Senator Accused of Siding With Centrists
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s call for an ideological cease-fire in the Democratic Party drew an angry reaction yesterday from liberal bloggers and others on the left, who accused her of siding with the centrist Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) in a long-running dispute over the future of the party.
Long a revered figure by many in the party’s liberal wing, Clinton (D-N.Y.) unexpectedly found herself under attack after calling Monday for a cease-fire among the party’s quarreling factions and for agreeing to assume the leadership of a DLC-sponsored initiative aimed at developing a more positive policy agenda for the party.
The reaction highlighted the dilemma Democratic politicians face trying to satisfy energized activists on the left — many of whom are hungering for party leaders to advance a more full-throated agenda and more aggressively confront President Bush — while also cultivating the moderate Democrats and independents whose support is crucial to winning elections. The challenge has become more acute because of the power and importance grass-roots activists, symbolized by groups such as MoveOn.org and liberal bloggers, have assumed since the 2004 election.
The most pointed critique of Clinton came in one of the most influential blogs on the left, Daily Kos out of Berkeley, Calif., which called Clinton’s speech “truly disappointing” and said she should not provide cover for an organization that often has instigated conflict within the party.
These people can get as angry as they want. The bottom line is, they will vote for any democrat on the ticket even if it were Mickey Mouse.
1, Peejz, these are the nut-jobs of the Left. Mickey Mouse is a creature of the right wing corporate culture, thus they’d not vote for him. Michael Moore, George Soros, Hanoi Jane Fonda would be more their speed.
Looks like the wicked witch jas cuased a stir amounst her supporters dose that include the flying monkies?:razz:
The DLC is a joke. ‘cease fire’? They’ve done nothing but attack traditional democrats for years and now THEY want a ‘cease fire’? The DLC is just the pro-corporate big-money lobby pretending to be something they are not. They have nothing to offer the american public.
She called a cease fire to the attacks on the right.
4, The DLC is more American mainstream than you appear to be tofu. The far left fringe where you reside is not the American political center or the majority. That is why you Democrats keep LOSING elections.
I know what she called for… But the DLC does NOT speak for the DNC. As I said, they are nothing but a pro-corporate lobby. I wish I could bitch-slap that lying fake smile hoe.
7, and that is why you’ll always be in the minority, tofu.
7,
tofu, it’s refreshing to see such honesty- thank you. It seems the Dems need more people like you.
Ted
6,
an you please clarify your position? I haven’t seen tofu post anything to the extreme left, although it is possible that I missed something.
He isn’t the first to complain about the DLC being aligned to the radical left wing of the Dems.
Ted
10, tofu posted his site when he first came here. Take a walk on his REM side, Ted.
11,
Thank PCD.
7,
tofu- do you have a link to your site? I’d like to check it out.
Ted
She’s like a dog in heat. She would easily kill the male population with her strap-on if given a chance. She’s Leninistic, communistic, conniving, selfish, and just down right a piece of POISON for the freedom and rights (VERY FEW LEFT) of honest hard working loyal Americans. That Arkansas piece of trailer trash never got her wealth the good old fashion way (earned it?). She ran the Whitehouse, not Willey. She and he both haved lied, murdered, conned, stole and sleazed their way every inch of every minute of their lives. And I see no light at the end of the tunnel that they will EVER STOP. He’s had a taste of her strap-on and I don’t think he cared too much for it.:oops: