Compromise will not work, because it never has.

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Sunday December 19, 2010 · 7:37 PM PST

2010/12/19 · 19:37

Obviously there's been a lot of frustration with the President's determination to reaching across the aisle, no matter how many times Lucy pulls the football away. As he pledged to "change the tone" in Washington during the campaign, he's hellbent on hewing to that pledge, still fighting for the ideal of bipartisanship and cooperation, even when reality says he needs to do otherwise.

Problem is, that ideal never existed. The tone in Washington has always been thus, and the compromises this country was built on were mostly bad ones. Read on...

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Thursday August 27, 2009 · 7:41 PM PDT

2009/08/27 · 19:41

Today I received a letter from Chase bank, claiming to be a change to the privacy policy regarding my credit card. On most days, I would have tossed it in the trash without a second glance. But something possessed me to read through it, and buried in the fine print of this "privacy policy", I got a shock - Chase was raising my rates, from 9.25%, to 19.99%. Surely, this was a mistake. I had been a customer for years, never made a late payment, my account was in good standing. A call to Chase confirmed all that. The reason they were more than doubling my rates? Because they can.

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Monday July 28, 2008 · 8:38 PM PDT

2008/07/28 · 20:38

Since The Dark Knight hit theaters, we've heard a lot of malarkey about how Batman represents Bush. And I'm sure Bush likes to think of himself that way - a pampered rich guy on the outside, who deep down just wants to fight evil evildoers of evil. And if you have to break a bunch of rules in the process, well, that's just how you fight evildoers. There's one big difference, of course - Batman is portrayed as morally incorruptible, whereas Bush is morally bankrupt. But apart from that, it's actually a great analogy. An explanation, which includes lots of spoilers from the film, below the fold.

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Who should be the next Bat-Villain?

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Who should be the next Bat-Villain?

The Penguin

5 votes

The Riddler

14 votes

Catwoman

11 votes

Clayface

4 votes

Harley Quinn

3 votes

Dick Cheney

38 votes

Latest polls: Obama best Dem candidate in years

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Saturday June 21, 2008 · 9:33 PM PDT

2008/06/21 · 21:33

Electoral-Vote.com shows good things for Obama, and that the 50-State Strategy is paying dividends. First off, the electoral vote total, based on the most recent poll in each state: Obama 317, McCain 194, Ties (FL) 27. Next, the states Kerry lost, where Obama's leading (ie. potential Dem flips): CO, IA, MO, NM, OH, VA. Then, the states Kerry won, where McCain's leading (ie. potential GOP flips): None.

But, most interesting to me, is how Obama's doing vs. how previous Democrats did in each state (more below the fold)...

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Saturday May 24, 2008 · 2:18 PM PDT

2008/05/24 · 14:18

A good way to preview what a candidate's administration would look like is to examine their campaign. George W. Bush's was ruthless, lied constantly, attacked its opponents with every dirty trick in the book, and showed utter contempt for the rule of law. Lo and behold, the Bush Presidency was eight years of the same.

Looking at the three candidates, you can get a good sense of what their administrations would be like. Obama's campaign has been hyper-competent, professional, has drawn its support from the people instead of big money, reached out to voters in every part of the country from all walks of life, and has surpassed everyone's expectations.

McCain's has no new ideas, devoted to Bush and the Iraq War, and is run entirely by lobbyists.

And then there's Hillary Clinton...

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Clinton's next gaffe will be:

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Clinton's next gaffe will be:

Claiming her getting the nom is "Ted's dying wish"

27 votes

Sending Monica Lewinksy over to Obama's house to "see if any sparks fly"

13 votes

Claiming that alongside African-Americans, latte drinkers, small states, red states, pledged delegates, and uncommitted Michigan delegates, people whose last names start with the letters A-F also shouldn't count

32 votes

Hiring Jeff Gilooly to whack Obama in the knees a few times

16 votes

Challenging Chris Matthews to a duel, Zell-style

7 votes

Getting Bill to hint that McCain could use her on the ticket

59 votes

Sending James Carville to rough up Olbermann, cajun-style!

9 votes

Reminding us that she could still become President if someone assassinates Obama, his VP, the whole cabinet, and everyone ahead of her in the Senate

44 votes

Gaffe??? Obama shows he gets it, again.

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Saturday April 12, 2008 · 8:39 AM PDT

2008/04/12 · 08:39

It's tempting, as this diary does, to blame "values-voting" small towns for their own economic fates. After all, they keep voting Republican, the Republicans keep screwing them, and they still keep voting Republican.

But Democrats have been letting small town America down too. Did having Carter, or Clinton in office stop agribusiness from destroying the family farm? Did they stop factory jobs from fleeing overseas? Did the Democratic Congress during Reagan/Bush? I'm not saying the Republicans wouldn't have been worse, but "hey, we won't help you, but we won't hurt you quite as badly" isn't a winning slogan come election day.

For 30 years, wages have stagnated, jobs have fled overseas, and whether you were a farmer in central PA or a steelworker in Pittsburgh, you felt the pain. Economically, it didn't matter who you voted for. Business-as-usual Democrats, and borrow-and-spend Republicans... it didn't matter. So with economics off the table, you were left with either values, or a coin flip.

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Thursday February 21, 2008 · 7:51 PM PST

2008/02/21 · 19:51

As roughly 50% of recent Kos posts have been dedicated to trashing one candidate or another, we'd like to ask everyone to save bandwidth and your own time by using the following form for your future diaries. Please circle the appropriate choice in each bracket:

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It's obvious to anyone with a brain that [Clinton/Obama/Edwards/Kucinich/Yogi Bear] is the ONLY candidate who can POSSIBLY win in November and run the country for the next four years. [Clinton/Obama] has proven, through their stance on [the war/health care/pic-a-nic baskets] that they have utterly betrayed the Democratic party. [He/she] is supported by [moderates/corporate donors], and has [praised Reagan/fundraised with Rupert Murdoch], so [he/she] is clearly a GOP stooge, who the Republicans secretly want to win the nomination because they think [he/she] won't match up well against McCain in November.

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Thursday June 01, 2006 · 6:55 AM PDT

2006/06/01 · 06:55

Someone else has posted a more comprehensive diary on the same subject, so I'm taking this one down to join the discussion over there. And because I'm under the minimum diary size, I'll type a summary. The GOP, in their infinite wisdom, have cut anti-terrorism funds from New York City, to give to more likely targets like Omaha, Nebraska. This is after Bush cut funding for our cops and firefighters shortly after 9/11.

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Gaffe??? Obama shows he gets it, again.

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