The following post discusses what I think is the REAL elephant in our living room that no one is discussing:

In my opinion, and I'm sure others may disagree as well as agree since this is after all a democracy, I think that the bottom line for this election is really about wrestling our government out of the hands of conservatives and into the hands of progressives--and that includes conservative Democrats as well as conservative Republicans.

Our Democratic Party has its own unofficial conservative wing--the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) of which both Clintons have been very active over the years.  By my standards, based on much of the legislation that they have supported, neither Bill nor Hillary Clinton are "progressive democrats".  I would categorize both of them as conservative Democrats.

I have a lifetime of experience in the financial industry and I can tell you for certain that bankers have no greater friend than Bill Clinton.

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I received an email today that was supposedly written in humor touting the beefeating providers as Conservatives and the weak as Liberals. The email which was written as a humorous tribute to the chest beating right dragging their women across the floor and spouting 'we're the choosen ones' was built on three concepts. 1) The first one is that all liberals are weak and will gladly lay down for those on the other side to walk on, 2)that being creative and in possession of a creative mind is a weakness and 3)and this third one is implied but states that all Democrats are liberal.

I was watching cable the other day and Henry Rollins, a punk rock music artist with a power lifters body, who by the way, is also a poet and actor was the host. Rollins was the first and only television host I've seen who actually voiced that he was a liberal and ready to kick some ass as opposed to laying on the highway awaiting tire tracks. What a concept I thought, liberals who are not afraid to stand up and be counted, use a firm handshake and look down the barrel of a conservative's gun with one that has a bigger barrel!

Secondly, the right's conservative Corporate generals are for the most part working only to put great wealth in their own pockets and more mindless consumers on the street. The creative community for the most part are creating "thinkers". "Thinkers" consume but not without reading the label.

Thirdly, as you know all Democrats are not liberal and that's what makes the world a great place cause we need a balance of ideas from all sides to keep America great. Of course some Dems aren't really Democrats but virtual wolves in sheeps clothing and yes, I am speaking about Joe Liberman but that's another subject altogether.

In closing, I say stand up and be counted, stay true to your heart and we'll see a sea of blue in November!

So it seems with the shooting in Tennessee that we finally have a fallout effect from the hate spewed out by the right-wing. Here is a quote from the Rawstory.com of what the sheriff said after searching Jim Adkisson�s, the shooter of Church gathering, home.


"The attack Sunday morning lasted only minutes. But the anger behind it may have been building for months, if not years. It appears that what brought him to this horrible event was his lack of being able to obtain a job, his frustration over that, and his stated hatred for the liberal movement,' Police Chief Sterling Owen said."   Read More »

Democrats take Obama shift in stride [1]

DEMOCRATS RECOGNIZE THAT YOU HAVE TO BUILD A COALITION BEYOND A NARROW THREAD OF THE PARTY TO RUN THE COUNTRY. A REALITY THAT ESCAPES THE REPUBLICANS

As Barack Obama moves to broaden his appeal beyond loyal Democrats, a chorus of anger and disappointment has arisen from the left. But those voices are a distinct minority because the party has a more pressing concern: winning in November. [1]   Read More »

I don't have to explain the impact the whole Kennedy Family has had on the Democratic Party. Ted is one of the most sucessful Senators in American History. He has reached across the isle when it was necessary to produce good legislation. He keep the faith for Progressive, Liberal Ideas.
We wish a speedy and complete recovery to our good friend!

NeoCons criticize Liberals saying they don't know how to protect and defend our country.

The NeoCons seem to forget that it was the greatest Liberal, Franklin D. Roosevelt that answered Japans attack with the full might of this United States, It was Liberal Harry Truman who had the foresight and Guts to use the Atomic Bomb on Japan thus saving the 200,000 U.S. Casualties that were expected if we had to invade Japan instead of dropping the bomb. It was a Liberal John F. Kennedy who had the Strength to face down the Soviet Union over their placing Missiles in Cuba only 90 miles from out shores.
Lets straighten out the Faux Fox morons, Liberals have done more to create, build and preserve this United States than the lily livered Draft dodging Conservatives like George W. Bush ever could. By the way God is a Liberal other wise he would not have taken the risk of changing the course when he declared, "Let there be light!"

