Reid, Pelosi run out the Gore-Lieberman 2000 template for Campaign 2006.. (sigh)
(sigh) We guess our Democratic "leadership" NEVER GOT THE MEMO: you know, the one that points out that Republicans CONTROL THE ENTIRE US GOVERNMENT - House, White House, Senate, Supreme Court, federal judiciary, Treasury (the power to tax), Department of Defense (the power to spend billions), FEC (the power to overlook election abuses), FEMA and Homeland Security (the power to spend more billions, using these government agencies as SLUSH FUNDS for their corporate contractor donors)...
...Republicans CONTROL the ENTIRE US government, because they have mastered the art and tactics of BASH DEMOCRATS over the past two decades.
So - WHAT is the respone and "PLAN" of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to this basic, 20-30 year plus political reality..???
answer: FOCUS on... RAISING MINIMUM WAGE!
Now, we here at C-dems.blgspt.com certainly think the minimum wage SHOULD be raised, applaud Senator Reid's threats to FILIBUSTER the next Congressional pay raise if there is no rise in the minimum wage, and can't help but wonder "why didn't Senator Reid think about that before, you know, the past 5 or 6 or 7 times Congress voted itself a pay raise without raising the minimum wage?"
BUT... WHERE IS THE RELENTLESS ATTACK on Republican CORRUPTION, INCOMPETENCE, DEFICITS, and VOTE-FRAUD?
WHY must we Democratic voters spend an eternity in purgatory, listening to the latest Democrat rendition of Al Gore's 2000 drone "Social_Security_Lockbox."
Indeed, what we have here is a fascinating dynamic - EVERYONE in America and the world knows that Reid, Pelosi, and the Democrats ARE AVOIDING the real issues - torture, wars, Iraq war death squads, abject US leadership incompetence in Afghanistan, nuclear proliferation (with the Bush administration and GE *selling* India $5 billion in the latest nuclear processing technology, technology that the US understands will be put to use in India's 15 or 16 "secret" - no inspections - weapons enrichment reactors), the Republican use of FEMA budgets as kickback-corruption-slush fund goody-bags for their closest corporate supporters (for all intents and purposes, Dick Cheney is STILL the Chairman and CEO of Halliburton - DICK CHENEY decides what contracts Halliburton gets, and Cheney IS STILL on the Halliburton payroll, and STILL invested in Halliburton stock).
So, while Reid and Pelosi are reprising Gore-Lieberman in 2000 - IGNORE Texas Gov. Bush's environmental record, IGNORE Bush's inflated and bogus education claims, IGNORE then Gov. Bush's SLASHING of preschool, after-school, and health care programs for poor children, WHILE GIVING TAX CUTS TO Texas' wealthiest corporations and multimillionaires - it is UP TO DEMOCRATIC VOTERS to understand what the election is really about.
Reid and Pelosi, IGNORING the vitally important issues of the day.
Democratic voters - must show up at the polls in droves, to LEAD America out of the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld neo-con nightmare mess.
That makes Pelosi and Reid FOLLOWERS, not leaders.
Worse, like Joe Lieberman on the VP ticket in 2000, or sitting in the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee chair when Senator Lieberman CRUSHED the Senate ENRON investigation in 2002, ROBBING Democrats of their best midterm issue, today, Reid and Pelosi are SHORT-SHEETING a more aggressive, confrontational campaign against the Bush admin. in '06.
THANKS, Senator Reid and Senator Pelosi, for ROBBING US of a good, FIGHTING campaign program in '06.
(talk about a BLAND press release! We can't even find one sentence worth picking out.)
Democrats Map Out Election Plan
AP release
Published: July 26, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Democrats.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats plan to press for a minimum wage increase and ''tough, smart'' national security in their final push to wrest power from the Republicans in the November elections.
House and Senate Democrats will hold a joint meeting on Thursday to discuss events planned for the 100 days leading up to midterm congressional elections and lay out their party agenda, called ''A New Direction for America.''
It's a compilation of positions the party has staked out over the past few months on income, national security, energy, education, health care and retirement accounts.
''We're going across the country to make our case,'' Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada said. ''We're going to reject the divisive politics of the last six years, and unite America behind an agenda that works for all.''
His counterpart in the House, Nancy Pelosi of California, said Democrats offer change. ''Americans know the country is going in the wrong direction,'' she said.
Republicans control Congress but the Iraq war, inflated gas prices and a soaring federal deficit have soured the political environment for the GOP. Polls show the public favors a Democratic takeover, and Democrats hope to make their closing pitches in a series of campaign events focused on issues including college affordability and Medicare prescription drugs.
Danny Diaz, a Republican National Committee spokesman, said: ''It is both ironic and amusing that Democrats believe they are making a final argument to the American people, while being incapable of deciding how much to raise taxes on working families or how quickly to retreat from Iraq.''
On Saturday, exactly 100 days before the Nov. 7 election, the Democratic National Committee will reach out to voters through more than 800 picnics, pig roasts, phone banks and neighborhood canvasses.
In early August, House and Senate Democrats plan to hold at least 200 town hall meetings, press conferences and speeches in states and congressional districts. Larger events also will be staged in some of the most competitive states. In New Jersey, for instance, Reid will join Sen. Bob Menendez, who is in a tight race, to outline port security problems and solutions.
