Thank the goddess for Democrats like Lynn Woolsey (D-CA). This woman is a progressive coalition all by herself. She was one of the very few women in Congress who had the courage to stand up for poor women and children when the Republicans AND the Democrats cruelly yanked away the safety net and called it "welfare reform." Yeah, I know, there were, and are, and will probably always be, very few women in Congress.
Lynn Woolsey is also the first former welfare mother to serve in Congress. Such things can happen in blue states like California. In red states like Tennessee, they devour welfare mothers for breakfast.
Now Rep. Woosley is calling for activists to work for the defeat of centrist Dems because ending this immoral and illegal war is even more important than holding onto a Democratic majority.
But we can do both.
The Hill:
Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) is encouraging anti-war activists to find challengers to centrist Democrats, with the aim of moving the party to the left and ramping up opposition to the war in Iraq, to the chagrin of top Democratic aides.
“You folks should go after the Democrats,” Woolsey said in response to a suggestion from an activist during a conference call last month organized by the Network of Spiritual Progressives.
“I’d hate to lose the majority, but I’m telling you, if we don’t stand up to our responsibility, maybe that’s the lesson to be learned.” . . .
Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) also participated in the conference call, telling activists that any military success in Iraq is “unworthy of the sacrifice of military families.”
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