Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Clearly, "Progressive" Means A Place To Hide
I've had difficulty understanding Liberals for a long, long time. Liberals don't seem to be proud of that word because it's almost across the board that Liberals are now "Progressives." Sounds like a name change designed to provide political cover, don't you think? Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson, a pure-bred Liberal if there ever was one, allows himself to sink into that hidden darkness of referring to Liberals over and over as Progressives. Maybe he's not aware of what he's saying, huh? I, for one, will spend no more time on this trite bit of camouflage. I'm a conservative. Period. No hiding here for me. But Liberals are Progressives, a name change that spells coward. You make of this what you want, you Liberals.
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Actually they are showing their true "color."
ReplyDeleteThe Congressional Progressive Caucus is the largest non-party caucus in the US with 83 declared members including our own Steve Cohen. According to their website the CPC advocates "universal access to affordable high qualty healthcare", fair trade agreements, living wage laws, the right of all workers to organize into labor unions and engage in collective bargaining, the abolition of significant portions of the Patriot Act, the legalization of same-sex marriage, strict campaign finance reform laws, a complete pullout from the war in Iraq, a crackdown on corporate welfare and influence, an increase in income tax rates on the wealthy, tax cut for the poor, and an increase in welfare spending by the federal government. Actually progressivism is code word for Democratic Socialists, which they all are, including Obama. They want to keep chiseling away capitalism until they get what they want and they intend to do it democratically and work within the system. They do not talk about overthrowing the government anymore (as the radical left), they talk about CHANGE. Until 1999, the Progressive Caucus worked in open partnership with the Democratic Socialists of America. After the press reported on this link, the connections suddenly disappeared from both websites. We conservatives cannot let them get away with it!