I got this email from MoveOn.org today, but I think it makes a better fundraiser for Republicans rather than conservatives. In it, MoveOn asks readers to imagine a future of progressive leadership.
Here's a snippet from the email below:
Taking just the House of Representatives, here is a small slice of who will be leading:
- Nancy Pelosi—a progressive—becomes Speaker of the House of Representatives.
- John Murtha—a veteran and anti-war champion—would become chair of the House subcommittee on defense appropriations. He would be in charge of the budget for the war in Iraq.
- John Conyers—who forced a national debate on the Downing Street Memos—would be chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
- Henry Waxman would be chairman of the Government Reform committee—he has a bulls-eye on war profiteers like Halliburton.
- Barney Frank—who has led efforts to rein in out-of-control CEO pay—would be in charge of the Financial Services Committee.
- David Obey—who led opposition to the Republican budget—would be chair of the House Appropriations committee—protecting Medicaid, food stamps, veteran's benefits, student loans and more.
- Charles Rangel—who predicted the Medicare debacle—would be chair of the House Ways and Means committee—protecting Social Security.
- George Miller—a big advocate for working people—would be chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and could bring a vote to raise the minimum wage.
That is just a sample—six of these eight are either members or founders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Put aside for a minute any disappointment you might have in the Democrats overall—these leaders are what we'll get if we win in November. They are champions on issues we all care about.
(That was my emphasis added there.)
Pelosi as Speaker of the House? Rangel looking out for Social Security? That's downright scary.
But, my favorite part of the email is the part that is brazen enough to ask reader to "put aside any disappointment you might have in Democrats overall."
I don't know how much more a liberal Democrat could be disappointed in their party after all the opportunities the Republicans have handed them. I mean, I would list them out, but if they haven't figured it out yet, why throw the dogs that bone? They've got to be hungry for it.
