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To: American Spirit who wrote (75612)	8/18/2006 10:00:29 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

So who is stealing it? : demoRATS

To: American Spirit who wrote (75612)	8/18/2006 11:08:40 PM
From: Crimson Ghost	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 173976

DLC Quietly Supporting Lieberman? by pessimist On a cellular level, growth is not possible without division. Throughout our nation's history, growth has often occured because of a split in something - a separation from our mother country, opposing alignments in political philosophy, economic distribution, etc. I have felt a growth spurt coming on - and I'm not alone. I've been sensing signs of political splits in both parties more than seeing them, at least until recently. It's the nature of these splits that makes them of great interest. For the GOP, they are losing touch with their feminine side, while the Democrats are losing touch with their traditional base. Steven Jonas, MD, MPH is a Professor of Preventive Medicine at Stony Brook University (NY), a weekly Contributing Author for The Political Junkies, and a Columnist for BuzzFlash, who sees Joe Lieberman as the representation of the forces splitting the Democratic Party I thought that it would be we progressives who would eventually have to make the move, separating ourselves, who clearly represent the view of a majority of Democratic voters, from the right-wing, collaborationist Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) leadership. With the defeat of Joe Lieberman and his immediate declaration as an independent candidate for the US Senate, it is now becoming apparent that the DLC, for whom Lieberman stands as an ultimate bellwether, has begun that splitting process. While "mainstream" Democrats have so far lined up behind Lamont, I have not seen anything from the DLC doing so. As of August 17, there is nothing at all that I can find on their website about the election or its aftermath. Given the alacrity with which Lieberman started his independent campaign and given the non-response of the DLC, a week later, to the outcome, whether only covertly or not, it is quite obvious that the DLC is backing Lieberman. In my view this is but the first step towards a DLC-lead split in our Party. There will not be an official split yet, but whether [Lieberman] wins or loses, in my view there will surely be one before the next Presidential election. Our side needs to begin planning now on how to deal with it. The corporate-funded, collaborationist, DLC-lead wing of the Democratic Party is indeed "Georgite-lite." No wonder The Decider plants a smooch on the cheek of the DLC's numero uno elected official. And Lieberman, with massive Republican support, will go all out against liberal and progressive Democrats. The question then becomes why? It's all about policy; the policy of the DLC and its principal backers in the corporate sector. The DLC and their corporate backers are concerned about too much trashing of the Constitution, they really are concerned about too much unilateralism in foreign policy, they really are concerned about mounting debt, national and private. BUT, they will put up with those aspects of Georgitism because they like so much so many of its other policies... The War on Iraq... no national health insurance program... tax-cuts-for-the-wealthy... unfettered export of capital... to end welfare... [and] freedom from any kind of government regulation. The Huffington Post