a dramatic and courageous call for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq within six months. Murtha's colleagues in the House and Senate should rush to embrace him. Instead, many of them have scattered to the winds, carefully parsing out distinctions that they claim prove that they're not like Murtha.

To the alarm of the right-leaning Democrats, Murtha has been joined by House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who has endorsed his plan for a pullout from Iraq within six months. But most House Democrats are taking their marching orders from Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., the second-ranking House Democratic leader, who believe in a go-slow strategy.

They also put a damper on Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee after he said Monday that "the idea we're going to win this war is an idea that unfortunately is just plain wrong." Dean changed his tune on Thursday and proposed a "strategic redeployment" of the 160,000 U.S. troops in Iraq over two years. It's possible to imagine the twist marks on his arms, left there by timid Democrats.

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or should I say she kicks Scott McClellan's ass.

Dean should tell them to start listening to the fucking people
that put them there, or find a new job.

And I don't mean the lobbyists.

I am sure the DLC dems would love behind the scene to kick Dean out and put in Lieberman.

And it is the greedy, money grubbing DLC dems I am talking about.

Dean should stamp CORPORATIST on their forheads and send them to the gop.

Cause you know those republicans would vote dem if we'd just shout it from the rooftops how much we love sending our troops in wars of aggression!

:sarcasm:

soonest.

Which apportions funds for Democrats running for the House and has "discouraged" some candidates for reasons that some find suspicious.

used t serve in the clinton admin.

he is a tepid liberal.

often siding with dlc positions.

his other big flap that he currently involved in is he supporting a democrat in a promary race in ill. because he deemed the first candidate to be too liberal.
this also involves an organization call the dccc.

that's it in a nutshell - - and i'm sure i've gotten some facts wrong.

Takes no guff, that girl. :loveya:

that the U.S. 'should cut and run and retreat.'" . . .

correcting the "mistake" of an illegal invasion and occupation is NOT cutting and running . . . it is making things right after you screwed them up . ..