Congressman John K. Delaney, what the hell are you talking about?

[Jesus Malverde]

Congressman John K. Delaney, what the hell are you talking about?

In a recent Washington Post op-ed piece, headlined, “The last thing America needs? A left-wing version of the Tea Party,” the Democratic congressman from Maryland scolds progressives and expresses his worry “about where some of the loudest voices in the room could take the Democratic Party.”

He writes, “Rejecting a trade agreement with Asia, expanding entitlement programs that crowd out other priorities and a desire to relitigate the financial crisis are becoming dominant positions among Democrats. Although these subjects may make for good partisan talking points, they do not provide the building blocks for a positive and bold agenda to create jobs and improve the lives of Americans.”

Rep. Delaney even implies that a freewheeling, open discussion of “these subjects” could lead to the election of a Republican president.

Good grief, John. A trade agreement that favors multinational corporations over working people? Cutting “entitlement programs” such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, worker’s compensation? Letting Wall Street off the hook for crashing the economy and costing millions of Americans their jobs and homes? These are Republican policies, bought and paid for by plutocrats. If Democrats simply mimic them, there would be no need to bother with voting for a Republican president; we could cancel the election and put the billions saved in campaign contributions straight into the Clinton Foundation.

The progressive agenda isn’t “left wing.” (Can anyone using the term even define what “left wing” means anymore?) The progressive agenda is America’s story — from ending slavery to ending segregation to establishing a woman’s right to vote to Social Security, the right to organize, and the fight for fair pay and against income inequality. Strip those from our history and you might as well contract America out to the US Chamber of Commerce the National Association of Manufacturers, and Karl Rove, Inc.

http://billmoyers.com/2015/06/03/turn-left-main-street/

[peecoolyour]

1. LOL, what a tool. nt

[Wilms]

2. Congressman John K. Delaney's net worth is between $46,886,140 and $231,164,999.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Delaney_%28Maryland_politician%29

[eridani]

3. This shitstain is cosponsoring a "fast track" bill to get rid of Social Security

NO to H.R. 1578!
Hands OFF our $3 trillion
Social Security Trust fund!


Legislation introduced in the House by Rep. John Delaney (D-MD) would create a Social Security Commission designed to fast-track reforms and insulate Members of Congress from the public backlash over harmful benefit cuts that co-sponsor Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) says the commission will consider, including: raising the retirement age, means testing and the chained CPI.

Rep. John Delaney
1632 Longworth House Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Rep. John Delaney
9801 Washingtonian Blvd
Suite 330
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Rep. John Delaney
38 S Potomac St
Suite 205
Hagerstown, MD 21740 Phone: [phone]

[octoberlib]

4. He's an undercover Republican.

This guy needs to be primaried.

[Unknown Beatle]

5. Fuck! What's happening to the democratic party in DC?

A fuck of a lot of DINOs.

[cali]

6. actually there are fewer DINOs now than in quite some time.

[Unknown Beatle]

8. There are 44 Senate Democrats.

Thirteen voted for Fast Track. That's 32.5%.

32.5% of Senate Democrats are DINOs. That's a high percentage.

[mntleo2]

13. OK I had to steal this cartoon lol!

[blackspade]

7. There is no left wing version of the tea party.

Delaney is an idiot.

[Fumesucker]

11. I read about them all the time on DU, "the far left", "hair on fire", "purists"

[blackspade]

14. :)

[djean111]

9. And remember - we are supposed to always vote for the "D".

No more. Plus conflating the left (or, really, what's left of the Democratic party's ideals) with the Tea Party is just the usual cheap shot from a DINO.

[newfie11]

10. Another Repug pretending to be a Dem

Go Bernie!

[mntleo2]

12. I posted this on Mr Moyer's blog:

(sigh) I just wish for once politicians like Delaney would admit they profit off the backs of the poor and lower classes. Poverty is an Institution meaning it is deeply embedded within our society. One definition of an institution is " ... a well-established and structured pattern of behavior or of relationships that is accepted as a fundamental part of a culture..." The Institution of Poverty feeds off racism, sexism (including LGBTQ), classism, ageism, and those with disabilities In order to continue in spite of the terrible and massive damage it creates, .

Most people think the poor depend upon the upper classes when in fact it is the other way around ~ the upper classes depend upon the poor for their profit and comforts. The Institution of Slavery upheld the upper classes for 300 years in this country ~ and using those in poverty simply replaces the slavery institution with anyone vulnerable enough to use for profit by those in power. The upper classes desperately NEED those who they can exploit, and the truth is they would die without it and they know it.

But much like many secretly despise their own clinging dependence they will try pretend the benefactor does not exist and they are doing it all by themselves using coded words and other ways to demean those on whom they depend.

It is laughable and rather pathetic to see Delaney and his ilk exposing all that muck writhing within their greedy souls by trying to cover up their own vulnerability and dependence. They think a bunch of finger pointing will draw attention away from themselves and hide this scandalous secret with thankless howling about the entitlements of their benefactors. While many of us are quite aware he and the other 2% hold all the cards and leave the rest of us with little, we 99% are laughing up our sleeves in spite of the pain we are in because we plainly see what they are doing. We see the indulged little king prancing around preening in all his glory when in truth he is buck nekkid and wavin' in the wind ...

As our parents taught us about finger pointing: "When you point a finger never forget there are three fingers pointing back at you ..."

Cat in Seattle