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Damn! And I thought my

Ramona — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 02:40:13 +0000

In reply to You do not do this for

Damn! And I thought my blushing days were over.

Richard, you just stop that now. . .

“One of the truest tests of

chucktrotter — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 01:56:25 +0000

In reply to Lots of flowery, politicky

“One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.”

Chinua Achebe

You do not do this for

Richard Day — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:00:19 +0000

In reply to The GOP's big plan: Yell "taxes" in a Crowded Theater, Send in the Clowns, Boffo Box Office*

You do not do this for acclaim. ha

But you are on top ramona. ha. Good for you!!!

Damn, I wish you were president or senator.

I would vote for you in a minute!!!

You know what is going on. You are a good communicator in an age when people do no communicate so well.

I just feel good when someone succeeds who communicates my ideas so much better than I do.

I love Ramona!!!

It could have been a helluva'

SleepinJeezus — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:11:27 +0000

In reply to The GOP's big plan: Yell "taxes" in a Crowded Theater, Send in the Clowns, Boffo Box Office*

It could have been a helluva' fight, but we'll never know. We had the wrong guys in the ring at the time. They thought they could pull their punches whilst putting on a show for those of us at ringside. Some show! Knocked flat on their asses without ever really connecting on anything they threw at the opposition. Maybe it's time to mop up and get the corporately owned DLC Palooka-Dems out of the way.

And then? Let the fight begin! Fuck the insurance companies! Fuck Wall Street! Fuck the Chamber of Commerce! So long Joe Palooka. Hello Joe Louis.

Lots of flowery, politicky

synchronicity — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:22:27 +0000

In reply to The GOP's big plan: Yell "taxes" in a Crowded Theater, Send in the Clowns, Boffo Box Office*

Lots of flowery, politicky language to disguise their support of corporate rule and greater income disparity.

You either read it wrong, or

we are stardust — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:57:32 +0000

In reply to Can't speak for A-Train, but

You either read it wrong, or I wrote it wrong. I was objecting to Austin Train saying that "...it's from incremental gains that true progress comes with the passage of time." It's not always true, and in this case, it's just more apology for Dems and a President who were in the catbird's seat the past two years, and wasted one of the greatest mandates for progressive change in our lifetimes.

I object to his calling those who may not vote for Dems possible 'racists', too, without explanation. I think he shouldn't be allowed to utter things that aren't true, or that there's no evidence for, just to scream at those people who read at dagblog who he imagines aren't voting. That's all. Hysteria won't help his cause one whit.

Agreed. They need to know

Ramona — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:52:41 +0000

In reply to So, Ramona; start a movement

Agreed. They need to know how we all feel about their backsliding and their cowardice. I've been letting them know and so has everyone else. Look at their poll numbers. They're not listening--so far. But I'm a mom. I know how to nag until I get them to do what's right. We can't stop sending the message, but in my opinion, it would be even worse to let the Republicans win.

I ask again, "Do the

quinn esq — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:50:56 +0000

In reply to So we can presume you're "one

I ask again, "Do the Republicans have to pay you much to come on here and be such a complete flaming ass?" I mean, Dude, if you're TRYING to support the Dems, you sure as shit have an odd way of going about it. You're not being persuasive, you're just being a dick.

"Didn't get everything your wishlist in the first two weeks?" Are you daft? Are you a child? Did a cow fall on your head? I donno, maybe that sortof thing happens in Austin.

Anyhoo. Good luck to you, "Head-Caved-In-By-Cow-In-Austin."

Well, what excatly is the

Dan Kervick — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:38:43 +0000

In reply to The GOP's big plan: Yell "taxes" in a Crowded Theater, Send in the Clowns, Boffo Box Office*

Well, what excatly is the Democrats' message to the American people about what they are planning to do over the next two years if they are rewarded by voters with re-election to office, and if their party maintains control of the Congress? I'm not hearing it.

Right now, the strongest reason for voting the Democrats is that they are not as awful as the evil and hate-filled Dawn of the Dead Republican monsters who are the only alternative. I'm writing a letter to my local paper in which I am going to say that I am voting for the Democrats just because the Republicans are economy-wrecking and hate-mongering nitwits. That's the best I've got.

Every Democrat in the country is running a separate campaign using uniquely designed talking points for their own district. There is no coherent national message, and many of them are undermining their own party and its agenda. They aren't hanging together, so they're going to hang separately.

Democrats voted for the stimulus bill, which accepted the classic and still viable Democratic Keynesian approach of using deficit spending to spur growth in a recession, and then growing out of the deficit later. Now these cowards are repudiating their own economic strategy, and falling in line with the "deficits are the real problem" austerity approach favored by Republicans. They have surrendered the philosophical battlefield, and have made it a virtual certainty that, no matter who wins, we are headed for years of Hooverism, with prolonged unemployment and low growth.

We need an insurgency within the Democratic Party to get a new breed of boldly progressive and egalitarian Democrats in power, and take over the leadership from a tired, conservative and politically incompetent leadership that represents the conservative "New Democrat" third-wayers of yesterday. I actually thought Obama was going to be part of this new generation. But it looks like he is actaully part of the rearguard retreat of yesterday's men.

Can't speak for A-Train, but

Ramona — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:35:04 +0000

In reply to I'm trying to suss out some

Can't speak for A-Train, but what would be the point of giving up even the little incremental progress we've seen?

We have made some gains. When I speak of the Democratic Party I use the term generally, but it's really not fair to forget about the Democrats who do fight for the greater good. There are at least some who fight their hardest, even when they know they're going to lose. Good for them--go down fighting if you have to, but at least fight. I can't think of a single Republican who looks at the broader picture and sees the damage their obstinence is doing. Whatever paltry gains we've made will be taken away in a heartbeat if the Republicans win control. I have absolutely no doubt about that. That's where my battle is, and I'm not going to give up to them just because my party is a disappointment. (I'll deal with them later, just as you suggested.)