The Essence of Compromise

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Friday September 18, 2009 · 2:58 PM PDT

2009/09/18 · 14:58

Three Republicans and seven Democrats are in a lifeboat. Starving. The Republicans adamantly insist that they immediately begin to cannibalize the Democrats in order to survive. In an effort to reach a bipartisan compromise the Democrats agree to only eat half the Democrats.

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Wednesday February 18, 2009 · 11:56 AM PST

2009/02/18 · 11:56

This started out as a comment to kos's post,"Unity" ain't the GOP's problem, but it got so long I decided to make it a diary.

The Republicans may be leaderless, but someone is still running a sophisticated propaganda operation and the rank and file are repeating the various talking points en masse. Despite their electoral looses they are managing to enforce strict conformity by all their members. Breaking with the party line is clearly verboten.

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Wednesday November 19, 2008 · 4:48 PM PST

2008/11/19 · 16:48

The first returns in the Minnesota recount have begun to come in and the results are surprising. At least, to me. Neither Coleman nor Franken are gaining votes. So far they have both lost votes.

Coleman -55
Franken -61

That's a net loss of 6 votes for Al Franken on Day #1.

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Monday October 06, 2008 · 4:10 PM PDT

2008/10/06 · 16:10

John McCain is too small to be President. It's not just that he's too short. He's 5' 6". But he's too small in so many other ways. He lacks integrity, honor and honesty. He lacks all the qualities we look for in a leader. He lacks magnanimity, vision and an open mind.

He has repeatedly displayed bitterness, disdain and contempt for Senator Obama and people he views as his inferior, which seems to be almost everyone.

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Thursday October 02, 2008 · 5:55 PM PDT

2008/10/02 · 17:55

Okay,this is a question for movie buffs. I have four choices right now, and welcome more additions.

1) To Die For
Nicole Kidman's character, Suzanne Stone, in "To Die For." She's a pretty bimbo who just wants to be famous and on TV. And she's willing to do anything to get what she wants. Her idiotic monologues delivered directly to the camera are a scary imitation of the real thing.

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Sunday September 28, 2008 · 9:53 AM PDT

2008/09/28 · 09:53

There has been much discussion lately about Obama's unwillingness to be aggressive and throw a knockout punch at McCain. I could certainly feel that watching the debate. It's a reflection of my personality. I wanted to skewer him. But it's not who Obama is and it's not the way he does things. I read a post this morning on Firedoglake by Glenn W. Smith titled The Great White Hope. He draws a parallel between Obama and the boxer Jack Johnson, the first African American heavyweight champion. Johnson was criticized for his style. Here's a quote.

He developed a more patient approach than was customary...playing defensively, waiting for a mistake, and then capitalizing on it...[He] always began...cautiously...[and] gave the impression of having much more to offer and, if pushed, he could punch quite powerfully. [His] style was very effective, but it was criticized in the...press as being cowardly and devious.

He thinks this same criticism has been leveled at Obama and that it's racist. I disagree.

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Friday September 26, 2008 · 9:03 AM PDT

2008/09/26 · 09:03

Breaking News! In an effort to turn around his slumping campaign, John McCain has returned to Vietnam and voluntarily jailed himself. He has vowed to not let himself out until the election has been canceled and the Presidency awarded to him. McCain said, "I am not doing this for myself, but for the good of the country. Any candidate who refuses to do likewise is not a patriot." The Obama campaign responded by saying "Senator Obama doesn't need to go to Vietnam, campaigning against Senator McCain was already torture enough."

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Wednesday September 24, 2008 · 8:26 AM PDT

2008/09/24 · 08:26

This diary started off as a comment to Morgan Sandlin's post, McCain/Palin. Bigger Liars Than We Knew, but it got so long I decided to create a separate diary. The original diary was about McCain hiring people to write propaganda letters to the editor, then having local people put their names on them to get them published in local papers. They have done the same thing with radio talk shows like NPR's Talk of the Nation.

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Wednesday September 10, 2008 · 3:59 PM PDT

2008/09/10 · 15:59

What we really need here is some Guerrilla Politics. I'd like to see someone show up at McCain rallies with a large pig wearing lipstick, of course. On one side should be the slogan: "All pork all the time." And on the other side: "McCain/Palin." Alternative slogans could be: "All lies all the time."

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Thursday August 14, 2008 · 12:51 PM PDT

2008/08/14 · 12:51

There have been many theories lately trying to explain John McCain's odd behavior. His confusion, his angry outbursts, his forgetfulness and his contradictory statements from one day to the next. Clearly his campaign is inept and disorganized. It's possible that he is developing Alzheimer's and all of this behavior is a symptom of dementia.

I think this needs to become part of the political narrative surrounding John McCain. Regardless of whether the question can ever be answered, it needs to be asked repeatedly on radio talk shows, in Op-Ed pieces and by journalists. It needs to become part of the debate, and it will be if you recommend this diary. If George Bush was the "wimp" candidate, John McCain needs to become the Alzheimer's candidate.

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Friday July 25, 2008 · 6:15 AM PDT

2008/07/25 · 06:15

The McCain campaign and Conservative commentators have repeatedly referred to Barack Obama as "arrogant and presumptuous." What they mean by that is that he's uppity. Of course, saying he's uppity smacks of Jim Crow. So they're not going to say that. They have some common sense. It means he doesn't know his place, and dares to question those in authority. That is the arrogance and presumptuousness. He dares to question his betters and he doesn't know his place in society, which is beneath them.

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Saturday June 07, 2008 · 8:02 AM PDT

2008/06/07 · 08:02

I have no idea if Al Gore would consider being the Vice President on the Obama ticket or not. After all, he's been the Vice President twice. He's run for President and gotten the most votes. He certainly brings a level of experience and respect to the table that no one else does. To use a politically laden term his credentials are unimpeachable.

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The Essence of Compromise

Winning the Propaganda Wars

The Vanishing Votes in Minnesota

McCain is too Small to be President

Who does Sarah Palin remind you of?

Is the criticism of Obama racist?

Breaking: McCain returns to Vietnam and jails himself

The Big Lie

Pigs & Prigs

Does McCain have Alzheimer's?

Uppity

Al Gore for VP?