So we've already thrown in the towel?

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Thursday July 28, 2011 · 8:13 AM PDT

2011/07/28 · 08:13

Okay, so I just read this NYT feature, which clearly says that there are no tax increases in either the Dem Senate or Repub House debt ceiling plans.

What???

Am I the last one at the party? When did eliminating the tax breaks come off the table? And wasn't that the main distinction between the Democratic and Republican plans in the first place? I realize the Dems will probably take less of a hatchet to the entitlement programs, but that's not the one big difference we've been fighting about this whole time.

I, for one, think the wealthiest people in America should pay higher taxes. Why'd we give up that fight? Please, someone who is wiser than I, enlighten me as to why this isn't yet one more example of Democrats giving up prematurely.

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Taking the elimination of tax breaks off the table is weak and premature:

25 votes Vote Now!

Taking the elimination of tax breaks off the table is weak and premature:

Yes.

20 votes

No.

4 votes

But it might be haaaaaaaaaaard... :(((

1 vote

Dina Titus: YES on HCR! (Send her a note of thanks!)

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Friday March 19, 2010 · 11:19 AM PDT

2010/03/19 · 11:19

My wife and I spent months working on Dina Titus' gubernatorial campaign in Nevada (a tough loss to Jim Gibbons in 2006), then supported her successful run for Congress in 2008. In the midst of a tough political climate back home, she has been on the fence about Health Care Reform -- until today, when she announced her support!!

It's time to say thanks! Please join me in taking a moment to celebrate her decision, despite mounting resistance to HCR back home. The Republicans will no doubt be trying to capitalize on Titus' vote here, so if you are able to say thanks with your wallet, that would be awesome.

Dina is pragmatic and progressive, down to earth and a true leader, demonstrably willing to do the right thing. Let's make sure she knows how much we appreciate it.

HOLY F**KING $HIT: Shocking data results!!!

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Sunday May 25, 2008 · 1:05 PM PDT

2008/05/25 · 13:05

After painstakingly analyzing every word of every recommended diary on dailykos.com for the last 27 months, my research has come to an end, and I am delighted to report my findings. I have come to several conclusions, some of which will no doubt come as a surprise.

My research methods consist of a highly sophisticated computer analysis procedure that is quantifiably quantitative, and of the utmost conventional qualitative quality. Don't worry if that makes no sense to you. Suffice to say, you should assume that you're too stupid to understand the methodology, certainly not that I'm making this up as I type.

I am pleased to release my most shocking finding to the community: most Daily Kos users do not favor Hillary Clinton for president.

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Tuesday March 25, 2008 · 10:30 AM PDT

2008/03/25 · 10:30

For two weeks now, the vast majority of media coverage surrounding Barack Obama's pastor, Rev. Wright, has been a straw man of epic proportions. After combing through countless sermons in order to isolate individual phrases that might be "shocking", the media has successfully constructed a false caricature of Rev. Wright - and we've been beaten over the head with it for the better part of two weeks.

Rev. Wright's comments seemed crazy. ("God damn America!") They seemed indefensible. (Following 9/11: "America's chickens have come home to roost.")

Then, only after the storm started to die down, Rev. Wright's comments actually appeared in context:

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Thursday January 31, 2008 · 10:04 AM PST

2008/01/31 · 10:04

With all due respect to the citizens of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, how is it fair that they get such disproportionate power over the rest of us every election cycle? Why should some states always be given greater influence to determine the presidential nominee, over and over again?

Below the fold is a proposal to inject some fairness back into this process.

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The early primary states should be on a rotation.

30 votes Vote Now!

The early primary states should be on a rotation.

Yes. One coastal, one midwestern, one southern.

13 votes

Yes. At random.

10 votes

No, keep it as is.

2 votes

No, but it still needs to be changed (please explain).

4 votes

I'm from Iowa/New Hampshire/South Carolina, so @$%# you!

1 vote

Two domestic and foreign plights of the Congolese

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Sunday October 07, 2007 · 7:18 AM PDT

2007/10/07 · 07:18

This past week, two articles were published about the plights of the Congolese. First, the New York Times reveals the systematized sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Put simply, women are being brutally raped by paramilitary groups at a horrifying scale. In 2006, in the relatively tiny South Kivu Province alone, there were 27,000 sexual assaults reported, according to the UN. At just one hospital profiled in the article, ten new rape victims arrive daily. Read the article; this reality is horrifying.

