The Captivating FDR (An excerpt from "I am an Obama Liberal")

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Wednesday January 11, 2012 · 3:43 PM PST

2012/01/11 · 15:43

I remember Roosevelt. President Barack H. Obama reminds me every day of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Roosevelt was a rich guy who worried about the poor. Roosevelt was a member of the elite who had empathy for those who lived in the slums of New York city as I did. Roosevelt was to me the original liberal.

PaulSiegel

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Tuesday October 11, 2011 · 3:54 PM PDT

2011/10/11 · 15:54

New-Deal liberals, such as the Netroots, worked hard to get Barack Obama elected president. But immediately after the inauguration, they attacked him - on the stimulus, healthcare, financial reform and almost everything else - for not being liberal enough. Instead of helping him in his new approach to governing, they panned him almost as much as the Republicans did.

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Thursday September 01, 2011 · 4:50 PM PDT

2011/09/01 · 16:50

Cenk Uygur calls himself a liberal. Cenk Uygur no doubt voted for President Barack Obama. Cenk Uygur is a member in good standing of the "criticize-Obama-liberals."

"Criticize-Obama-liberals" believe that if they keep criticizing Obama for not being liberal enough he can be pushed to achieve more liberal goals. They believe that in order to achieve anything in Washington you must fight for it. None of this non-partisanship nonsense. Throughout the healthcare debate, the financial regulation debate and in all other debates "criticize-Obama-liberals" fought Obama from their side while Republicans fought him from their side.

PaulSiegel

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Friday July 30, 2010 · 2:58 PM PDT

2010/07/30 · 14:58

Conservatives claim that they prefer limited government and that liberals favor big government. Liberals respond that they are not necessarily for big government, but for effective government. Furthermore, enacting major liberal ideas is an excellent way to achieve limited government.

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Friday January 29, 2010 · 4:29 PM PST

2010/01/29 · 16:29

Do you like any of the current Republican president-wannabe's, such as Romney and Pawlenty? Or do you prefer the great Teabagger Sarah Palin? None of these or other conservative people under consideration for the most important job in America are remotely as capable as General Motors.

PaulSiegel

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Tuesday December 29, 2009 · 3:16 PM PST

2009/12/29 · 15:16

KOS, your progressive voice is a strong, eloquent, and persistent battle cry against the monstrously nihilistic conservative Republicans who are trying to tear our society apart. You were a prime force in getting President Obama and the Democratic Congress elected. Now you are pushing them to achieve progressive legislation, especially health care reform. However, your exertions against bipartisanship and your continued fight for the already-defeated public option only serve to pull Republicans into the next Congress.

PaulSiegel

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Tuesday August 18, 2009 · 3:03 PM PDT

2009/08/18 · 15:03

Conservatives are frustrated, confused and angry. They were positive they were right when they followed Ronald Reagan and merrily went about destroying government, which they were sure was the source of all our problems. The election of Barack Obama presented them with an extremely different worldview, one they find impossible to accept: Suddenly, government is no longer the problem; government is the solution. Thus we see unfolding a conservative conflagration.

PaulSiegel

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Friday January 23, 2009 · 3:41 PM PST

2009/01/23 · 15:41

As a great Obama booster, I was very disappointed to read that after laying down the law about lobbyists not being welcome in his administration, Obama nominated a lobbyist. According to the rules, as a Democrat I should keep my mouth shut. But I can't. This is discouraging. And so early in the administration.

PaulSiegel

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Friday December 12, 2008 · 11:43 AM PST

2008/12/12 · 11:43

Here’s the energy problem: At the present we obtain most of our energy by burning carbon fuels - oil, coal, natural gas and biomass – that increase CO2 in the air; this increases global warming. To avoid catastrophe, we must find ways to decrease use of carbon fuels and increase the use of non-carbon fuels that do not produce CO2. How do we accomplish this?

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Monday February 04, 2008 · 12:30 PM PST

2008/02/04 · 12:30

Tomorrow is Super Tuesday. People in more than 20 states will vote in large numbers in primaries. More than at any time that I can remember, the drama is high, more non-voters are becoming voters, and everyone is in suspense. I say that regardless of what happens tomorrow, Barack Obama has already won.

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Thursday February 08, 2007 · 4:03 PM PST

2007/02/08 · 16:03

A slew of nasty conservatives have stirred the pot again, this time by attacking John Edwards for hiring two women bloggers who, these conservatives claim, used obscene language and denigrated the pope and Catholics on their blogs. The whole liberal blogosphere, it seems, erupted in striking back by fiercely attacking in kind these nasty conservatives, and insisting that Edwards dare not give in. When Edwards remained firm, he was applauded by everyone in the liberal blogosphere. Except me.

PaulSiegel

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Wednesday November 15, 2006 · 2:19 PM PST

2006/11/15 · 14:19

KOS, you run the most prolific liberal blog website on the Internet. I read it almost daily and sometimes I post an article on the site. You did a terrific job pumping up the various campaigns for the past mid-term elections. There were times when you revived my optimism that Democrats would win. You deserve a lot of credit for the Democratic victory. However, the campaign is over. It's time to switch from a negative campaign mode to a positive promotion mode. Read More

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