Obama shuns DLC meeting

Now this is an improvement!

I'm disgusted and depressed by the made-up rumors spread by the Right against the Democratic standard-bearer, but if you've read this blog long enough, you probably know that I think Obama is actually much too conservative. (I'm a registered Green, you know.)

Nonetheless, the candidate is doing something bold that no other Democratic nominee has done in probably 20 years: He's shunning the Democratic Leadership Council's meeting.

The Democratic Losership Clowncil is the Republican wing of the Democratic Party. But it's guided the party since the '90s. Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and even John Kerry were (at minimum) strongly influenced by these inane sellouts.

The DLC is usually portrayed as centrist, but these days, that means right-wing. The DLC isn't just conservative, but they're more conservative on the wrong issues! For instance, the DLC supports "free" trade, the failed welfare "reform" law, and the illegal Iraq War. This is especially irritating because the DLC now dominates the party.

But now that Obama has skipped the DLC's get-together in Chicago (even though he was in Chicago when it was going on), it may be a sign the DLC is losing pull.

A little too late, I know. And the party still has a looooong way to go before being restored to what it was. It'll take decades.

The DLC actually hurt the party. The Democrats' only major electoral victory since its rise was Bill Clinton. Look how badly they lost Congress and the governorships from 1993 through 2004. Look how badly their presidential candidates did against Bush, of all people! That's because the DLC pushed the party to go after voters who'll never vote Democratic anyway! All it did was alienate reliable Democratic voters and push them to vote Green or independent.

One wonders why the party's big tent hasn't been closed to the DLC clowns.

(Source: http://www.kansascity.com/445/story/685676.html)