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Tuesday March 27, 2007 · 8:03 PM PDT

2007/03/27 · 20:03

I get it, all y'all: you don't wish cancer on anyone, and yet, you don't particularly care that Tony Snow's caught a resurgence of it. That, in and of itself, isn't unreasonable.

However, there's no reason to plunk your soapbox up there on the rooftop and scream:

HEY WORLD! I DON'T CARE THAT TONY SNOW HAS CANCER.

There's no reason to say that. However, there are tons of reasons not to (looks bad, unnecessary, etc.). The ultimate one, however, comes down to this: we should never become callous or even apathetic to another's terrible suffering--and a person's previous actions do not mitigate our responsibility to be empathetic.

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Tuesday January 23, 2007 · 7:07 PM PST

2007/01/23 · 19:07

I have far too little attention to just watch the SOTU address. So here's an annotated list of all the standing ovations, complete with the preceding roughly-transcribed quote and the occasional comment.

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Saturday October 28, 2006 · 8:58 AM PDT

2006/10/28 · 08:58

One of my friends is from Richmond, VA. He's a right-leaning moderate, and he's been a supporter of George Allen for VA-SEN.

Until today.

He just forwarded me an email from one of the volunteers of the Allen campaign, which reads (in part):

Believe it or not, me and two other people are going out and "canvassing" for Jim Webb over the weekend. Don't worry, we're not traitors! Yes we will pass out their stuff and all that. But if we meet any undecided voters, we will show them just how real "Democrats" are... if you know what I mean. You should come too! Reply to me. Also, you will need to sign up first with the Webb campaign.

My friend, being one of principle, is outraged, and he immediately wrote back and denounced the idea. They disagreed, so he wrote a letter to the coordinator of Allen's volunteers, but received no response yet.

Friends, this is incorrigible. But it gets even worse...

Just this morning, another Allennite forwarded him the following email exchange between two of the sabatuers. Read on... Read More

Rep. Jim Gibbons' former nanny an illegal immigrant

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Wednesday October 25, 2006 · 8:16 AM PDT

2006/10/25 · 08:16

[UPDATE: As usual, I'm not the first on the uptake: RandyMI diared this last night. The story could still use the publicity though.]

The Nevada State Democratic Party has obtained documentation which proves that Rep. Jim Gibbons, the GOP candidate for Nevada Governor, knowingly employed a nanny who was an undocumented worker (pdf).

From the story as reported by KLAS (local Las Vegas news):

The woman, Patricia Pastor Sandoval, says she worked for the Gibbons' for years and the family occasionally made her hide in the basement to keep her illegal status a secret.

Here's the video of the story, as reported by KLAS last night.

By contrast, according to this crazy anti-immigration group, Jim Gibbons earns a career B+ for his voting record on immigration. (He even ranks 95th in the entire House, beating out 131 other Republicans!) Read More

Roll Call: The Recent Republican Congressional Leadership

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Wednesday October 04, 2006 · 11:25 PM PDT

2006/10/04 · 23:25

And now, a list of the recent Republican Congressional leadership:

Speakers of the House:

1999-present (well, 2006): Dennis Hastert. Covered up predatory actions of disgraced former Republican Congressman Rep. Mark Foley, subsequently lies about it.

1995-1999: Newt Gingrich.
Laughed out of Congress after attempt to turn public tide against Clinton backfires.

Now, let's look at the Republican Majority Leaders... Read More

NYT: "[Reid] Took Free Boxing Tickets"

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Tuesday May 30, 2006 · 1:36 AM PDT

2006/05/30 · 01:36

I bring this up not to sabatoge our guy, but so that we can get a jump on it. This is exactly the sort of opportunity that the RWCM loves to seize, distort, exaggerate, and conflate.

NYT:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, who has criticized Republican ethics, accepted free ringside tickets to three professional boxing matches from Nevada officials who were trying to influence his federal legislation regulating the sport.

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So we've already thrown in the towel?

Dina Titus: YES on HCR! (Send her a note of thanks!)

HOLY F**KING $HIT: Shocking data results!!!

Rev. Jeremiah Wright: what the media DIDN'T show you

Other states can pick a president too

Two domestic and foreign plights of the Congolese

To the "I don't care" crowd:

SOTU Standing Ovation Annotation

Unbelieveable: Allen volunteers lie, go "canvassing" for Webb!

Rep. Jim Gibbons' former nanny an illegal immigrant

Roll Call: The Recent Republican Congressional Leadership

NYT: "[Reid] Took Free Boxing Tickets"