[governsleastgovernsbest]

I take this as good news. If Frost beats Pelosi (which seems unlikely), he will continue the Democrats' leftward drift toward electoral oblivion.

[ppaul]

When Martin Frost got his start in Congress, conservatives in Texas called him a Commie.
Don't be fooled by this chameleon.

[Russell Scott]

Either one will only accelerate the spread of the bubonic plague within the party, forcing more Rats to be exterminated in 2004.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Reformatting Frost's Ratings

RECENT RATING OF MARTIN FROST BY VARIOUS INTEREST GROUPS

National Right to Life Committee - 0%
Planned Parenthood - 100%
NARAL (National Abortion Rights League) - 100%
National Federation of Independent Business (Small Business) - 11%
Small Business Survival Committee - 8%
Christian Coalition - 0%
ACLU - 69%
NAACP -93%
Human Rights Campaign (gay rights) = 100%
Family Research Council (family values) - 0%
American Conservative Union - 4-25%
NEA (teachers union) - 100%
Children's Defense Fund (Hillary's alma mater) - 93%
National Rifle Association - F
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence - 100%
Pro-labor (ratings from a wide variety of unions) - 91-100%
Citizens Against Government Waste - 4%
Americans for Tax Reform - 10%
National Taxpayers Union - 9%
League of Private Property Voters - 10%

[DugwayDuke]

Well, actually, Frost is a moderate. For a democrat, that is. You see, any one who supports abortion, gun control, high taxes, and Hillary Clinton is a moderate.

[Churchjack]

Help!! I'm trapped in Martin Frost's district!! Arrrrrghh...

Kidding aside, he's one that campaigns conservative to get the votes, then libs out. I believe he's to the right of Pelosi, but that's not saying anything substantive, really.

[PJ-Comix]

FLASH! I just heard that Harold Ford of TN is now in the running for Minority Leader.

[retiredtexan]

Frost did not say that he would or could work with republicans, He said that he knew how to deal with them and control the outcome.

[11th Earl of Mar]

Great post. Thanks for the homework.

I think the Dems will vote for the real thing in Pelosi. Why not have a leader who is liberal and proud of it, instead of a voting liberal who talks centrist.

[xm177e2]

I hope Pelosi wins. Frost is much more dangerous to Republicans.

[carlo3b]

he will continue the Democrats' leftward drift toward electoral oblivion..

Bingo, this guy is a real snake. He will be so much easier to beat up than Pelosi, who would have the clout to muster the wrath of the far let perverted media in defense any stupid fringe position she advances, and hind behind her skirts, ie; Hillary. Frost doesn't have any natural ideological allies in the party on any level, except that they are all run-of-the-mill, lying / socialist / communist / Maoist / perverts. Pity, Frost will not get the position, just having him, a meally mouthed weasel, that would be the equivelant to fingernails on a blackboard every night on the networks, would.

[xm177e2]

Hi people from DU. I was banned at your website so I can't answer your questions there, but I know you have this link.

In response to the charge that I am lying, I am not. Pelosi IS a member of the House Progressive Caucus, which is the creation of the Democratic Socialists of America. They TOOK THE LINK OFF OF THEIR PAGE. You can find a cached verison with a Google search. (i love google)

Since you wont trust anything from a right-wing site, I'm going to link to a left-wing site that says the Progressive Caucus was formed by the DSA. I hope that helps to clear things up.

In response to the paragraph-by-paragraph refuation, I never bothered to analyze who was being nice, and who was playing dirty pool. I didn't want to bother with media bias, because it's irrelevant to my point. I wanted to avoid questions of right and wrong and go straight into questions of winning and losing. My post was not intended to argue that Republicans are nice people who deserve to win, it was intended to argue that picking Pelosi is a REALLY bad idea for Dems.

And if anyone from DU reads this, can you please post this link: http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:HAjTmwvmYlMC:www.dsausa.org/pc/pc.members.html+pelosi+progressive+caucus&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

thanks.