Jeez, man. You are identifying the
part with the whole. Of course Socialists are going
to be more at home in the Democratic Party,
just as Klansmen are going to be more at home
in the Republican party (at least since the
great realignment of the 1960s, before which
they were all Democrats). That doesn't
make all Republicans into KKKers. We have
two fairly broad centrist parties, and each
of them will have an "extreme" wing. In 1948
as you will recall, the Democratic party had
two extreme wings, one basically Communist and one
Klannist and they both ran against Truman in
the middle.

Wellstone was a great guy in my book
but by no means was he in the mainstream of
the Democratic party.



UJ wrote:
Larry Ozarow wrote in message ...

UJ wrote:


It makes perfect sense to call Democrats socialists.There is a group
in the US Congress called the Progressive Caucus.Here is a list of
their 54 members, overwhelmingly if not entirely comprised of
Democrats:
http://bernie.house.gov/pc/members.asp .
Presidential candidate and Progressive Caucus Co-Chair Dennis Kucinich
is at the top of the list.
So what, you ask? Well, the Progressive Caucus has close ties to the
Democratic Socialists Of America http://www.dsausa.org/dsa.html .
As far as I know, there is no organization called the Republican Nazis
Of America, so your Democrat/Socialist = Republican/Nazi comparison is
way off target.
MB

This is a ridiculous argument, and I assume it's at least partly a joke.
The "Democratic" in DSA of course has nothing to do with the Democratic
Party, but is an adjective to distinguish the DSA from the various
anti-democratic (i.e. pro-Soviet) socialist parties that have been
around. The link you provide is that of Bernie Sanders, who as you
doubtless know, is not a Democrat.

By the way, you used "comprised" incorrectly.


Not at all ridiculous, Larry. This is part of their resolution on the
2004 presidential election:

" Democratic Socialists of America Political Action Committee (DSA
PAC) is not endorsing any candidate for the Democratic presidential
nomination at this time.....We are, however, sobered about where this
candidate will emerge from. He (and it will be a "he") will come from
among the mix of present Democratic contenders, and not from even the
most well-meaning and creative third party effort.
DSA welcomes the grassroots renewal movement within the Democratic
Party, named for the late Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone, in which
DSA members have taken a leadership role in some areas around the
country."

Obviously, the DSA is quite cozy with the late Senator Wellstone's
Democratic Party. Notice that they say that when the time comes, the
recipient of their endorsement for president wll come from within the
Democratic Party.
I'll concede that Not ALL Democrats are socialists, but undoubtedly it
is the Democratic Party's political platform that makes it an
attractive home for the DSA.

As for Bernie Sanders, yes I know that he is officially an
Independent, not a 'Democrat'. But that is nothing more than deceptive
labeling. Look up his voting record, and you'll find that this
admitted socialist votes consistently with the Democrats.
MB