FROST JUST DROPPED OUT OF LEADERSHIP RACE

[Woodman]

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Now I can only hope Ford doesn't back down so I can see which way the Congrssional Black Caucus will jump. If they back Ford they are going against the Progressive grain (and hence are traitors to the party) if they go with Ford (who will lose) more blacks will realize the the Dems just want them on the plantation and don't give a DemoRATs ass about them otherwise.

[kjam22]

Is Maxine Watters still in the house?? She's the one I want them to pick.

[McGruff]

[Centurion2000]

Wonderful, the only palatable (to the public) Demonrat for minority leader jsut dropped out of the race.

[Zansman]

This is FANTASTIC news!!!!!!!!!

A Ford/Pelosi battle can only further alienate African-Americans from the rats.

Can you imagine in recent months, the party that brought us the "first Black President" has: not given adequate support to their African American candidate for Governor of New York; (in the minds of many Georgia African Americans) wouldn't back incumbent Rat Cynthia McKinney when she needed it, gave McAuliffe the Chairmanship of the DNC over the African American Mayor of Atlanta; and now will elect a rich, connected white female power broker as their Minority House Leader over a (comparitively) "main stream" African American.

Contrast this with Rod Paige, Colin Powell, Condi Rice (I'm sure the list goes on and on) as high profile powerbrokers of the GOP and I believe what you get is decreased African American turn out and/or more open mindedness towards the GOP (dare we hope).

The rats continue to self destruct and Pelosi as Minority Leader just helps it along all the more.

[TeleStraightShooter]

Romulan

[Dallas]

It sure looks that way....

[45Auto]

If those morons in the demonRAT party put Pelosi in the postion, here is what we can expect:

Here is what Pelosi's agenda will look like:

"The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is the largest socialist organization in the United States, and the principal U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International.

DSA's members are building progressive movements for social change while establishing an openly socialist presence in American communities and politics. "At the root of our socialism is a profound commitment to democracy, as means and end. We are activists committed not only to extending political democracy but to demanding democratic empowerment in the economy, in gender relations, and in culture.

Democracy is not simply one of our political values but our means of restructuring society. Our vision is of a society in which people have a real voice in the choices and relationships that affect the entirety of our lives.

We call this vision democratic socialism - a vision of a more free, democratic and humane society.

We are socialists because we reject an international economic order sustained by private profit, alienated labor, race and gender discrimination, environmental destruction, and brutality and violence in defense of the status quo.

We are socialists because we share a vision of a humane international social order based both on democratic planning and market mechanisms to achieve equitable distribution of resources, meaningful work, a healthy environment, sustainable growth, gender and racial equality, and non-oppressive relationships."

Here is what "Liberty" looks like to a socialist: "A democratic commitment to a vibrant pluralist life assumes the need for a democratic, responsive, and representative government to regulate the market, protect the environment, and ensure a basic level of equality and equity for each citizen.

In the 21st century, such regulation will increasingly occur through international, multilateral action.

But while a democratic state can protect individuals from domination by inordinately powerful, undemocratic transnational corporations, people develop the social bonds that render life meaningful only through cooperative, voluntary relationships.

Promoting such bonds is the responsibility of socialists and the government alike. "The social welfare programs of government have been for the most part positive, if partial, responses to the genuine social needs of the great majority of Americans. The dismantling of such programs by conservative and corporate elites in the absence of any alternatives will be disastrous.

Abandoning schools, health care, and housing, for example, to the control of an unregulated free market magnifies the existing harsh realities of inequality and injustice."

The action agenda posted on the socialists' web site very closely parallels Agenda 21, and the recommendations of the President's Council on Sustainable Development. The web site boasts the creation of the "Progressive Caucus" in Congress, as well as the coalition that is working to promote the socialist agenda in Congress.

[Kevin Curry]

President Bush and Karl Rove did a great job orchestrating the 2002 Republican strategy, but Pelosi's ascendance would really put them to the test. The Dems are stupidly offering Bush and Rove an opportunity of a generation to drive the Liberal Democrat ideology into the wilderness of irrelevance. The best part of all is, the Democrats will do the driving themselves. If President Bush and Karl Rove craft and implement their response with genius, patience, and insight, the Democrats will not merely drive the morally bankrupt leftist ideology off the American stage and into the wilderness of irrelevance, they will smash the accelerator pedal throught the floor to speed the journey.

[Goatroper]

Ford is smooth, very smooth. He won't rub you as raw as Geppie. Like all of the democrats, scratch him and you find a sorry liberal inside. His family in Memphis are a sorry lot of outlaws. But just remember, he is slick, and we don't want Ford if we had a choice.

[45Auto]

Pelosi is a charter member

[Dallas]

I wished Pelosi, and Ford would go at each other in public, but I know better.

[RobbyS]

But don't you agree that the grey hair would soften an appearance that is appropriate only on halloween?

[Dallas]

I'll go on record,....Pelosi will offer him the job of whip, and Ford will back out of the race.

[Gophack]

Ford's congressional website:

Ford

[Oldeconomybuyer]

I tried unsuccessfully to post photos of their children. Apparently the photos would violate some standards here at FR

LOL!!!

[wayoverontheright]

If Pelosi wins, this will be great for our side. Pelosi voted against war resolution. Her reason? The harm it would do to the environment. What a wacko!

I'm not so sure Hillary is going to like the competition. Doesn't this make her second bannana? Anyway no way Zell Miller won't switch if this comes to pass.

[Dallas]

Pelosi.....leader

Ford........whip

[OldFriend]

Just heard it on WABC radio news at 2pm

[Kenton]

So, we have a liberal woman running against a somewhat more moderate black man. What's a politically correct Democrat to do?

Liberal trumps black every time. Any black who is a moderate ANYTHING is a "sellout" to the liberal cause. They like "uppety" blacks who think for themselves even less than they like conservatives.

I can't believe the Republicans' good luck. Pelosi's leftwing extremism is the exact opposite of what the American people said they wanted last Tuesday.