Liberals need a 'New Deal Contract With America'

Just like Newt created his right wing revolt, we need a progressive document to hold our elected official accountable to AFTER THEY GET ELECTED.

It seems that Obama is another example of a DINO that runs his campaign on the left, and governs on the right, even far right.

In other words, you where scammed,  by a very smooth talker that kept his campaign rhetoric parsed but sent key signals he was progressive, when in fact he was far far from it.

Certainly Obama is not the only DINO, he is just the one we put in the WH.

I am not getting into specifics, but it would not be that hard to come up with a list of items or ideals.

But I think it would be useful to get a candidate or representative to sign on to a pledge and at least know if they had any intentions at all of being progressive or not.

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Seems to me that the cornerstone of the "contract" was TERM LIMITS.  They kept that one, right?

See, first we need to elect some REAL progressives.  Ones that refuse to be bought and sold.  Therein lies the big problem.

Power and money corrupt.  Before we do anything, we have to get the money out of politics.

A wire in the fire room

by blueheartinaredstate on 03/11/2010 01:11:19 PM EST

I agree that we need a firm platform that starts with single payer and ends with some people in shackels. Obama is making Bush look small time in his sellout to the corporations.

Never in my wildest dreams did I believe he would fuck us over this bad. He is allowing the banks, defense dept and health insurance companies to rob us blind.

He is the anti-christ.

by sisco66 on 03/11/2010 09:54:52 PM EST

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