Obama is a Moderate. If you thought you were voting for a radical lefty then you must have cast your ballot for Kucinich because (in caps this time for emphasis) OBAMA IS A MODERATE.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Get Over It
Obama is a Moderate. If you thought you were voting for a radical lefty then you must have cast your ballot for Kucinich because (in caps this time for emphasis) OBAMA IS A MODERATE.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Calm down right wing witch hunters....
From the complaint...
ROD BLAGOJEVICH stated that he is "struggling" financially and does "not want to be Governor for the next two years." ROD BLAGOJEVICH said that the consultants (Advisor B and another consultant are believed to be on the call at that time) are telling him that he has to "suck it up" for two years and do nothing and give this "motherfucker [the President-elect] his senator. Fuck him. For nothing? Fuck him." ROD BLAGOJEVICH states that he will put "[Senate Candidate 4]" in the Senate "before I just give fucking [Senate Candidate 1] a fucking Senate seat and I don't get anything."
Later in the conversation, ROD BLAGOJEVICH said he knows that the President-elect wants Senate Candidate 1 for the open seat but "they're not willing to give me anything except appreciation. Fuck them."
ROD BLAGOJEVICH stated that he is "struggling" financially and does "not want to be Governor for the next two years." ROD BLAGOJEVICH said that the consultants (Advisor B and another consultant are believed to be on the call at that time) are telling him that he has to "suck it up" for two years and do nothing and give this "motherfucker [the President-elect] his senator. Fuck him. For nothing? Fuck him." ROD BLAGOJEVICH states that he will put "[Senate Candidate 4]" in the Senate "before I just give fucking [Senate Candidate 1] a fucking Senate seat and I don't get anything."
Later in the conversation, ROD BLAGOJEVICH said he knows that the President-elect wants Senate Candidate 1 for the open seat but "they're not willing to give me anything except appreciation. Fuck them."
They're all crooks!
Even Democrats! The governor of Illinois was apparently trying to SELL Senator Obama's senate seat. Yikes. If Obama really is a different sort of Politician and will be a different kind of President, he needs to make Ethics in Government THE centerpiece of his agenda. But, "wait!" you say - the economy is more important! There's more at stake with the management of the Iraq War!
If there was more transparency and accountability, perhaps we wouldn't have had rampant deregulation in the housing market, sweetheart deals brokered behind closed doors between big oil and automobile manufacturers that keep our cars chugging along at 12 miles to the gallon of sweet middle-eastern oil. Perhaps we'd have had a more honest assessment of the intelligence gathered on Iraq in the run up to the War.
This issue - holding accountable Politicians who have the power to send this Country flying off the rails - is the most crucial and important facing President-elect Obama. EVERYTHING depends on it.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Meet The (flawed and biased) Press
Obama's on Meet The Press, which in about forty minutes is reportedly going to become the Sunday Kiss-Ass Hour with David Gregory. For now, it's just Tom Brokaw being hostile with Barack Obama (compare this interview to any of those with McCain or last week's with Ted Turner - the difference is night and day).
Obama is, as always, cool as a cucumber and intellectually engaged. Is he a decider?
UPDATE:
It's David Gregory. Ugh. Now, I don't actively dislike him*, I just think it's a boring choice. I wish MTP had gone to look outside team NBC for the next moderator. Instead, they picked someone who has been pretty terrible when given his own show (Race to the White House) and doesn't seem to really know his stuff.
*On the other hand, this is the guy who danced with Karl Rove at the White House Press Correspondence Dinner a couple of years back.
Obama is, as always, cool as a cucumber and intellectually engaged. Is he a decider?
UPDATE:
It's David Gregory. Ugh. Now, I don't actively dislike him*, I just think it's a boring choice. I wish MTP had gone to look outside team NBC for the next moderator. Instead, they picked someone who has been pretty terrible when given his own show (Race to the White House) and doesn't seem to really know his stuff.
*On the other hand, this is the guy who danced with Karl Rove at the White House Press Correspondence Dinner a couple of years back.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Centered thinking
Saxby won in Georgia! Take THAT, Democrats. Just goes to show you this is a Center Right Nation and that the campaigning Superpower known only as Palin is truly an unstoppable force. You can smell the Republican takeover in 2012, can't you? The country is reeling from the devastating hell wrought by the election of Barack Obama.
This just in...
Al Franken is winning in Minnesota?!
