New AFL-CIO head challenges DLC

Before you start getting your passport ready for a media-stoked right-wing resurgence, we might want to see what the AFL-CIO's incoming head says about the DLC pining for a repeat of past defeats.

Richard Trumka, who is set to become the federation's president next month, is warning Democrats not to become a weak carbon copy of the Republican Right.

Trumka says organized labor will challenge Democrats who support the insurance racket in the ongoing health care debate - which lately has turned out to be a debacle.

One assumes Trumka is speaking of the DLC - the Democratic Leadership Council, which is the Republican wing of the Democratic Party.

I'm finding it interesting that most disapproval of the Democrats lately comes from those on the left such as us. I think this has been true for years, but is only now being highlighted by the Republicans' burgeoning stupidity.

(Source: http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/incoming-afl-cio-chief-warns-democrats-not-to-side-with-insurers)