The only party I want to attend with Democrats is the "We're out of Iraq and our troops are home" Party. I question the intentions of such a celebration when our (your) work is not near complete. Yes, we've elected you to do a job - get us out of Iraq. What I have seen so far is simply more profiteers showing their true colors/affiliations. You say, "we will fight for the principles and promises we made in this election." When you do that, I'll throw a party that'll dwarf the rest of 'em.

Finally, the year 2007 will be the year that the Unites States government finally takes a stand against racial stereotype usage by professional sports teams (i.e. "Washington Redskins") and by America's public school system, to support American Indians in their efforts to bring an end to racism. The Democratic Party will support and promote tribal sovereignty issues. It will work side-by-side with tribal governments to make America a place whereby its Native children can attend public schools without confronting racial stereotyping in its use of mascots (e.g. redmen, redskins, braves, Chief Illiniwek, Chief WAHOO) and the like.

I voted Democrat in the last election as a protest against continuing abuse of power. I've since noticed the Democrats avoid the illegal immigration question. As much as I'll gag, I promise a vote for a conservative Republican in 2008 if the Democrats fail to listen to 80% of the citizens of this country and attempt to sneak through an amnesty for illegals. The Democrat party doesn't seem to understand yet.
Ken Darnell

The democratic party can say good by to me unless Clinton, Lieberman, and now Reid get on board and begin to stand up to Bush and his solutions to Iraq. Reid caved in this morning according to our paper, and is supporting sending more troups. Even Powell says its' a mistake. Is he more of a democrat than the rest of the washington democratic establishment. Vote the bastards out!!!!!means democrats as well as republicans.

So if we're the majority, why are we acting like Republicans? I ask the Democratic Leadership to wake up and start acting like leaders. Clearly the Adminstration is stalling until after Christmas to announce a major troop _increase_ in Iraq. Good Morning, Vietnam!

And what does Harry Reid do? Mumble that he thinks he might go along with it.

No! We voted to get out of Iraq, not send more women and men to die in a fight we started and can't stop. End the war, stop the funds, and bring the troops home now.

(CUT THROUGH THE LIES) WE MUST STOP BUSH AND HIS GOP KKK PARTY ON ALL ISSUE, WE MUST COME TOGETHER AND WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER WE MUST KEEP IT REAL WITH THE PEOPLES KEEPING STANDING UP TO BUSH AND HIS GOP PARTY

THE POOR PEOPLES CAMPAIGN INC
MR JERRY ROBINSON

A party?????

It begs one to wonder if we are to celebrate for the last election, one must be assured of continued success in the future.

There are countless issues in the 100 hours that by far show they are not in the bag.

The iraq war?????? The democratic party has yet to declare a meaningful stand on getting out of Iraq, and sending in more troops is not one of them. Funding more dollars to this war is not one either.

Minimum wage????? This is just small in comparison what the politicians accept in raise and in bribe money from corporations. Rich get richer while the rest stagnate or fall further behind. Hmmmm!!!! Could be oil not being part of the inflation index??????? Jobs being lost to China and all the politicians supporting this in vote but masking it in spoken words.

If you want a party, set up an agenda that has real meaning for real Americans, jobs, wages, and TERM limits for all national elected officials.

Hi guys. This is ol Roy as online. I guess some forgot about World Aids Month as it is. I'm disappointed as usual as I've answered so many Democratic emails sent but alway get them back and the computer program doesn't accept such.
I'm feeling downhearted now as I spend months working on an HIV/AIDS Pendant that was placed in Honor of those we've lost. I'm a member of RAAN and also am known world wide for my fight. :-]
But, Alas, no one helped RAAN as I put my beautiful pendant online to be auctioned off for RAAN. :-] So, I have to go back to square one again. And hope that some Democrats will help this cause. I'm on heavy pain meds as I type this and now a survivor going on 24 years. I see that this awful disease is still full of Stigma, Stereotyping, and Fear. Take care all. Merry Christmas. Love and Huggers. ol Roy :-]

Our group's celebration out here in Portland OR will be a demonstration to impeach Bush & Cheney as well as support for Kucinich's call for Out Now! and for voting against the supplementary budget for continuing the Iraq war and diverting it instead to underwriting bringing all 141,000 troops home NOW. You can be sure Harry Reid and any other Democrat in Congress who supports adding 30,000+ troops "temporarily" will get their lumps in this event also.

We're more than a little irked as part of the grassroots millions who worked hard for months to deliver control of Congress to our party only to have the party leadership fail to understand the Nov. 7 vote was an overwhelming drive to get out of Iraq now and to impeach Bush and Cheney for steadily destroying the Constitution. The so-called centrists never would have voted had it not been for our holding their feet to the fire and explaining what Bush was doing in Iraq and to the Constitution.

Pelosi and Reid don't seem to understand that the vote urged the party to develop some spine and get a divorce from the Democratic Leadership Council. To stand up to the Bushies and at least recall that they swore an oath to preserve, defend, and protect the Constitution. They don't even seem to realize that the Bushies have nullified Congress with those 136 signing statements on at least a thousand laws passed by that body. Or that they have nullified the Supreme Court by interpreting the laws.

