Open Letter to Dems Who Voted No on DADT Repeal

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Friday May 28, 2010 · 9:12 AM PDT

2010/05/28 · 09:12

My initial reaction was mostly expletives. It passed, despite you, which is really the kindest thing I can say about it. No one expected much support from the neanderthals on the right. They have planted their flag as the party of inequity, inequality, racism, sexism, hate, and fear. I don't think anyone here expected different from them.

But we do expect better from you.

I know infighting and purity tests are precisely what is destroying the Republican Party right now, and we certainly don't want to follow them down that rabbit hole. This is about accountability.

TehWondahkitty

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Tuesday February 26, 2008 · 12:21 PM PST

2008/02/26 · 12:21

You know how Pelosi and Reid seem to fall over themselves in piss-their-pants terror at the thought of being called weak on national security? The way they cave at the mere whiff of a Republican Senate filibuster? The fact that it's taken endless prodding from the Netroots to get them to even appear to have a spine of their own? Well, it's probably because they've had lots of practice.

Back in the good old days, before Al-Qaeda became a household name, there was still fear.

Before Democrats were soft on terrorists or weak on national security we were soft on crime.

Presenting: Scare Tactics 101, or: Fear Mongering Before 9-11.

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Friday February 22, 2008 · 2:06 PM PST

2008/02/22 · 14:06

With Edwards out of the race, I am finding myself having some difficulty picking a candidate to support. I had previously assumed that it wouldn't much matter what my opinion was, since these things are usually decided pretty early on, but it seems that this year it's not the case.

So I think my best function at this time is to bring up some issues important to me that are rarely (read: never) addressed in election campaigns. I have one issue that falls into this category that is very, very important to me, and very personal: the treatment of ex-cons.

Hilary and Obama have been pushed into some very populist stances. They both speak about "invisible Americans" - usually meaning the poor. However, ex-cons are, perhaps, the most invisible of all Americans.

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Monday January 07, 2008 · 9:09 PM PST

2008/01/07 · 21:09

I support John Edwards... no, that's putting it too mildly. If there was anything that I could personally do that would guarantee that he would become the next President of the United States, I'd do it in a heartbeat. People say he's too angry, too confrontational and I say these are angry, confrontational times. I'm pissed off too. I've been pissed off for years, so, yeah, I want a candidate who's pissed off about the same things. That's John Edwards.

But enough of that; this isn't another candidate love-fest post. The fact is that today I realized that I and other serious progressives, whomever we're voting for, need to take a moment, take stock, and remember what is most important about this whole devilishly messy political process.

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