Helping the GOP Pretend They Are Economic Populists

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Friday June 16, 2006 · 1:36 PM PDT

2006/06/16 · 13:36

Like many others, I found SusanG's diary on the alleged wealth-hatred of liberals unfortunate in many ways, including its insulting assumption that progressives and progressivism have no more profound critique of wealth than "money=bad" and its remarkable inability to clarify the issues by separating the subjects of wealth-generation, consumption, and philanthropy. No biggie, just a bad presentation of a complex subject, right?

Wrong. I think SusanG's diary is a preview of the way the Democrats will manage to lose the 2006 and 2008 elections, despite huge advantages. Read More

Katrina in the Eye of the Freepers

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Wednesday August 31, 2005 · 4:22 PM PDT

2005/08/31 · 16:22

I thought I'd take a look at how the Freeple are reacting to news of NOLA's demise. Not to feel superior--well, maybe there was a bit of that--but to understand the strange lack of motivation in the national media and political corps to mount an adequate response. (Is it just me, or is there a weird limpness in the national resolve?)

What did I find? Virulent racism interrupted only by bizarro lib-trashing over the issue of SUVs (seems the death toll would have been MUCH HIGHER if damned libs had been successful in forcing everyone out of Explorers and into Priuses!). Read More

Hitting Them In Their "Patriotism": Bush's Fake Flag

YoloMike

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Friday October 29, 2004 · 12:18 PM PDT

2004/10/29 · 12:18

As a follow up to our great work on the photoshopped BC04 ad, I propose that we go after the utterly fake "flag" that is prominently featured on all of Bush and Co.'s stickers, lawn signs, websites, etc. I couldn't figure out how to include a graphic, so I've posted a link to the Bush store (I think y'all can handle it!):

Bush's Fake Flag Paraphernalia

As you can see, Bush's "Flag" has just 7 stripes (not 13) and but 20 stars (instead of 50). You'd think that folks who spend so much time wrapped in the flag and periodically propose amendments to prevent its desecration would know what it looks like, no? Maybe they are trying to communicate the fact that they represent a minority of Americans, or would like to roll back the clock to 1818 (the last time there were only 20 American states)? I plan to innocently ask about the flag at the BC04 table in my town this weekend, but wouldn't it be great if Bush's shoddy and fraudulent patriotism, crystallized in the image of the fake flag, became a big story this weekend?

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