Katrina and Lebanon--Two Perfect Examples of "Compassionate Conservatism"

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Tuesday August 01, 2006 · 1:38 PM PDT

2006/08/01 · 13:38

Something occurred to me in the wake of the coverage of the Qana bombing in southern Lebanon which killed 50+ civilians, the majority of which were children: The treatment of the Lebanese civilian victims of Israeli airstrikes seems eerily familiar to the treatment of black Katrina survivors.

Just as the Right blamed stranded poor blacks in New Orleans for their own inability to evacuate, they've begun heaping the blame for civilian casualties in Lebanon on those who haven't been able to get out. It's a great showing of "compassion" from conservatives if I've ever seen one.

A few thoughts on the ridiculousness of this "blame the victim" game: Read More

Maryland (& other) Kossacks: Why We Need to Revitalize Our Local Parties

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Friday July 14, 2006 · 1:31 PM PDT

2006/07/14 · 13:31

As many of you may know, wmtriallawyer and my wife are running for primary-elected 4-year terms on our local County Democratic Central Committee. Last night, I once again witnessed the reasons they're running. The committee spent more time grilling a state party staffer about why there are more non-Marylanders working on the coordinated campaign and how many helium tanks to order for the county fair than they spent discussing how to actually win elections.

Much like in other counties nationwide, our party seems to be slowly dying and there's one reason for it that sticks out like a sore thumb: A complete and utter lack of active and effective leadership.

However, there is something we can do about it. Here's a case-study... Read More

Bush Doctrine = Get Bogged Down, Ignore Real Threats

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Tuesday July 04, 2006 · 6:10 PM PDT

2006/07/04 · 18:10

While Bush and his cabal scared the American public into going along with his failing foray into Iraq based on a phony WMD threat (which Rick Santorum apparently still believes), real WMD threats in Iran and North Korea went unchecked. Furthermore, North Korea has taken America's focus on Iraq as a green light to proliferate its WMD technology to other third-world nations. Remember its shipment of Scud-C's to Yemen in 2002 during our "march to war"?

We don't truly know the full extent of North Korea's missile and WMD proliferation. What we do know is that proliferation is North Korea's best import industry (next to the heroin trade perhaps).

Here's something that the Australian press has reported that in today's media panic about North Korea's missile tests hasn't been mentioned stateside: Burma has attempted to buy nuclear technology from North Korea. Read More

Re-casting the Republican Stereotype

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Tuesday June 27, 2006 · 5:16 PM PDT

2006/06/27 · 17:16

In our on-going efforts to win back the hearts and minds of rural voters, I'd like to point out that too often we allow the Republican Party to portray itself as representative of the "working man" as opposed to its bankrollers and leaders from the elite classes of America. There are opportunities out there to change this situation.

Case in point from today's Newsday:

As the national news media swarmed Duke University this spring, one freshman gazed at the camera crews, reporters and photographers and went about his business impervious to the chaos.
"I'm used to having Fox News crews all over the place," Andrew Giuliani said. "It wasn't that different for me the way it was for everyone else. It probably actually made me feel more at home."

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Tuesday June 20, 2006 · 2:15 PM PDT

2006/06/20 · 14:15

Accountability.

Add that word to your lexicon, rinse, and repeat. Let's vow to overuse the word for the remainder of the year. Why?

While I'm not always a fan of George Lakoff's "framing", he and the Rockridge Institute are spot-on when they describe connecting to voters using the "V-I-P", or "Values-Issues-Policies" method.

It's my #1 buzzword for the following reasons:
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I've seen demogoguery before, but this takes the cake...

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Friday June 09, 2006 · 9:12 AM PDT

2006/06/09 · 09:12

Wow. Just wow.

"We've got to keep our priorities straight," said Representative Ralph Regula, an Ohio Republican who is chairman of the appropriations panel that approved the cut. "You're going to choose between giving a little more money to handicapped children versus providing appropriations for public broadcasting."

A Republican deriding Democrats as taking money away from "handicapped children" by giving it to Big Bird? Read More

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Katrina and Lebanon--Two Perfect Examples of "Compassionate Conservatism"

Maryland (& other) Kossacks: Why We Need to Revitalize Our Local Parties

Bush Doctrine = Get Bogged Down, Ignore Real Threats

Re-casting the Republican Stereotype

"Accountability". Learn to love it, folks.

I've seen demogoguery before, but this takes the cake...