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Woah. I guess I didn't put

kgb999 — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 20:47:53 +0000

In reply to Whiplash? dude, who do you

Woah. I guess I didn't put that well. I was just wondering which faction you were talking about ... I haven't heard the term "liberal" used in Democratic circles as anything but a pejorative for those criticizing Obama for quite some time. It was just strange to see in context.

I wasn't making an assessment about your personal cred as anything, just wondering who you were talking about in the comment.

Thanks for the kudos, not sure one race makes me an accurate prognosticator or anything but DAMN I've never been happier to be right about something!

Whiplash? dude, who do you

Obey — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:06:43 +0000

In reply to Wait a minute. You are giving

Whiplash? dude, who do you think you're talking to? I'm the guy with the full-time centrist ankle-biter trailing around after me on the threads 24/7, and you're questioning my cred as a lefty...? Get back to me when they decide you're worthy of siccing one of their corporatist shitzus on you...

;0)

Anyhow, kudos on your Harry Reid prognosticating, kgb! Nicely done!

I think this ties in very

Orlando — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 05:58:57 +0000

In reply to The name that struck me most

I think this ties in very well with your book, G. I'm still only about a third of the way through, but I'm thoroughly enjoying the walk down crazy memory lane through my childhood and on to my political awakening and college years. I remember thinking back then that Regan and his friends were forming alliances with some fairly irrational, one-issue people and that eventually those people would be the ones with the power in the alliance while the ones who courted them would find themselves on the outside looking in. Welcome to Ronald Regan's (read: Sarah Palin's) America.

Hasn't Lugar already

Orlando — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 05:55:21 +0000

In reply to That Lugar is considered open

Hasn't Lugar already announced his retirement?

Wait a minute. You are giving

kgb999 — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 04:59:22 +0000

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Wait a minute. You are giving me whiplash. Just last week liberals were being excoriated for disloyalty, mush-headedness, and general treason for not being sufficiently subservient and *gasp* throwing away money on primary challenges, most notably (but not exclusively) the challenge of Blanche Lincoln. Now they are being trashed for not making enough waves?

Or are you talking about measured centrists who call themselves liberal but can't imagine doing anything but wander in lock-step with the Democratic corporate machine? As best I can tell, those people abandoned the label of liberal when they decided to make trashing "the left" a full time vocation. Don't get me wrong, it's not like a "they should be banished from calling themselves liberal" thing, just for clarity which subspecies of Democrat we're talking about here.

It seems this firing squad

kgb999 — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 04:26:33 +0000

In reply to The Circular Firing Squad Next Time

It seems this firing squad has been warily circling each other since before the primaries. Small consolation to some perhaps, but I say break out the popcorn and enjoy ... it's likely to get pretty good. If I'm reading it right, the establishment guys are going to want to go in for the kill ASAP to allow as much distance between the battle and the next election as possible.

A good sign to look for would be a big gun going after Rush ... or alternatively Rush sitting quitely in the face of attacks on Palin (depending on where he decides his bread is buttered). Bachmann's run for the leadership is another place to watch for fireworks and to get an indicator of where the wackos are going to settle in to the GOP heiarchy.

American Dreamer added this

artappraiser — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 04:16:07 +0000

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American Dreamer added this to his/her "My Adopted Progressive" post regarding 30-year GOP House incumbent Frank Wolf (who won over AD's adopted progressive Jeff Barnett):

Just in the past couple of days, in addition to the "RetireFrankWolf.com" signs (source unknown to me) that popped up here and there, there were also some "Tea Party Express Frank Wolf" signs just in the last 24 hours. Possible presidential aspirant Newt Gingrich lives in our town and he has been courting the Tea Party crowd. I thought it was a poorly designed sign because you had to look at the smaller print to be able to tell the folks who put it up evidently wanted Wolf to lose. Which of course may be the point--they didn't want him to lose, not really.
I'm not at all sure there are any Tea Party people in this town other than Gingrich. It would be too embarrassing for many who live in this relatively uptight, buttoned-up bedroom community to associate themselves with the Beck and Palin crowd. My best guess is that Gingrich or some other Tea Party sympathizing muckety-muck had these put up as a shot across the bow to Wolf. Figuring Wolf was going to win re-election easily, someone wanted him to know that his votes in the next Congress are being watched by others besides Dems. He's not a Tea Party kind of guy. After 30 sleepy years in Congress I don't think he has enough passion in him to be one.

The labor unions have been

cmaukonen — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 04:09:25 +0000

In reply to And one looks at the power of

The labor unions have been decimated and the peace activists don't give a wet slap because their buts are no longer in jeopardy.

funny thing....it still is.

Elusive Trope — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 03:55:34 +0000

In reply to "It's a free country." - it's

funny thing....it still is. Make mine a hefewiezen with a lemon.

"my god what have we

Elusive Trope — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 03:51:39 +0000

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"my god what have we unleashed"