Goodbye Daily Kos

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Tuesday January 26, 2010 · 4:05 AM PST

2010/01/26 · 04:05

I'm sorry, I've seen enough liberal circular firing squads.

I've seen enough Daily Kos front pagers encourage me to contact my representatives to make a difference. And then to see the site founder try to explain today that liberal blogs just aren't big enough and don't make a difference. Really, which one is it? This site has influence or it doesn't?

Or is the influence only when the site get's what it wants but not when it's purism kills Health Care?

I've seen the whining. I've seen this site turn on the President before he was even inaugurated. He's doing too much. He's not doing enough. He's Reagan. He's Bush. He's Carter. He's Hoover. He's a corporate sellout. He's a wimp.

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Tuesday January 19, 2010 · 4:34 PM PST

2010/01/19 · 16:34

Real quick, just saw this and was so shocked I had to share. Chris Matthews shows by the day why he is one of the dumber pundits out there. He just said Scott Brown can go out there and challenge President Obama in 2012. Really. This is a guy who is going to have a hard time holding his Senate seat in 2012 if he wins - when he does nothing but vote party line GOP for 2 years I don't think he gets those change/send a message voters dumb enough to vote for him this time.

But here's Chris Mathews calling this guy a potential GOP front runner in 2012. Talk about a guy who can't read a situation. If anyone finds video of this please let me know, I'll link too it. On what could be a depressing night this is a funny moment.

Name Me Your 60 Votes and then Complain

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Tuesday December 15, 2009 · 9:42 AM PST

2009/12/15 · 09:42

I'm tired. Really tired. We fought. We yelled. We wrote letters. We saw our Congress people. We signed petitions. We gave money. We wrote more. We said more. And we couldn't get to 60 with what we wanted.

We never had 60 for a public option. We never had 60 for a public option compromise. We never had 60 for Medicare buy in. We never had 60 for single payer. And we never had 60 for the half the bill that could not be covered by reconciliation. We lived that pipe dream - that one of the recalcitrant Senators that would not allow an up or down vote would somehow allow one for half the reform bill if he was bypassed (Let's be honest, it's a bunch of he's named Lieberman, Nelson, Conrad and Baucus). We never had 60 and apparently we couldn't get there.

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Friday September 11, 2009 · 3:30 AM PDT

2009/09/11 · 03:30

So yesterday I tried Morning Ho on MSNBC. Not a pleasant experience. Today I turned on the TV and MSNBC was letting Pat Buchanan on their air again so I immediatly turned off Morning Joe. Guess I'm done with Morning Joe until MSNBC bans Buchanan and Chris Matthews (I'm already boycotting Hardball) and Joe Scarborough both personally apologize for letting Pat Buchanan the racist anti semite on their programs. So I went to CNN. Oy.

More below the fold.

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What would you rather watch at 6AM

253 votes Vote Now!

What would you rather watch at 6AM

MSNBC

24 votes

CNN

10 votes

Fox

10 votes

Paint Dry

209 votes

Morning Joe - Let's see what the GOP talking points are for the day

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Thursday September 10, 2009 · 3:52 AM PDT

2009/09/10 · 03:52

So I'm sore this morning and skipping the gym. And I'm going to sit through Morning Joe while doing other things before leaving for work. Let's see if I can get through this for 45 minutes.

Here we go.

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What did you think of the Presidents speech

353 votes Vote Now!

What did you think of the Presidents speech

Fired up/Ready to go

210 votes

I heard enough, I'm still with him

97 votes

Whatever

26 votes

I'm done, I'm sitting out the next election

6 votes

I'm done, I'm pushing a primary opponent

6 votes

I'm done, I'm getting a Republican elected next time

8 votes

Max Baucus has found a way to bring together the whole country

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Tuesday September 08, 2009 · 2:34 PM PDT

2009/09/08 · 14:34

Max Baucus has found a way to bring together the whole country

I was beginning to think it couldn't be done but Max Baucus has done it. His outline released today from the Senate Finance Committee I am pretty sure is that document that can bring together the left, the right and the middle. I think they can all agree that this plan sucks and whoever votes for it should be removed from office. Congrats Max, you've brought the country together. And you've done it by writing a bill that might even get 1 Republican vote.

I'm no health care expert. I'm just an engineer who reads. And I'll admit I don't understand some of the rates and re-imbursements set out here. But I can see where there is enough in this bill for all sides to hate it and not enough in this bill for any side to say I'll take the bad because I get the good with it.

More after the fold.

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If the Baucus Caucus bill is adopted will you

84 votes Vote Now!

If the Baucus Caucus bill is adopted will you

stay home in 2010/2012

20 votes

work harder to get more "democrats" elected

0 votes

work harder to get real progressives elected

51 votes

work to get republicans elected

13 votes

CNN has ceded control of their programming to Fox News

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Monday September 07, 2009 · 3:12 PM PDT

2009/09/07 · 15:12

This one is going to be real short. I'm just in shock. Been away all weekend, just came home, turned on CNN and they're talking about how the President has too many czars. Really, they are taking their program direction from Glen Beck and Fox News.

