The Audacity of Incompetence: Axelrod, Obama, and false choice

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Tuesday December 21, 2010 · 1:21 PM PST

2010/12/21 · 13:21

cross-posted from my blog, Amerikana Magazine

I understand there’s a lot of consternation about [the tax package] within the Democratic caucus. But at the end of the day, the president was faced with a choice. The choice was whether to let taxes go up by a significant amount on Jan. 1 and whether we let millions of people depending on unemployment insurance have their lifeline cut. Or do you try to work something out? We engaged in negotiations that would produce something far greater than anyone thought we would get. Compromise, however, means accepting things that we don’t particularly like.

If being a politico were a licensed profession like medicine or law, this would trigger a hearing against Axelrod's political license. The political malpractice that this quote displays is stunning.

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In 2012 Obama will

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In 2012 Obama will

Be relected by a greater number of EVs than he won in 2008

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Be relected by a a smaller number of EVs than he won in 2008

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Lose reelection by ten EVs or less

34 votes

Lose reelection by more than ten EVs

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Step 3 ????: my OFA survay

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Wednesday December 01, 2010 · 6:49 PM PST

2010/12/01 · 18:49

So just days after President Obama announced his retrograde Republican attack on working families employed by the federal government, Obama's campaign organization, Organizing For America, wants to know what we think about the job it's done.

Given that Obama's presidency has increasingly become a sick joke on the people who supported him during the primary, I felt this survey would be a decent venue for a Purely Symbolic and Totally Ineffectual protest against the biggest disappointment of my political life (inb4 you accuse me of only having paid attention to politics since Obama came along, I've followed every election since 1996 extremely closely; before that I was twelve).

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YOU'RE ALL WORKING FOR

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HUBERT HUMPHREY

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ZOMBIE REAGAN

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THE TROUT OF WISDOM

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BALLS

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????

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PROFIT

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Strange Rumblings in Amerika

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Wednesday September 15, 2010 · 6:34 AM PDT

2010/09/15 · 06:34

Cross-posted at my blog project Amierkana Magazine. If you read Daily Kos, you know most of this already, but it's still good reading.

There's something weird happening in the country these days. Strange rumblings that anyone half-paying attention feels intuitively, but no one is quite sure what they mean. Sales of ammunition are up and most reasonable people are probably stocking up on canned goods. Even the Villagers, the last people in the nation to become hip to a new political trend, are restless. Meanwhile savage geeks lead by a manic-depressive Mormon dress up in Revolutionary War costumes to make thinly veiled threats and unintentional sexual innuendos and misquote Thomas Paine. Beneath the carnival atmosphere there's a real ugliness to it all; a vicious meanness that hasn't existed in this country since the early 70s. If the good Doctor Thompson hadn't blown his brains out five years ago, he'd probably be reaching for a firearm about now, preferably in a Large Caliber.

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Monday September 06, 2010 · 9:25 PM PDT

2010/09/06 · 21:25

Cross posted from my blog project Amerikana Magazine

In late August, 1921, the largest citizen army to assemble on American soil since the end of the Civil War marched through Logan County, West Virgina. The army was composed of between 10,000 and 15,000 coal miners (a Division level force in conventional military terms) whom had taken up arms against the systematic oppression they had suffered at the hands of the mining company oligarchs, who had bought off the local authorities and waged a campaign of terrorism against workers who were involved or suspected of engaging in union organizing among the coal fields. By this date, most of the Appalachian coal fields had organized, but the southern West Virginian fields were a holdout of Company power. The coal miner army would be met by a mercenary force 2000 strong, armed with superior weapons and air support.

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Thursday December 10, 2009 · 9:27 PM PST

2009/12/10 · 21:27

The public option is dead.

Obama sold us out

And if we don't all start acting like progressive political activists instead of a bunch of fucking fanboys too star struck to call out President Obama for his bullshit, we will lose every political priority we have.

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Tuesday September 15, 2009 · 7:48 PM PDT

2009/09/15 · 19:48

Oh Little Denny, how do you do it? You're a reflexive weasel who's only political principle is taking the most left-wing stand you can to make sure you get reelected in your heavily democratic district; except on women's rights, you were anti-choice before you ran for president (how convenient you flip-flopped on a woman's right to control her own body in time for it for the campaign).

