Dems in ‘06 Offer Security, Compassion, Almost Fanatical Devotion to the Pope
ABC’s Political Unit has finally justified its existence by finding and printing the (hopefully rough) draft of the congressional Democrats’ own “Contract With America 2: The Wrath of Rahm.” It’s a legislative agenda with six planks. They are:
- (1) a minimum wage increase;
- (2) repealing the portion of the Medicare prescription drug law that prevents Medicare from negotiating for lower drug prices;
- (3) implementing all of the 9/11 Commission’s homeland security recommendations;
- (4) reinstating pay-as-you-go budget rules;
- (5) making college more affordable; and
- (6) a sixth plank that has not yet been settled upon.
An earlier draft, of course, had 7 planks, with the last being “there is no plank 7.”
Bellwether, Schmellwether [ABC Political Punch]
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I'm sorry to have to say this but they are morons. They only need one plank: Out Now. End the war. That's the issue. If they can't offer leadership on the one and only thing that has driven President Belch's ratings down into the low thirties, they deserve to get spanked in November and I hope that they will.
by ambitious heckler on 06/07/06 11:50 AM
Six Planks without a mention of the Iraq Debacle? Godfuckingdamnitshitcocksuckermotherfucker, what are these idiots thinking?
If they don't make security, war and trust/honesty the focus of their agenda, they should just start calling themselves the Green Party and resigning to permanent minority status.
I have trouble believing this thing is anywhere near the final draft, given that the refrain all year has been ethics.
by Barnacle on 06/07/06 12:56 PM
Plank 6: No member of the Party is to maltreat the Abos in any way at all - if there's anybody watching.
by PeteJayhawk on 06/07/06 04:29 PM
That's gotta be it, Pete... "No Poofters!" would be too big a back-pedal.
by Super Aardvark on 06/07/06 05:18 PM
Plank 7) Increased bipartisanship through passing "The Dutchie" on both the left AND right hand sides. Necessitating a greater rise in American Dutchie-production and use.
by Alfonso X. Alfonse on 06/07/06 06:43 PM
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