I have been saying this for a long time. Moderates are not allowed in the dem party. Hell they kicked Joe Lieberman out.
Steve Cohen is probably one of the safest members in Congress
Correction, Kucinich high school nickname was 'penis blew spinich.'
Cohen's district is as corrupt when it comes to voting fraud as any place in the country, including Chicago.
Cohen has also voiced aspirations to run for state wide elected office. He's even dumber than I thought if he tries, it's doubtful he would carry any other district than his own.
This must be pretty old, because Phil Hare (IL 17th) used to be my Rep. and was defeated last election. He was a terrible Rep, but his predecessor was one of the best.
Maybe the socialists are counting dead voters?
Just read a NYT op-ed (so take it however you want) that states their polls show that Tea Party disapproval is up to 40% from 18% in the last 14 months. I don't think there's a politician or party that can save face at this point.
Here's a link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/17/opinion/crashing-the-tea-party.html?_r=2&src=me&ref=general
Anytime you read anything in the slimes, believe just the opposite.
Remember Duranty?
It's not about a party saving face, it's about the American citizen saving the nation.
As long as we allow the media aka 'Orwelian information bueau' to tell us who to vote for then we are done as a nation that is even faintly recognizable from not too long ago and nothing at all like what made this nation the greatest, most prosperous and humanitarian in the world.
IIRC, about 20 million people participated in TP rallies. Some have undoubtedly become disillusioned. Many others who never attended share sentiments with them.
When polls ask questions about fiscal policy... about 70% of Americans line up with the TP... yet they have high disapproval? I have given my reason. I will just add that it doesn't help them that the establishment GOP hates and fears them worse than the Dems.
What are your ideas about their disapproval? Would people knowingly disagree with a group that agrees with their opinions, abides by the law, has remained EXTREMELY civil,...?
Not only that they clean up after themselves instead of leaving the scene all trashed out as you will find after leftist rallies.
In nearly every election the majority of the people of voting age do not vote at all.
Some of this is apathy but a lot of it has to do with people who have lost faith in the electorial process.
In 1968 I founded the 'party' party, the 'party' ticket calls for voters to just write in whoever they feel like, just be sure to register and vote and participate some way.
Unless the law has been changed any voter can demand a paper ballot that has a line for write in candidates.
My favorites have been Pat Paulsen and Foster Brooks but Disney characters sometimes.
A while back the Party party cast so many votes for Mickey Mouse that the election commission decided in Tennessee that write in votes wouldn't be reported to the press, it was too embarassing to both parties.
I always considered Evan Baye a moderate Dem. (Lieberman too but he was already mentioned).
The dude from West Virginia is one (Mancin?) and good ole Heath Shuler was one.
So you are saying the 'moderate democrat' should be added to the endangered species list??
Question; what good are so-called moderate democrats if they always vote in block with the rest of the democrats on bills such as obamacare, stimulus and dudd-fwank, to name some of the worst of the recent crap legislation that has been passed.
And that doesn't even take into account little amendments in big bills that pass through often times completely unnoticed by the average citizen such as the 'pedophile protection act' attached to the defense budget bill that trods on our most guarded of all rights, the first amendment which protects freedom of speech.
And you can blame the democrats for blocking all the domestic oil drilling they possibly could for the last forty years, putting us in a very unfavorable position vs OPEC, is a big cause of the balance of trades deficit and contributed to our runaway national debt and the fact that we owe the Chinese communists so much our grandchildren will still be paying when we are dead and gone.
