Tennessee Political Blotter

Make no mistake, Democrats still run this country. The Senate is ours along with the veto pen. But we are slightly wounded so the fight only gets harder from here…

The time to get nasty is long overdue. We are at war.
The American People vs American Corporations.
Big Corporate is the enemy. But even with their unlimited financial resources all they could manage to accomplish is the normal changing of Congress once a new President is elected.

MEDIA:

Problem is, media is corporate. They will only promote corporate interests. That’s the only reason that a group as insignificant and wacky as the Teabaggers managed to get anywhere. They are Koch bros. corporate AsstroTurf, corporations stick together better than people do unfortunately.

Right now, we need to start doing what Howard Dean did and what Tim Kaine failed to do. We need to start nurturing the youth vote and showing them why they are so important. That means 16 and 17 year old future voters.
Democrats are pro-people, Republicans are pro-corporate. That’s the truth and should be the message.
Tim Kaine and the DNC allowed the Right to lie about the Stimulus Package and the Health Reform legislation unopposed. That type of failure is unacceptable. In Tennessee, Chip Forrester and the TNDP failed in exactly the same way.

The progressive agenda is what brought voters out in ‘08. When that agenda was compromised we lost ground. We need to be us and stop trying to be them once elected.
I’ve said it a million times, pragmatism is a disease. And it cost us the House yesterday.

Nurture the youthful voters, be unyielding progressives and stay that way, give the DNC an enema and beg Dr. Dean to return.
Having our own TV station, like FOX only respectable, wouldn’t hurt either.

Enter the Northeast Tennessee Progressive network. We begin today to repair the failures of the pragmatists in the Democratic party. One step at a time.
Whosoever is a resident of North East Tennessee, we ask you to join us. Today. Not two weeks before an election, but one day after one. If you’re not from NETN, you’re still most welcome.

The facts have not changed. Democrats are the strength of this nation and Republicans are a pox upon it. Were that not true we would have lost the Senate. Even in a weakened state we still came out on top.
We’re a party worth fighting for, and we have no time to lose.