Yet here was Pelosi and Reid saying impeachment is off the table and, now, Reid saying the party would support sending in 30,000 more troops! And James Carville, Inc. blasting Howard Dean and the 50-state strategy that gave the Dems control of both houses. Worse, the DLC is knocking itself out to promote Hillary Clinton—the wuss on Ohio vote fraud, the war, Roberts and Alito—and/or do-nothing-but-smile Barack Obama for presidential candidacy in 2008?

The DLC gave us Kerry as a candidate in 2004 and though the vote was stolen and after he promised he'd fight, he quit. And now we're expected to support these two nothings? Why don't they support Gore? Or Edwards? Why doesn't the DNC?

The party depends on us grassroots to do all the field work and yet ignores our wishes again, again, and again. It fails to take a stand and end this illegal war now because it's afraid, afraid, afraid, afraid of alienating centrists, assuming the centrists want to just keep on keeping on to an Iraq victory. The party cares more about 2008 than it does preserving, defending and protecting the Constitution—without which our form of government has been overthrown. The Bush administration has overthrown the Constitution and our form of government and the party does nothing!

The rationales covering that spinelessness on these two crucial issues stink to high heaven. It boils down to "Father knows best." Thousands of us became Deaners two years ago because the Governor told us we could "take back America" from those who would destroy it. We've now helped the party take back Congress at least, yet its Congressional leaders continue to let the Bush administration destroy it—and the 110th Congress gives every sign of continuing our nation's downward spiral into an oligarchial fascism.

A party with those kinds of priorities and bent does not deserve our field work in 2008, our funds, or our loyalty. And if it continues its spinelessness and failure to listen to vox populi, I'm among those who will no longer lift a finger to canvass, to do fliering, to send cheques, to attend any Dem function. We will write in either Gore or Edwards or Kucinich.

We grassrooters are coming en masse to DC to send a message to Congressional Democrats both on Jan. 4 and on Jan. 27-29 about "Out Now!" and impeachment. We are coming because the party and its Congressional leaders have betrayed the Nov. 7 vote. Flip us off and you'll fail in 2008.

Barbara G. Ellis, Ph.D., member, South Side DFA Meetup group of Portland OR.

If we have any expectiations of actually winning in 2008 then we have to do a few things first. One is stop operating as a top-down party. I fully support Howard Dean, unless he becomes just another talking-but-can't-hear head. You, as the top of the pile, have to actually listen to the Democrats of this party and not to only the ones saying what you want to hear. I'll go beyond the realms of political correctness and tell you, the Democrats and American people will not support any effort to put Obak Barama (or whatever his Arab -sounding name is)on a national ticket. You will quickly find out that outside Illinois he isn't "African" but "Black" and if you have any delusions about the Democrats and Americans wanting a black for president just talk to Jesse Jackson, a far more trustworthy and accomplished servant of the people than that wet behind the ears waffler. And while I love Hillary I don't think we can win a ticket with her at the top either for a multitude of reasons. While some of you at the top and in the media may feel that the Democrat party has to play to the minorities to get elected instead of trying to rewin the working class of America I know in my heart that you are way of course. We don't have to cede the moral high ground, we don't have to be painted as tax and spend, we don't have to be weak on the war against Islamic Terrorism, we don't have to be defined expanding the government, we don't have to open our borders to every illegal immigrant that just wants to grab some American wages and we don't have to be known as being against the American worker. We are the party of the people, the party of the workers and the party of the middle class. We have simply given all of that away. It is time to reclaim our heritage. As our leaders it is up to you to determine how we will do it.

Please dont be decieved. I am not a Democrat or Republican. I am an American. I have never and will never vote or support any particular party or person simply because of their affiliation.
I don't support anyones words I support their actions.
I support the Democrats because I believe they stand for the peoples welfare as opposed to the Republicans that stand for big business at the expense of the peoples welfare.
I celebrated the election of Bill Clinton because I believed he was commited to the welfare of the people and the nation, and I wasn't disappointed. I was however disappointed by the rest of you, who became arrogant and complacent, thinking you had the edge simply because of one victory. You allowed some of your own to defect to the other side without so much as a public criticism of any kind. (Just one example)
You folks have many great ideas that will benefit the people, but those ideas will never be heard and considered by the majority of the people if you become arrogant and complacent again, believing that just your word is enough to convince us. I truly wish you the best of luck, as far as luck will take you, and hope you will keep the Welfare of the People at the forefront of all of your considerations.

I have been a Dem for over 30 years and I can't believe what is happening. You do realize you won the election to do something constructive about the war. Now I hear more troops condoned by you should be sent to Iraq. Should we trust you? do you think Americans are stupid? And this amnesty guest worker situation. Get a grip americans can not compete with a guest worker program, and no amnesty. To many amnesty's have been granted since 1986 and it is never done right so don't do it at all.I want anyone entering this country illegally treated as the crimminal they are. And for God's sake secure our border a 5 year old could figure that one out.

I congratulate you for a well-run election, and my sincere wishes for your continued success over the next two years (and the many more that follows). I've been looking into the faces of the many people around me - in stores, at work, on the sidewalk, and in those public places I've seen our mood shift away from muted hopelessness. A most wonderful sight to behold.

Let's party up and get it all out of our system because come January 4th, it's on.

"Working 9 to 5, bla bla bla bla bla bla livin....."

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