REBUILDING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

DEMOCRACY FOR AMERICA is Vermont-based organization that was founded to "rebuild the Democratic Party from the bottom up."

It "fights against the influence of the far right-wing and their radical, divisive policies and the selfish special interests that for too long have dominated our politics."

From the DFA website, here's a method they are utilizing to rebuild the Democratic Party:

Beware of Falling Congressmen


If you could say something—in a big way—to the people of Congressman Tom DeLay's district in Texas, what would it be?

We're looking for a slogan—something short, something memorable, and something that lets the people of his district know that it's time for him to go.

We're buying billboards in the 22nd Congressional District, and if your slogan is selected, it will be part of Democracy for America's big splash in Tom DeLay's backyard.

Suggest your Tom DeLay slogan here:

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/slogan

You have a lot of material to work with, thanks to Tom DeLay himself. Everything is fair game—his abuse of power, his money-for-influence machine, his corporate shilling, his ethics rebukes, his foreign trips with lobbyists, his huge campaign payouts to family members, his bullying of fellow Congressmen.

You can even use his more recent threatening of judges and his wild lashing out at critics. And remember, his nickname is "The Hammer" and he's a former exterminator—those facts might come in handy as well.

What message do you want to send?

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/slogan

With the folks at Democracy for Texas we're going to take your slogan and make a stand on DeLay's home turf—where his political base erodes more and more every day.

You were the first to put an ad on the air in his district last year, when everyone thought Tom DeLay was untouchable. Our efforts helped give him the scare of his political life and his lowest margin of victory ever.

Now it's time to finish the job—and have a little fun doing it.

Thank you,

Tom Hughes
Executive Director
Democracy for America

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P.S. Over 10,000 slogans have been submitted since this afternoon—get yours in now!
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What a sturdy foundation they're setting to rebuild the Democratic Party!

What does it stand for? Where are the ideas? What is the direction for the country?

My guess is the Dems realize their ideas have been rejected by Americans. The party of pessimism doesn't want to advertise what they really are about.

Rather than offering a vision for America, they put their energy into a lame project based on sliming Tom DeLay.

The DFA brags, "You were the first to put an ad on the air in his district last year, when everyone thought Tom DeLay was untouchable. Our efforts helped give him the scare of his political life and his lowest margin of victory ever."

They are proud of garnering nationwide support to give one Congressional representative the "scare of his political life."

It appears the Democratic Party has a PLAN, to use John Kerry's oft-repeated, empty phrase. They plan to DEMONIZE AND DESTROY.

I have a slogan I'd like to suggest for a DFA billboard:

VISION PROBLEMS? THE DEMOCRATS WANT YOU!