Now this is on top of the last thing I saw on CNN. Their discussion of the controversy of the Presidents address to students.

And of course CNNs totally confused coverage of Town halls. Where only the right wing screamers get lay and then they bring them on as health care experts.

CNN - where it's too hard to think or come up with real news so they just do whatever Fox News does now.

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293 votes Show Results

Which is smarter

293 votes Vote Now!

Which is smarter

The Programmers at Fox news

42 votes

The Programmers at CNN

3 votes

A Twinkie

248 votes

Would you rather have President McCain and Speaker Cantor?

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Thursday September 03, 2009 · 2:47 AM PDT

2009/09/03 · 02:47

Take a minute. Breathe. And ask yourself that question. Would you rather have John McCain as your president right now? Because President Obama isn't perfect but he is better than the alternative. And in 2 years ask yourself this, would you rather have liberals and conservative Democrats in control of Congress or would you rather have a Republican party even more right wing than it was in 1995 or 2001?

I'm a proud Independent. I'm a proud Progressive. I'm a proud Liberal. And I stand with President Barrack Obama. I stand with Speaker of The House Nancy Pelosi. And if it avoids my ever having to say Majority Leader Mitch McConnell I even stand with Majority Leader Harry Reid. I stand with my Senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow. I stand with my Congressman Gary Peters. I stand against the right. I stand against John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Mitch McConnell and John Kyl. I continue to reject John McCain and Sara Palin. I laugh at and scorn Fox News and Rush Limbaugh. I STAND WITH THE PRESIDENT AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

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Would you rather have as President/Speaker

95 votes Vote Now!

Would you rather have as President/Speaker

Obama/Pelosi

70 votes

McCain/Cantor

7 votes

Pie/Ice Cream

18 votes

Letter to Congressman Peters (D-MI) after town hall

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Wednesday September 02, 2009 · 4:17 AM PDT

2009/09/02 · 04:17

Tried to get into our congressional town hall last night but got turned away as the crowd was too big. This is the letter of support and thanks I sent my Congressman afterward anyway.

Letter after the fold. For reference, our Congressman is Gary Peters, Freshman Democrat form the Michigan 9th. Unseated multi-term incumbent and Bush rubber stamp Knollenberg last year. We are a predominantly upper middle class district with manufacturing, retail and corporate jobs. We are automotive jobs. We are around 14% unemployment. We are a reddish purple district. It is shocking we elected a Democrat. And he is not a blue dog.

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Tuesday August 18, 2009 · 5:38 PM PDT

2009/08/18 · 17:38

There is no Red America or Blue America there is the United States of America

Maybe we should listen to those words. We kind of liked them when we were the political minority. We kind of liked them when they launched Sen.. Obama on the national stage. Now that we have the majority is it time to declare that there is only a Blue America? Is there no room in a Progressive America for other points of views? Or are we just like them?

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Monday August 17, 2009 · 7:02 PM PDT

2009/08/17 · 19:02

Wow, I cannot believe the whining and bitching and moaning and complaining out of the left today. All because a bill that is not written may not have a public option. So 1 out of 5 committees may pass something with no public option. And the White House is continuing their poor messaging. And the left goes nuts. We're done. We're never going to support the President again. The Democratic Party is dead to me. This is all you hear today. Do we over-react much?

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If you were/are one of the 50 million uninsured or have a pre-exisitng condition would you rather see reform with no public option or nothing done at all?

120 votes Vote Now!

If you were/are one of the 50 million uninsured or have a pre-exisitng condition would you rather see reform with no public option or nothing done at all?

Pass something that insures the 50 million and fixes pre-exisitng conditions

49 votes

Reject any bill without a public option

71 votes

Breaking - CBS News Sunday Morning Doing A Good Health Care Report - Updated with video

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Sunday August 16, 2009 · 6:37 AM PDT

2009/08/16 · 06:37

I'm in shock. CBS News Sunday Morning is actually doing a positive piece on Health Care reform. I'm channel surfing this morning and came across CBS actually debunking the lies about health Care reform. They are presenting the lies about Health Care and having competent people debunk the myths. They are actually taking all the lies (Death Panels, cuts in medicare, cost concerns, etc.) and explaining how they are wrong, lies or playing opposite day.

More below the fold.

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Should Rachel Maddow replace Devid Gregory as host of Meet The Press?

621 votes Vote Now!

Should Rachel Maddow replace Devid Gregory as host of Meet The Press?

Yes

561 votes

39 votes

Unsure

21 votes

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Chris Mathews Just suggested Scott Brown for President in 2012

Name Me Your 60 Votes and then Complain

Yesterday MSNBC, today CNN - still same crap

Morning Joe - Let's see what the GOP talking points are for the day

Max Baucus has found a way to bring together the whole country

CNN has ceded control of their programming to Fox News

Would you rather have President McCain and Speaker Cantor?

Letter to Congressman Peters (D-MI) after town hall

There is no Red America or Blue America there is the United States of America

We Need To Stop Whining and Remember The Public Option Is A Small Part Of Reform

Breaking - CBS News Sunday Morning Doing A Good Health Care Report - Updated with video