But wait! That can't be! This is a Center Right Nation. Norm Coleman represents the will of the people! (Reality check)
Reality Check Exhibit B:
The fact that the Democrats won't have a sixty vote SUPERMAJORITY is not news - it's been pretty clear for a few weeks this was unlikely to happen. It also wouldn't have meant much of anything aside from being a symbolic victory. You would have 60 Democratic and Independent Senators caucusing together, but do you truly believe there would be a single issue that ALL sixty would agree on? Not a chance.
The way forward is bipartisanship. This cannot be a center right or center left nation, it's got to be a centered nation. It's got to be a nation that balances the needs of all of our citizens and not just specific interest groups and ideology. So, in that spirit, I am perfect happy to take a Franken to their Chambliss. Split right down the middle, let's work together and get it done.
This just in...
Al Franken is winning in Minnesota?!
But wait! That can't be! This is a Center Right Nation. Norm Coleman represents the will of the people! (Reality check)
Reality Check Exhibit B:
The fact that the Democrats won't have a sixty vote SUPERMAJORITY is not news - it's been pretty clear for a few weeks this was unlikely to happen. It also wouldn't have meant much of anything aside from being a symbolic victory. You would have 60 Democratic and Independent Senators caucusing together, but do you truly believe there would be a single issue that ALL sixty would agree on? Not a chance.
The way forward is bipartisanship. This cannot be a center right or center left nation, it's got to be a centered nation. It's got to be a nation that balances the needs of all of our citizens and not just specific interest groups and ideology. So, in that spirit, I am perfect happy to take a Franken to their Chambliss. Split right down the middle, let's work together and get it done.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Blogcation Over/Where the hell have you been?
I'm back, my batteries recharged after a glorious month basking in the glow of the new utopia we've created. Wait a second, things are still crazy? The economy is still in the toilet? George Bush is still president?
Read THIS.
The conservatives are really steamed about Clinton being nominated (or pre-nominated) to be Secretary of State, aren't they? The above is a blog post on the ever-insightful Restate.com that suggests that Clinton cannot be nominated because the Constitution forbids it. It boils down to, near as I can tell, that since the salary of the Secretary of State has been increased during Clinton's term as a Senator, she cannot be elected. This clause was evidently written to keep folks from being appointed to better paying offices by their friends. You know, cronyism.
Clinton will resign, clearly, and be eligible since her elected term with be over. Granted, a narrow reading of this would allow the congress to not confirm her, which is their perfect right but by Redstate.com's own admission, President's of both parties for many years have not subscribed to such a narrow definition. This is clearly sour grapes and leads me to my last point.
THESE PEOPLE ARE HYPOCRITES. FLAMING HYPOCRITES.
So I suggest a counter offer. Hillary withdraws her nomination and we get to put Cheney and Bush on trial for using the Constitution to wipe their ass for the last eight years. Illegal wire-tapping, suspension of Habeas Corpus, secret prisons, shooting people in the face. If the Conservatives want to cry Constitution and bleed on the flag to keep the stripes red then I only have one question for them:
WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?!
Have you been paying attention!??! Do you have any idea how badly our Constitution has been treated these last eight years? Any idea at all? And now you're all Article One Section Six Clause 2 on us?
WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?
Read THIS.
The conservatives are really steamed about Clinton being nominated (or pre-nominated) to be Secretary of State, aren't they? The above is a blog post on the ever-insightful Restate.com that suggests that Clinton cannot be nominated because the Constitution forbids it. It boils down to, near as I can tell, that since the salary of the Secretary of State has been increased during Clinton's term as a Senator, she cannot be elected. This clause was evidently written to keep folks from being appointed to better paying offices by their friends. You know, cronyism.
Clinton will resign, clearly, and be eligible since her elected term with be over. Granted, a narrow reading of this would allow the congress to not confirm her, which is their perfect right but by Redstate.com's own admission, President's of both parties for many years have not subscribed to such a narrow definition. This is clearly sour grapes and leads me to my last point.
THESE PEOPLE ARE HYPOCRITES. FLAMING HYPOCRITES.
So I suggest a counter offer. Hillary withdraws her nomination and we get to put Cheney and Bush on trial for using the Constitution to wipe their ass for the last eight years. Illegal wire-tapping, suspension of Habeas Corpus, secret prisons, shooting people in the face. If the Conservatives want to cry Constitution and bleed on the flag to keep the stripes red then I only have one question for them:
WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?!
Have you been paying attention!??! Do you have any idea how badly our Constitution has been treated these last eight years? Any idea at all? And now you're all Article One Section Six Clause 2 on us?
WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?
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