Make No Mistake! The "Professional Left" is unions and minorities

[Vinnie From Indy]

It is quite clear that Obama is a DLC'er through and through at this point. He has filled his Admin. with these people. That being the case, it is important for all DU'ers, progressives, union folk and minority groups to review the positions and origins of the group.

The DLC was founded primarily by southern Democrats as a reaction to the GOP's Southern Strategy and it has as its fundamental philosophy that the Democratic Party must move away from the Great Society and New Deal policies. In short, the group advocates and has been VERY successful at selling out to corporate interests, abandoning the poor, destroying unions and, ultimately, killing the middle class. Their agenda is clear and I hope all progressives understand that these people are not your friend nor are they working for anything less than your extinction as a viable, potent politcial force.

[Vincardog]

1. Bingo got it in one

[LoZoccolo]

2. Right, Obama has such a low approval rating amongst them and they equate him with Bush*. n/t

[saracat]

7. Gee, these folks don't seem happy, at least not in their own unionwire.

People don't usually March On Washington when they approve.


Oct 2 DC One Nation march for jobs gets support of AFL-CIO

http://talkingunion.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/oct-2-dc-o... /



During its Aug. 4-5 meeting in Washington, D.C., the AFL-CIO Executive Council issued a statement supporting the One Nation coalition and its October 2 Washington D.C. march for jobs. The AFL-CIO said saying we must fight the fear mongering and scapegoating that is dividing our country.

All of us have been dismayed, to say the least, by the failure of the Obama Administration to make more progress on restoring the economy, particularly in regards to job creation, fighting foreclosures and preventing further job losses resulting from budget cuts by state and local governments. We are frustrated by and angry at the obstructionism of Congressional Republicans.

Now, a new coalition (ONE NATION WORKING, TOGETHER) has come together to fight back on the jobs and the other issues necessary to save our economy. They have called for a March for Jobs on October in Washington, D.C. 2nd just two months away. On the same day, the union movement will walk door-to-door in targeted states around the country, mobilizing union members exactly one month before the fall elections.

The administration’s failure represents both a lack of leadership and a political shift toward the position of the “deficit hawks”—those Republicans and Democrats who believe that government spending, even counter-cyclical deficit spending to counter the impact of the Great Recession, represents a greater threat to the economy than the renewed recession the cutbacks the deficit hawks advocate would cause. The influence of the deficit hawks is the main reason that the Senate has failed to pass any re-authorization of the extension of unemployment benefits and why the version the House passed did not include an extension of subsidized COBRA (health care) benefits.

The leadership for this coalition comes from 1199, the New York based hospital workers union, and the national NAACP. Other unions, including the AFL-CIO and SEIU are already involved. A growing list of community organizations is on board. DSA has endorsed the March for Jobs, as did the U.S. Social Forum, when it convened in Detroit in June. In our view this mobilization can motivate grass roots activism that fights back against Congress’s and the administration’s retreat on job creation.

FULL story at link.

http://talkingunion.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/onenati...

[Poboy]

20. kr

[saracat]

3. Well their view is that with the victory of Citizens United, they have no choice.

Obama foreshadowed that SCOTUS decision when he opted out of Public Funding. They know which side their bread is buttered on and it ain't us. We don't have large enough pockets.

[kirby]

4. I dont think so...

I think the 'professional left' are the people employed professionally by think-tanks, blogs, magazines, non-profits, etc, who advocate for their views.

[Qutzupalotl]

13. Right.

Gibbs was referring to the people who are paid to toe the liberal line: your Huffingtons, your Wheelers, your Bartcops, most of whom have considerable beef with the lack of action on their main issues. I don't think it's right for the OP to conflate this with an attack on unions.

[bvar22]

18. Yes. The kind of people who want "Canadian Style Health Care".

What a bunch of fringe wacko woowoos!

[WinkyDink]

5. Trying to figure out the "D" part here. A number of words arise, none of which is "Democratic."

[Hell Hath No Fury]

6. Neo liberals suck as hard as ---

neo cons, in my book.

I get it. And I will fight tooth and nail against anyone who wants to drag us down that path.

[GreenArrow]

25. two sides of the same coin

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[LostinVA]

8. Teh Gays are a bunch of malcontents

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x403964#404075

[Starry Messenger]

22. I had to log out to read that one.

Nasty! x(

[The Backlash Cometh]

9. Oh, thanks for that clarification.

They mean the educated left. Yikes! Our own side just called us elitist!

[BrklynLiberal]

10. Well said...

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

11. The "professional left" is RW trolls.

[marmar]

17. How astoundingly stupid.

nt

[GreenArrow]

26. Yep, and unintentionally ironic

as well.

[napi21]

12. I really believe that after Reagan almost destroyed the unions, the Dems

were franatic about where they were going to get the $$ to ever be competative with the Pubs again! That's when they resorted to the DLC and went after the corporate $$. Yes, Obama got a lot of his money from US peons via net contributions, but all of us put together can't match a handful of nice large corp. donations. I don't think they're against the New Deal, but in order to retain at least some of that corp. money, they can't be thestrong populace leaders that we really want. With the passage of the SCOTUS decision that removed all caps to corp. fund, it only makes matter worse.

[whistler162]

14. EPIC FAIL!

[Bluebear]

19. Sorry, not at all the case.

[glitch]

15. Don't let the DLC discourage us from fighting for a Progressive Congress

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/activities/357-dean-corps-organizer-application

[amborin]

16. the "new" GM is a good example: non-union GM plants in Michigan, wages

slashed, and the new UAW prez announces the UAW gives up the fight, in his speech in Traverse City

[bvar22]

24. But the Centrist Obama Administration claims THAT...

...(Non-Union Plants, Wages Slashed) as "Mission Accomplished".

I'll bet you are one of those drug addled fringe Leftists who want "Canadian Style Health Care."
Hahahahahahaha!

What are YOU going to do?
Vote for a Republican?
Hahahahahahaha!

YOU are soooo FUCKED!

credit "Seinfeld"

[VMI Dem]

21. Rec.

[killbotfactory]

23. The professional left is anyone you want it to be!

DU posters, liberal blogs, grandma, anybody!

You can insert any group or person that you want to make sure is pissed off at Obama coming into an election because good progressives feed the fire of political apathy!

[Poboy]

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