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Originally Posted by Linkster
More importantly - to use Third Way reports as your basis is the best way to get laughed out of Congress - they are an advocacy group that is trying to battle conservatives by molding a new group called "progressives" - a bunch of former "liberals" that are trying to take the south back for the Democratic Party.
And finally the Congress is already working on a bill that adds two more years to the prohibition of taxes on the internet 47 U.S.C. 151 - the bill is H. R. 1685
Just to clear up some misconceptions - bills get introduced every day that dont even make it to a committee let alone to a full vote of the house or representatives - you really ought to look at the bill they introduced earlier this year - it abolishes the IRS and gets rid of the income tax system completely and replaces it with a flat tax - and its still around - H.R. 25 and the Senates version S. 25
Now there's something I would vote for 
All of this grandstanding by congressmen (and I guess women in this case) is usually just to grab attention to their cause - which in this case happens to be "furthuring the attention to the progressives stand in preparation for the 2008 election. |
Thats a pretty good post. A few years ago liberals realized that "liberal" was a bad word with the American public and decided they needed a makeover. They changed their name to "progressive" and started calling themselves "moderates".
As far as the south is concerned, they may be to late. The south has always been traditionally democrat because the people didn't care to get educated. They voted democrat because their fathers and their fathers voted democrat. Many self proclaimed southern democrats realized that they actually had conservative values.
The last two elections were highly publicized and forced southerners to learn about the issues. Gore and Kerry were the worst case scenerio for the democratic party to relate to the south. Gore didn't even win his own southern state.