The Sideshow on the Democratic Leadership Council:
The Republicans didn’t do this by themselves. The DLC should be regarded as no more than a fifth column in the party at best. It’s time to get yourselves together and compose one whopping letter to your Dem reps and to your local party and tell them that if they don’t get their act together, there’ll be hell to pay. Tell them:
- No more liberal-bashing.
- No more bashing Dems who have a real chance of getting nominated.
- Stop pretending Lieberman represents the party or the mainstream of our country.
- Stop pretending that universal health-care is a fruity, out-of-the-mainstream idea.
- Start calling Bush what he really is – an extremist conservative.
- Quit attacking Hollywood content while sucking up to Hollywood on file-sharing.
- Scream bloody murder about the lack of accountability in election machinery.
- Stop Michael Powell’s FCC giveaway – the FCC isn’t just there to punish Howard Stern for using sexy language.
- Stand up for working people.
- Stand up for free speech.
- Stand up for an informed America.
- Stand up for public schools.
- Stand up for our Constitutional rights.
- Stand up for liberal values or get out of town.
This is serious business; if these people can’t figure out what their job is, they should get another job. Tell them you’ll be happy to help, because you know what primaries are.