Democrats also will press for a minimum wage raise on Labor Day and hold an event about Hurricane Katrina recovery in Louisiana in late August, a year after the deadly storm.
...Republicans CONTROL the ENTIRE US government, because they have mastered the art and tactics of BASH DEMOCRATS over the past two decades.
So - WHAT is the respone and "PLAN" of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to this basic, 20-30 year plus political reality..???
answer: FOCUS on... RAISING MINIMUM WAGE!
Now, we here at C-dems.blgspt.com certainly think the minimum wage SHOULD be raised, applaud Senator Reid's threats to FILIBUSTER the next Congressional pay raise if there is no rise in the minimum wage, and can't help but wonder "why didn't Senator Reid think about that before, you know, the past 5 or 6 or 7 times Congress voted itself a pay raise without raising the minimum wage?"
BUT... WHERE IS THE RELENTLESS ATTACK on Republican CORRUPTION, INCOMPETENCE, DEFICITS, and VOTE-FRAUD?
WHY must we Democratic voters spend an eternity in purgatory, listening to the latest Democrat rendition of Al Gore's 2000 drone "Social_Security_Lockbox."
Indeed, what we have here is a fascinating dynamic - EVERYONE in America and the world knows that Reid, Pelosi, and the Democrats ARE AVOIDING the real issues - torture, wars, Iraq war death squads, abject US leadership incompetence in Afghanistan, nuclear proliferation (with the Bush administration and GE *selling* India $5 billion in the latest nuclear processing technology, technology that the US understands will be put to use in India's 15 or 16 "secret" - no inspections - weapons enrichment reactors), the Republican use of FEMA budgets as kickback-corruption-slush fund goody-bags for their closest corporate supporters (for all intents and purposes, Dick Cheney is STILL the Chairman and CEO of Halliburton - DICK CHENEY decides what contracts Halliburton gets, and Cheney IS STILL on the Halliburton payroll, and STILL invested in Halliburton stock).
So, while Reid and Pelosi are reprising Gore-Lieberman in 2000 - IGNORE Texas Gov. Bush's environmental record, IGNORE Bush's inflated and bogus education claims, IGNORE then Gov. Bush's SLASHING of preschool, after-school, and health care programs for poor children, WHILE GIVING TAX CUTS TO Texas' wealthiest corporations and multimillionaires - it is UP TO DEMOCRATIC VOTERS to understand what the election is really about.
Reid and Pelosi, IGNORING the vitally important issues of the day.
Democratic voters - must show up at the polls in droves, to LEAD America out of the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld neo-con nightmare mess.
That makes Pelosi and Reid FOLLOWERS, not leaders.
Worse, like Joe Lieberman on the VP ticket in 2000, or sitting in the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee chair when Senator Lieberman CRUSHED the Senate ENRON investigation in 2002, ROBBING Democrats of their best midterm issue, today, Reid and Pelosi are SHORT-SHEETING a more aggressive, confrontational campaign against the Bush admin. in '06.
THANKS, Senator Reid and Senator Pelosi, for ROBBING US of a good, FIGHTING campaign program in '06.
(talk about a BLAND press release! We can't even find one sentence worth picking out.)
Democrats Map Out Election Plan
AP release
Published: July 26, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Democrats.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats plan to press for a minimum wage increase and ''tough, smart'' national security in their final push to wrest power from the Republicans in the November elections.
House and Senate Democrats will hold a joint meeting on Thursday to discuss events planned for the 100 days leading up to midterm congressional elections and lay out their party agenda, called ''A New Direction for America.''
It's a compilation of positions the party has staked out over the past few months on income, national security, energy, education, health care and retirement accounts.
''We're going across the country to make our case,'' Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada said. ''We're going to reject the divisive politics of the last six years, and unite America behind an agenda that works for all.''
His counterpart in the House, Nancy Pelosi of California, said Democrats offer change. ''Americans know the country is going in the wrong direction,'' she said.
Republicans control Congress but the Iraq war, inflated gas prices and a soaring federal deficit have soured the political environment for the GOP. Polls show the public favors a Democratic takeover, and Democrats hope to make their closing pitches in a series of campaign events focused on issues including college affordability and Medicare prescription drugs.
Danny Diaz, a Republican National Committee spokesman, said: ''It is both ironic and amusing that Democrats believe they are making a final argument to the American people, while being incapable of deciding how much to raise taxes on working families or how quickly to retreat from Iraq.''
On Saturday, exactly 100 days before the Nov. 7 election, the Democratic National Committee will reach out to voters through more than 800 picnics, pig roasts, phone banks and neighborhood canvasses.
In early August, House and Senate Democrats plan to hold at least 200 town hall meetings, press conferences and speeches in states and congressional districts. Larger events also will be staged in some of the most competitive states. In New Jersey, for instance, Reid will join Sen. Bob Menendez, who is in a tight race, to outline port security problems and solutions.
Democrats also will press for a minimum wage raise on Labor Day and hold an event about Hurricane Katrina recovery in Louisiana in late August, a year after the deadly storm.
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