Never give up, never surrender our Liberal Ideals, a Democrat must win in 2008

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Is there anyone out there who is for moderate government?
Both parties are too far left or too far right.
Our country needs compromise on these issues:

1. What to do with Irac and the terrorist threat- Common ground regarding international issues.
2. What to do about entitlements
Social Security - Medicare etc.
3. Compromise on health care issues. Universal health care run by the governement as a single payer system - is not politically attainable.

Are you really a TRUE open-minded Liberal? Let's take a look shall we! Now that, I have been accused already of being a GOP troll among other things, it makes me wonder, are you all true Liberals. We go on and on about how close-minded and intolerant the conservative Republicans are to other peoples views, and how they only want what they want. But since being on this site, I have notice that a lot of you are really no different than those "evil" conservatives. When I said I would CONSIDER voting for John McCain, you people treated me like I was the Anti-Christ or something. I guarantee that if I said anything on here about agreeing with a republican, I would be crucified by virtually everyone on here. If your a Liberal, aren’t you supposed to be open-minded?, and be willing to embrace other peoples ideas? Simply supporting Gay rights for example, doesn't make you open-minded. Being willing to listen to an opposing view even though you may not agree with it does. In the South Carolina debate Hillary Clinton really annoyed me (what’s new?) when she accused Barack of supporting GOP plans like it was something horrible, I mean, that was an insult to me. I agree with Republicans on quite a few things, and disagree with the Democrats on even more. If one of them (Republicans) has something to say, I am willing to hear them through, if I feel that they are right, I will support their idea, not just start insulting them and try to come up with my own plan, simply because their plan is a "Republican plan". That sort of partisan BS is what has gotten this country into the crap that it's in right now. My grandpa is a Baptist preacher and hardcore Republican, I disagree with about %99 of the stuff that comes out of his mouth, but I will still listen to everything he says, and when he is done talking I tell him my views on the subject in a civil manner. I bet a few of you would go off on some tirade and start throwing around insults if in the same situation.

Most of you people here, act just like the "intolerant Republicans" you claim to hate. So what if I want to consider voting for John McCain, at least I’m open-minded and am willing to listen to what he has to say, unlike a majority of the people on this site. I am willing to do just what I did with Rudy & Ron Paul, I’m going to call up their campaign HQ and tell them I’m a gay, liberal democrat, why should I vote for McCain? And then LISTEN to what they have to say, even if I don't agree with most of it. That is something we should ALL do if we are truly open-minded. Hell, I would even call up Huckabee's campaign too if he got the nom. (which he won't). I am willing to inform myself about the individual candidates, not judge them on the actions of George Bush, because I am a TRUE Liberal, not just a close-minded Democrat, who CLAIMS to be an open-minded Liberal. Like I said, being open-minded does not simply mean supporting gay rights, or one other issue. It means being open to the opinions of others on a broad range of issues, whether they are economic, social, or foreign issues. I am PROUD to say that I would consider voting for McCain, because it makes me truly open-minded and a TRUE Liberal.

I bet their are still a few of you saying "I’m open-minded, this guy doesn't know what the hell he's talking about", think about it for a second. When a GOP Pres. Ad come on TV, do you change the channel or mute the TV? When a GOP debate is on, do you watch it even though you’re not a Republican? I watch all the debates I can. Have you ever made an attempt to contact a GOP candidate’s campaign to get more info? No you say? Then I guess your just as intolerant of other peoples views as you accuse them of being. Now if you people would do your research, you would know that John McCain approached, and was actually on John Kerry's list of VP noms. It's amazing what you find when you ask questions and do research! I wonder why these conservative extremist consider John McCain a "bad Republican" or a "Liberal", hmmm... might have something to do with him supporting a "Liberal" immigration plan, or him not supporting a Federal Gay Marriage ban. Now me I’m hoping that Michael Bloomberg enters the race for the fact that he supports gay rights among other things that I support, but he is also a part of that bi-partisan group (http://www.bridgingthepoliticaldivide.org) of elected officials from BOTH parties....you know, the people that you all call traitors that turned on their parties and are now working with them enemy, like a certain possible VP nom, Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, OMG! Yes, a potential Democratic VP in bed with the GOP! I know, horrible isn't it? My God, look at all them Democrats working with Republicans! We got Harold Ford, Jr. and Kathleen Sebelius working with Matthew Dowd and Arnold Schwarzenegger. A sign of the Apocalypse? No...It’s a small sign of hope, some people that have the brains, to cast intolerance and narrow-mindedness aside and work together, and embrace each others ideas. Something you people seem to be incapable of.

After all of this, I now hope that some of you see that you have been acting no different than the close-minded, intolerant Republicans that you claim to hate.

