The SCOTUS pick that could win the election.

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Saturday February 13, 2016 · 3:30 PM PST

2016/02/13 · 15:30

Bernie calls a press conference.

Says some respectful words regarding the passing of Justice Scalia. Points out that the immediate need to fill his seat if it is not filled by the end of President Obama’s term is a pressing matter for any candidate running for president and the people deserve to know who the

candidates would be inclined to nominate. As such, Bernie goes on to announce his intention to nominate Elizabeth Warren to the vacant seat if elected and if said seat remained vacant upon his inauguration.

Yes, I'm probably dreaming but what a dream.

Reach out to a pro-life person today.

dougmanct

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Tuesday December 18, 2012 · 5:21 AM PST

2012/12/18 · 05:21

The tragic events of Newtown, CT have clearly had a remarkable impact on the American population, drawing citizens together to converse about the national condition and the overall health of our society. While still worlds apart, I am witnessing open dialog between fiercely partisan folks in my family, in my workplace, and in the public square in general, during this period of national grieving over the senseless acts of violence that shook us all to our core.

While now is not necessarily the time to dress down the conservative/right-wing people in our lives, or attack them on a personal level, I feel this IS the time to diplomatically, carefully, approach those in our lives who have resisted calls to support gun control with an appeal to their own belief systems.....

dougmanct

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Monday December 26, 2011 · 12:22 PM PST

2011/12/26 · 12:22

It seems the Kos community is currently in the midst of Ron Paul Hunting Season. For the past week I haven't been able to scroll through the Rec List without seeing at least one diarist reminding us, in case we forgot since the last exasperated diary on the subject, that Ron Paul Is Associated With Racist Newsletters OMG!

Granted, this diary in no way is a defense of the content in said newsletters. To be sure, I find said content repugnant.

However, I find myself increasingly frustrated with the lack of common sense and, quite frankly, ability to look at the bigger picture that all too many Kossacks (and progressives in general) seem to exhibit. Allow me to explain below the Squiggle....

dougmanct

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Sunday September 11, 2011 · 11:06 AM PDT

2011/09/11 · 11:06

I agree with 100% of the population on one element of the subject of 9/11:

The loss of life incurred on that fateful day was tragic, it was reprehensible, and I feel for those who were taken, their families, and loved ones.

I am sad for this massive loss the United States has suffered.

I am also sad when I look around me and see how many among us have chosen to respond to this event, and the "lessons" they have chosen to "learn" from it.

dougmanct

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Friday April 22, 2011 · 9:21 AM PDT

2011/04/22 · 09:21

The 2012 presidential race is wide open in terms of the GOP nomination contest. It seems every serious contender currently showing interest has at least one fatal flaw that makes him or her unlikely to unseat President Obama.

If only, a candidate came forward with a rock-solid reputation and track record appealing to the core values (admitted to or not) of the GOP base..

dougmanct

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Saturday February 05, 2011 · 10:13 PM PST

2011/02/05 · 22:13

I'm getting really, really tired.

It seems every single day, I read a news story (or stories) that illustrate in living color the continual move rightward of our nation's politics, its priorities, and it's politicians. The goalposts seem to lift up and inch further towards oblivion all the time. It seems to me we are long overdue to conclude that "settling" for lip service and baby-step incremental advances in legislation is moving us one step forward, two steps behind as a party and as a nation. I truly believe it's time to stop procrastinating and making excuses for why we can't aim for the BIG changes that NEED to happen in this country.

dougmanct

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Thursday July 29, 2010 · 3:50 PM PDT

2010/07/29 · 15:50

I've seen a tremendous amount of great content over the last several months on DKos. I've concluded that the best ideas discussed here ARE the answer to how to fix what ails America.

The challenge, IMHO, is not in actually implementing these ideas as much as it is mounting the largest ever grassroots effort in history, to convince a majority of the voting public that we "can" "reboot America".

I agree with Kos; we NEED to elect BETTER Democrats. I believe that we may need to step up and start running OURSELVES against the career political class; if EVERY incumbent establishment DLC-affiliated candidate was primaried by a true progressive, we will inevitably make small but real gains that, one hopes, would snowball over following election cycles. We must allow ourselves to believe we CAN purge the Democratic Party of its corporatist influence. I propose the following as a "template" that grassroots candidates could use in future election cycles, and in the short term, to rally behind as a "Progressive Contract To Reboot America".

dougmanct

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Sunday July 25, 2010 · 5:54 AM PDT

2010/07/25 · 05:54

The following is a journal entry I wrote shortly following the passage of the historic HCR bill back in March. The chorus of discontent and sky-is-falling rhetoric from the right was at a fever pitch; I found myself participating in a higher volume of absurd water-cooler conversations than normal attempting to dispel the myths, lies, and outright propaganda programmed into the heads of my largely right-wing co-workers.

Considering that I'm starting to hear a lot of noise again from my friends on the right about the evils of HCR and the "repeal and replace" meme with respect to the upcoming elections this November, it seems timely to re-visit the pledge that you should insist ALL of your right-wing HCR-hating friends, family, and co-workers sign on to...

dougmanct

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Saturday July 24, 2010 · 4:06 PM PDT

2010/07/24 · 16:06

After seeing the infamous "Jobs on a whiteboard" Linda McMahon commercial for the zillionth time today on my television, I decided to take a much deeper read and analysis of Linda's "Jobs Plan"which she so confidently boasts will somehow, if implemented, result in a great re-awakening of the US economy and a resurgence of well-paying jobs for all.

As a lifelong Connecticut resident, I've witnessed the rise of Linda's World Wrestling Entertainment, and I do respect her contribution to the local economy and the jobs she has in fact created here.

I still can't help, however, to wonder how Linda McMahon would propose that we solve the current employment crisis? I don't think there are eight million new jobs we can create in the pro wrestling industry...so I decided to study Linda's plan, and in the process, I realized that the answers to our employment problems DO exist...as the polar opposites of Linda's plan!

Newer
Older

RSS

The SCOTUS pick that could win the election.

Reach out to a pro-life person today.

A bone to pick with Ron Paul bashing "Progressives"

Sadly, 9/11

The greatest irony of Good Friday

It's time for REAL progressives to run for office.

I propose the "Progressive Contract To Reboot America"

How to keep your Republican friends honest on Health Care Reform

CT-Sen: Hey Linda, here's MY Jobs Plan.