Don't Blame the AMA

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Thursday June 11, 2009 · 12:05 PM PDT

2009/06/11 · 12:05

They're just doing their job. Unlike AARP, who appeared, even then, to be acting against the best interest of their constituents, the AMA is dedicated to helping DOCTORS make a living.

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Tuesday November 11, 2008 · 8:30 AM PST

2008/11/11 · 08:30

I tried to do a quick perusal of the CA-8 literature, and it continually strikes me that we, as liberals, try to engage the hateful speech coming from anti-gay marriage, anti-liberal, anti-anything the christian right doesn't like - directly. I think it's interesting, because this community, especially, is trained (almost in a pavlovian sense) to discard strawman arguments, and always, always, always reframe the argument into one that can be discussed.

To put it simply, I don't believe that we can convince many, enough, or even a large percentage of people that they're wrong to hate gay marriage or to fear it. But I do believe that everyone is reasonable. And I believe that this proposition is much like many attempts by the christian right's to insert morality into legislation.

I believe this is wrong, I think you do too, and more to the point, I think that many good, god fearing, republicans do too.

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this diary

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this diary

is pretty good

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is prety banal

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is a rehash of lots of diaries I've already read

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made me want the last 10 minutes of my life back

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tastes like pie

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If your politicians were like you

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Monday October 06, 2008 · 10:27 AM PDT

2008/10/06 · 10:27

This has been brewing for a while, so please bear with me.

I've been thinking about the issue of hate speech. Why do we keep vilifying republicans? There are horrrible people in their party, I admit to being more than a little judgmental of Rush Limbaugh and ilk, but I think that perhaps we sometimes spend too much time lumping them all together.

We frequently cast the entire party by the behavior of Hannity and Coulter. Perhaps we should start talking about what it is about Hannity and Coulter that they identify with. Maybe we should start seeing what things they say that WE might identify with. Not because we will suddenly become like them, but because we have been writing this entire segment of the population off as lost causes.

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What democrat are you most like?

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What democrat are you most like?

Alan Colmes

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Nancy Pelosi

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James Carville

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I found this

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Saturday September 06, 2008 · 7:44 PM PDT

2008/09/06 · 19:44

It's probably not the first time a political slogan/bumpersticker has been posted here, but I saw this, and it doesn't look like it's had a bunch of hits.

I think it's funny.

And it all centers around the fact that Sarah Palin hates mooses

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Rocky and Bullwinkle are

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The best dynamic duo eve

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Funnier than Animaniacs

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Smarter than Boris and Natasha

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Dumber than Boris and Natasha

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Only good for creating references to the way back machine

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Attention Front Page Posters:

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Sunday June 22, 2008 · 7:20 PM PDT

2008/06/22 · 19:20

I would like to draw your attention to rule 4 of the diary posting rules.

I do this because it is legitimately hard to enjoy DailyKos when the first damn article is 1500 words long. Seriously, there is a body section for front page articles?

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should front page editors be required to use the body field when posting articles?

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should front page editors be required to use the body field when posting articles?

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Only when past a word limit.

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Keith Olbermann in the New Yorker

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Monday June 16, 2008 · 1:35 PM PDT

2008/06/16 · 13:35

Today's New Yorker has a 7 page article on Keith Olbermann. Interesting, and balanced, I think it bears a read from all of us, not only because DailyKos is mentioned briefly, but because it brings to light the discussion of media neutrality, and what it means for all involved.

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Sunday June 08, 2008 · 9:47 AM PDT

2008/06/08 · 09:47

Now that the (Daily Kos) whipping boy of the Hillary Clinton Campaign has been suspended, it's time to discuss the other evils attempting, by their very existence to destroy Obama's chances of being elected to the high office of president of something or other. (</SNARK>)

With that in mind, I think it may be a good time to point out that Barack Obama has a chance to revitalize this election by the simple fact that he is more appealing to many young, environmentally conscious voters than the green party.

__more on the flip

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Monday April 28, 2008 · 5:56 AM PDT

2008/04/28 · 05:56

CNN is "reporting" that the "GOP" shut down its Nevada caucus because of Ron Paul "protesters".

Quotes used liberally (Pun intended) because, from the article I have no idea what, exactly is going on.

Good Job VolvoDrivingLiberal

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Tuesday March 06, 2007 · 7:27 AM PST

2007/03/06 · 07:27

I doubt that any astute newsies have missed CNN.com's article on Ann Coulter this morning. For those of you who missed it, they pointed towards the involvement of one of our own, "VolvoDrivingLiberal" as the driving force behind the exit of several advertisers from the Coulter website.

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Thursday January 18, 2007 · 1:10 PM PST

2007/01/18 · 13:10

This is not to say that I have given up on voting, or that I feel that my party is not doing enough to help me, but I still feel powerless.

Why is this? I live in a red state. A very red state. Not quite Texas red, but close.

So what do I do?

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Keith Olbermann in the New Yorker

Where's My Greens At? (edited)

Nevada and a (hopeful) sign of things to come

Speaking of dissatisfaction

We do not torture...and there is no homosexuality in Iran

Good Job VolvoDrivingLiberal

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