Now let the intolerant attacks begin! :)

Our party now has a television channel. You can browse
http://liberal.democratz.org and on the page you will see the television channel.

I seek interesting political programs that people create, you can submit information about your program of up to 10 minutes that you created on youtube to info@democratz.org

Also on the web site look at our campaigns to enact single payer universal health care, increase the minimum wage to $10 an hour and to end the war in Iraq.

Thank you.

BENEATH THE SPIN • ERIC L. WATTREE, SR.

JESUS WAS A LIBERAL

It never ceases to amaze me how Democrats can allow conservative Republicans--a group whose only reason for being is to undermine the poor--to co-opt the love of God as a political issue. I once read a bumper sticker that said, “The Christian Right is neither Christian, nor Right.” I remember thinking at the time, what a profoundly concise statement of fact--Shakespeare couldn’t have done any better. And every Democratic candidate in America should promote that position every time they opened their mouths to address the Christian community. Instead of caving in to the conservative theft of Christianity, they should use every opportunity to educate the people to the facts, and the fact is, Jesus Christ was a liberal--and according to his teachings, to be anything else, is less than Christian. It’s unbelievable. These thugs didn’t just steal Christmas--they stole the Messiah himself.

Ok, I know--that sounds like a ridiculously partisan statement, and admittedly, I’m far from a Biblical scholar. In fact, I’m not even truly what most people would call a Christian--that is, unless they examined my heart. But I can read, and all the supernatural stuff notwithstanding, I am a great admirer of Jesus as a progressive, a teacher, and philosopher. So I stand my position--Jesus was a liberal, and I challenge any Biblical scholar in the world to prove me wrong.   Read More »

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Scooter Libby was convicted of multiple crimes, including obstruction of justice, and perjury. Just when we though America would finally have justice for all the illegal actions taken by this administration, President Bush intervened and granted "Scooter" Libby clemency. The public seems to misunderstand what exactly happened during the controversy. The real unde! rlying cause of this whole situation was a power grab by Dick Cheney. Cheney unilaterally declassified sections of the National Intelligence Estimate. (The annual, authoritative report on National Security for the United States) Cheney did this to make it easier for this administration to outsource not only our military, but now our intelligence gathering capability. To make matters worse this declassification by a Vice-President has never been done in history. Now former press secretary for the White House, Scott McClellan admits that the Libby "leak" case was a conspiracy that took place in the White House. We have seen our National Defense weakened to further corporate profits for the likes of Halliburton and Blackwater. The Bush administration led us to War in Iraq based on lies, thus the reason Valerie Plame's identify at the CIA was leaked by Cheney and his cohorts; to hurt the credibility of Plame's husband. Plame's husband, Joe Wilson (a longtime State Departm! ent official) who publicly admitted in a NY Times Op-Ed that t! he story about an Iraq-Nigerian Uranium that the Administration was using to lead us into war was a lie that was based on forged documents. The time for impeachment is now. We all know Cheney is the brains behind this greedy corporate cabal in Washington. Now its time for Congress to stand up and proceed with impeaching Cheney before we end up in another war in Iran, based on a continuation of lies, perpetuated to make more money for the War Profitee

Have you had enough of petitions, rallies, and protests that have not worked? The Republiklan party and their klanservative members appears insulated from the public and unresponsive to the public.   Read More »

I have set up a forum for members of Progressive Democrats of America and other progressives and liberals.

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I read today that John Gard is going to throw in his hat for another run for Congress. Its time to start wearing your hip boots so you don't get dirty. Gard said that Congresman Kagen is too Liberal for Northeastern Wisconsin.
As through the term "Liberal" is a dirty word. Well here is the American Heritage Dictionary definition of Liberal.

"Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded."

To my way of thinking that is the definition of a person I would want in political office. I would be proud to be labeled a "Liberal", and I say Liberal is good for Northeastern Wisconsin, especially on issues of Healthcare, Iraq, and Labor issues.

Now checkout the alternative " Conservative" from the American Heritage Dictionary.

"Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change."

After reading this yes Gard is a Conservative, who likes the status que, like stay the course in Iraq. His healthcare reforms consist of Health Savings Accounts, and Ohhh!!! a few tax credits. Gard is no friend of Labor, and seems to agree with the President on nearly all issues. With almost 70 percent of American's disagreeing with President Bushes on the issues. I would have to say that its Gard that is out of touch with Wisconsin.