This is a letter from MoveOn.org to its members. It was posted at FreeRepublic.com. Note that they referv to themselves separate from “the Democrats”. This is a true sign of the “progressives” in full force:
Dear MoveOn member,
After one bad Senate election, most Democrats in Washington are on the verge of full-fledged retreat.
Everything we’ve fought for together hangs in the balance. President Obama has signaled he’s open to dramatically scaling back health care reform.1 The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee says he might gut the financial reform bill to appease Republicans.2 And on top of all that, the Supreme Court just opened the floodgates of corporate cash on politics!3
We need to show Democrats that we’re mad as hell and we’re not going to take it anymore. So MoveOn members are organizing an emergency rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday to urge Democrats to show some backbone—starting with passage of a real health care reform bill.
We need a big turnout to show Democrats we’re still waiting on them to deliver the change we voted for—on health care and everything else. Can we count on you to attend?
Yes, I’ll be there on Tuesday at 12:00 PM Sorry, I can’t make it
The lesson from Massachusetts is that voters are angry and it’s time for Democrats to stand up to corporate interests and fight for working families by passing health care reform and taking on Wall Street.
And make no mistake: Democrats still have the ability to pass health care reform and other progressive legislation. They have a larger majority in Congress than Republicans ever did under George W. Bush—and even in Massachusetts, polls show that voters continue to support a bold, populist agenda.4
But it took an unprecedented grassroots movement to elect this President and Congress—and it’ll take all of us standing together now to get their attention, and get them to show some backbone.
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January 24, 2010 at 7:00 pm
historiandude
So where’s the “panic?” Exactly?
January 25, 2010 at 3:22 pm
Interested Bystander
historiandude,
Don’t worry, there’s probably a pill out there that will take care of this “panic” attack your side is having.
Sorry the Government won’t be paying for it though, did you hear, Obama Care is DEAD!!!!!!!!
These are the same people who are trying to rewrite the Bush years as being “terrible”. Well President Bush had 52 months of GROWTH before the Democrats took control of the Congress, and that’s when things started going down hill.
If you watched MSNBC on the night of the election last week, you would have seen a meltdown before your eyes. I watched periodically, and I have to tell you, I didn’t feel sorry for them at all.
historiandude,
The road to recovery starts with an admission.
It is obvious that you are not to that point yet, and the prognosis for you isn’t very good any time soon.
Maybe your blinders are too tight.
January 25, 2010 at 5:30 pm
HistorianDude
So… where’s that panic again? Exactly?
January 26, 2010 at 2:03 pm
Interested Bystander
HistorianDude,
Maybe it’s a little to your left, or right, but it’s there.
With those blinders on, you probably can’t get a good look at it.
Maybe you should consider taking them off, or are they permanently attached?
January 26, 2010 at 6:07 pm
HistorianDude
Nope. No panic here. Just more wishful thinking on the part of the “Obama deranged.”