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Acceptable, Joe Wilson's apology to Obama was enough

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Unacceptable, Joe Wilson deserved to be rebuked by the House

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Totally Unacceptable, seriously, WTF Kucinich?

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Pie

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Bellwether: Obama leads by double digits in Virginia

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Monday October 06, 2008 · 4:34 PM PDT

2008/10/06 · 16:34

A few weeks ago, after McCain's convention bounce had begone to fade, but before Obama had regained his standing in the state by state polls, I remarked that Virginia is the bellweather of this election. At the time, Obama was trending back up in Virginia, giving my confidence he would soon lead McCain in other more favorable battlegrounds.

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Monday September 01, 2008 · 3:15 PM PDT

2008/09/01 · 15:15

Dumb commentary from traditional media folks isn't exactly hard to find. However, some times these people are so forehead slappingly dumb, that they need to be singled out for individual distinction.

Take Jennifer Rubin's atrociously stupid Commentary piece today.

How can it be that The One is in a dead heat, that the bounce — if the mini-rise in a couple of tracking polls can even be called that — is already subsiding? There was The Speech! The media all told us he was fabulous! Several explanations are possible.

First, the Denver bounce met the Sarah Palin bounce and the two cancelled each other out. It seems that the appearance of the mother of five with plenty of moxie and anecdotes (and a healthy dose of executive experience) was every bit as exciting and uplifting for McCain as the Temple of Barack address was for Obama. Despite the loony blogosphere conspiracy theories and tasteless attacks against her, the public is intrigued and delighted by her. Hence, she wiped out whatever memories there remained of Obama’s speech after the last firework faded from the sky over INVESCO field.

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Monday March 24, 2008 · 3:48 PM PDT

2008/03/24 · 15:48

So, it might seem that writing a diary about something stupid published by the NRO might be a bit like shooting fish in a barrel. But this is just too good to pass by with out comment.

Apparently Obama's speech last week. The one that was widely called a historical moment and one of the best political speeches of the last 30 years in fact has Obama crashing and burning. So says NRO contributor Victor Davis Hanson. The logic for this claim, as well as his criticism of Obama's speech are just so absurdly laughable that they really deserve a wider airing.

Hanson lambastes intellectual obtuseness. He makes intellectually obtuse proclamations. He makes bizzare claims of fact. He makes facts up
And just for fun, he ends by playing concern troll giving out advance laughably bad, but made more comical by the fact he so clearly believes it's good stuff. So, here we go...

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Tuesday June 05, 2007 · 4:23 PM PDT

2007/06/05 · 16:23

Washington

Fresh from his performance at CNN’s Democratic presidential primary debate, and criticism from liberal activists over his support of a consumption tax to replace the national income tax, Mike Gravel unveiled his new tax policy today. The plan abandons the idea of a national sales tax, while still accomplishing Gravel’s stated goal of eliminating the IRS and current tax code. Instead of his earlier plan of a consumption tax, the new plan proposing collecting taxes from individuals by implementing a system of tax farming. "Tax farming was good enough for the Romans, and by God it’s good enough for us!" said an apparently agitated Gravel in a voice several decibels too loud.

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Wednesday May 31, 2006 · 1:42 PM PDT

2006/05/31 · 13:42

As we're heading into the mid-terms, we're getting to the point where a clear view of the 2008 Presidential field is starting to emerge. On the Republican side, most of the candidates on the field are names we're familiar with. However, the shifting political landscape and various other factors have changed the shape the field is in.

Below is an up to date list of likely and in some cases not so likely GOP hopefuls, with analysis about how each would effect the race, both in the primary and the general.

Please note that I've borrowed heavily from the Wikipedia article Potential Republican candidates in the 2008 U.S. presidential election for basic informational text on the candidates. However, most of the analysis is my own.
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Tuesday February 07, 2006 · 11:53 AM PST

2006/02/07 · 11:53

We all know there are some phrases that just stop a discussion cold. You know when you see them that it's all over, and any further input from you will only lead to a 20-round flame war. Whether your reaction is to take a step back, or go "Bring it", here's a useful list of some of the most popular phrases that have showed up again and again on Dkos (although some very rare examples have been included due to their sheer egregiousness). I have used repersentitive Dialogue to capture the essence of each phrase. Exact wording and usage can vary widely.

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