No, I’m sorry Mr. President, but thanks for playing.

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Thursday September 10, 2009 · 4:50 AM PDT

2009/09/10 · 04:50

Carl, what do we have for a parting gift for President Obama?

Well Peter, President Obama needed to answer two of three questions correctly, but only got one.

Will there be a Public Option? The Public Option was included albeit shrouded in distracting verbiage about exchanges and other programs and described as merely one of many choices available to consumers of healthcare. He doubled down on requirements to be placed on insurance companies by demanding their practice of denying coverage for existing conditions be criminalized. He got that one right, though just barely.

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Tuesday August 18, 2009 · 4:42 AM PDT

2009/08/18 · 04:42

The failure of the Obama administration to include the public option in the healthcare reform bill is simply not acceptable. It’s unbelievable that President Obama is prepared to waste all this time and political capital to wind up with a bill that fails to satisfy the most basic needs for reform and will ultimately result in his being a one term presidency. No subsequent action will mitigate having failed the American people on the healthcare issue.

Of course, the president has had the option to push this legislation through by standing by his own words on the campaign trail and by not wasting precious time seeking bipartisanship that was never going to be. Instead, he and other Democrats have capitulated on issue after issue because it has never been their intent to upset the insurance, hospital and pharmaceutical industries by passing meaningful reform. And if that is the end result of the fiasco we have been witnessing since January then those of us who worked so hard to put this administration into power must be just as prepared to replace it.

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Friday February 22, 2008 · 8:56 AM PST

2008/02/22 · 08:56

As disappointing as John McCain’s behavior seems to be we can at least take heart in the knowledge that his most outspoken supporter, the moral and ethical Joseph Lieberman, will no longer be promoting his candidacy. Joe’s strong moral fiber and sense of justice will obviously prevent him from allowing the elevation to the highest office a man whose "infidelity must be viewed as immoral, disgraceful and damaging to the country". At least that is how Lieberman described the conduct of one William Jefferson Clinton in exactly the same situation McCain now finds himself, and Clinton was a member of his own Party at the time.

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Wednesday February 13, 2008 · 6:11 AM PST

2008/02/13 · 06:11

I do not accept the Senate’s legislation granting amnesty to the Telecommunication companies for breaking the law by spying on US citizens. It goes against the American spirit, the rule of law, the vision of the founding fathers, decency, fairness, morality, ethics and just about everything else you can imagine.

There has been much talk about the spinelessness of the Congressional Democrats for continuously capitulating to the Republicans and failing to accomplish any of the things they were elected to do. This talk is entirely justified because the people we elected to represent us have instead put their efforts into representing the moneyed special interests and power brokers inside the Beltway.

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Wednesday January 16, 2008 · 4:43 AM PST

2008/01/16 · 04:43

Last night’s debate began by focusing on the dust up between Clinton and Obama, leaving Edwards on the sidelines where the Main Stream Media has wanted him throughout this campaign. His only participation in that early discussion was framed by NBC so that viewers would see him as the "establishment white male" against the new and progressive ethnic and female candidates.

As for the racial controversy spurred on by both Clinton and Obama staffers, thankfully they seem to have checked the rhetoric and focused on issues instead of each other.

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Wednesday November 21, 2007 · 11:01 AM PST

2007/11/21 · 11:01

Over a year has past since Americans went to the polls to unseat Republicans and replace them with Democrats who had promised to change things in Washington, D.C. In that year’s time, the electorate that gave Congress the mandate it needed to take action against the Bush administration has seen absolutely nothing accomplished. In fact, Republican initiatives have moved forward at a greater pace than when they were in the majority.

If this seems implausible just recall that the person elected to the position of Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi stated absolutely that impeachment was off the table as part of the Democratic agenda. We should have realized at that time that the newly elected Democratic majority had no intention whatever of interfering with the Republicans.

jhshamrock

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Monday August 06, 2007 · 4:24 AM PDT

2007/08/06 · 04:24

First, Congratulations to Markos & the YearlyKos gathering for its successful convention and for the great work that's been done establishing a Democratic message from the Netroots to the politicians.

Although I was not able to attend myself, I was very interested in this year's convention and the gathering of candidates and bloggers in attendance. As expected, the MSM did not cover YearlyKos apparently because the gathering of all but one of the Democratic Presidential cnadidates is not sufficient reason to send a reporter or give any air time to the story.

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Wednesday August 01, 2007 · 9:04 AM PDT

2007/08/01 · 09:04

In an article at the Huffington Post, John Ridley chastises Democrats for being afraid of appearing on the Fox News Channel. In doing so, Ridley joins Tim Russert who recently appeared on Fox News to question how the Democrats can face al Qaida if they won’t show up for a debate on Fox. Either they do not recognize the strategy Democrats are employing against legitimizing Fox News by refusing to appear, or they are attempting to undermine that strategy.

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Thursday October 19, 2006 · 6:52 AM PDT

2006/10/19 · 06:52

Bad news for the Bush and Blair governments has been coming out of Great Britain, Ireland and Germany recently and it appears to be the type of thing that could become a trend in other countries as well. The bad news is that people charged with crimes for having taken action against military targets as a protest against the Iraq war have successfully used the defense that the war is illegal and an act of aggression by the United States and the UK. Read More

Olberman Speaks!

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Thursday August 31, 2006 · 6:58 AM PDT

2006/08/31 · 06:58

Seldom have we been treated to a more satisfying performance than that of Keith Olberman last evening. In his closing segment, Keith addressed Rumsfeld's speech to the American Legion in which the Secretary "impugn(ed) the morality or intelligence -- indeed, the loyalty -- of the majority of Americans". Rumsfeld went on to assert that our nation faces a new type of Fascism and to invoke the memory of the appeasement of the Nazis.

The irony of his statement is stark and glaring. This new Fascism he speaks of is a product of his own administration. As it has been understood since its debut in Italy prior to World War II, Fascism is the merging of Government and Corporations. More than any previous administration, Bush and company exemplify this model of government. Yet, Bush, Cheney, Rummy and Condi are currently in the midst of a PR blitz to equate Fascism with the war on terror through the constant repetition of the phrase "Islamo-fascist".
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Lieberman - NO! Lamont - ?

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Thursday July 13, 2006 · 6:34 AM PDT

2006/07/13 · 06:34

Many websites have been focused on the Senate race in the state of Connecticut between incumbent Senator Joseph Lieberman and upstart Greenwich business man, Ned Lamont. Anyone following this race is aware of the major issue, some would say single issue where Lamont is concerned, that puts these two at polar opposites. Lieberman has been a strong supporter of Bush's Iraq war while Lamont is advocating an end to the conflict. Read More

Signing Statements

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Thursday May 11, 2006 · 8:17 AM PDT

2006/05/11 · 08:17

The Boston Globe recently published a story by Charlie Savage detailing President Bush's claimed constitutional authority to place himself above the laws issued by the Congress of the United States. Mr. Savage reveals the strategy Bush has employed by not using his veto power since taking office. Basically, Bush signs bills into law then issues a "signing statement" exempting the chief executive from adhering to the very law he just enacted.

Without fail, Bush's justification for declaring himself exempt has been his constitutional authority as interpreted by the president and his legal counsel. Incredibly, he has exempted himself from over 750 bills enacted as law by his own signature.

As citizens, we also have constitutional rights. We are all entitled to the protections under those rights and the liberties guaranteed by them. It is only logical then, that when Congress passes a law that imposes upon our rights and/or liberties that we must have the same prerogative to exempt ourselves from the oppressive nature of that law. Read More

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