A Bernie supporter's quandary...

jonibgud

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Friday March 18, 2016 · 7:10 AM PDT

2016/03/18 · 07:10

A Bernie supporter’s quandary:

The only thing worse than Hillary winning the primary

is Hillary losing the general election.

Offered for your discussion…

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49 votes Show Results

If Hillary Clinton is the Democratic nominee, will you support her in the general election?

49 votes Vote Now!

If Hillary Clinton is the Democratic nominee, will you support her in the general election?

Not sure.

4 votes

No.

8 votes

Yes.

37 votes

Faces of the Shutdown: My Neighbors

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Wednesday October 02, 2013 · 11:53 AM PDT

2013/10/02 · 11:53

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Here are just a few of the people who could be hurt if the U.S. government shutdown persists.

Every two weeks, I deliver Meals on Wheels to some of my neighbors -- I'm just one of dozens of local volunteers who make such deliveries possible in my community. Frustrated and angered by the impasse in Washington, on my route this week I asked my neighbors if I could take their photos and post them online so that people can see just who the shutdown hurts. Some of them agreed, and I thank them for their willingness. Note that there are no millionaire Congressmen shown here...

Here's a statement from the CEO of the Meals on Wheels Association of America on the shutdown.

Veronica

Robert

Charlotte

Wilma

Robin

False Equivalence Today: Start with WaPo 'S&*t Happens' Header

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Tuesday October 01, 2013 · 6:00 AM PDT

2013/10/01 · 06:00

Get a load of this Washington Post headline today:

Shutdown begins: Stalemate forces first U.S. government closure in 17 years

Yeah. Sort of like 'mistakes were made' or 's&*t happens.

Now, take a look at TPM's leading headline this morning:

HOUSE GOP FORCES FIRST GOVT SHUTDOWN IN 17 YEARS

See the difference? The WaPo headline smacks of 'both sides are to blame' while TPM puts the onus exactly where it belongs: on John Boehner's House of Representatives.

There's been a lot of good writing lately about the mainstream media's penchant for false equivalence -- taking a 'both sides do it', 'pox on both their houses' posture in news coverage when, in fact, GOP extremism is to blame for the current state of affairs -- for a sample, just take a look at today's APR. (And definitely read this Fallows piece.)

How about we track and catalogue it here today on DKos?

Feel free to use the comments section below to paste any examples of media malpractice in this vein that you find.

UPDATE: ThinkProgress has Six Headlines About The Government Shutdown That Will Destroy Your Faith In Journalism.

Annoying: DKos ads just start talking

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Saturday January 12, 2013 · 5:45 AM PST

2013/01/12 · 05:45

Anyone else experiencing the annoyance of advertisements that just start belching audio as soon as you land on the site? What's the deal? This has been going on for several days. It's really a bummer.

Run, Bernie, Run!

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Thursday December 20, 2012 · 5:50 AM PST

2012/12/20 · 05:50

Run, Bernie, Run!

Sanders for Top Dog 2016!

I pledge $1,000 -- the same amount I gave to Obama in 2008, the same amount I refused to give him again in 2012.

And I pledge something more valuable -- 1,000 hours of my time.

Let's send a spine to the White House!

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40 votes Show Results

In the 2016 campaign for president, I might support...

40 votes Vote Now!

In the 2016 campaign for president, I might support...

Bernie Sanders

23 votes

Hillary Clinton

9 votes

Joe Biden

2 votes

Rahm Emanuel

1 vote

3rd term for Barack Obama

1 vote

Nancy Pelosi

1 vote

Andrew Cuomo

0 votes

no one... moving to Canada

3 votes

2 Cents: My advice for Obama tonight... What's YOURS?

jonibgud

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Monday October 22, 2012 · 8:49 AM PDT

2012/10/22 · 08:49

Everyone always has advice for the President. Sure. I'm a White House advisor, too -- in my mind.

But if I really had the President's ear to offer lines of attack and argument for the third-and-last debate, how would I advise him?

Here's one: A vote for Gov. Romney is a vote for the team that took us to war in Iraq. Just look at his campaign advisors, the people shaping his foreign policy -- they're the Bush-Cheney A-team, and now they're itching for war with Iran when it was their Iraq policy that helped boost Iran's influence in the region. Iraq was a war of choice, and it cost a lot of lives and treasure. It was easier to start than it was to end -- I know, because I brought our troops home. We've had enough war mongering from the other team. My approach is different...

Another example below the orange flourish -- and an invitation for you to add your idea. Let's make a community list. If only for fun.

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Monday March 05, 2012 · 10:02 AM PST

2012/03/05 · 10:02

Look what I found on the Interweb -- a list of advertising executives at Premiere Radio Networks, the Clear Channel Radio subsidiary that distributes Rush Limbaugh's radio puke nationwide (and Hannity's and Beck's, too).

These are the folks who can help you arrange an ad buy -- regionally and nationwide -- on any of those hate-talk programs. How handy: the list includes email addresses and phone numbers!

Please join me in sending the following email to them all: "Premiere Radio and Clear Channel: profiting by polluting our public discourse. SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!"

If you've sent a message, how about saying so in the comments -- and spreading the word!

Whither OCCUPY in Winter?

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Friday November 11, 2011 · 8:57 PM PST

2011/11/11 · 20:57

Winter is upon us. I live in the north country. Canada in my neighbor. Today, we had snow squalls accompanied by piercing cold winds. It was impossible not to think: While I respect the dedication of all the Occupiers in their encampments coast-to-coast, how can those outposts be sustained through the oncoming winter, especially in colder latitudes?

And that led to some larger questions: Winter or no winter, are the encampments worth sustaining? Or are there other places where Occupiers can make their presence felt and other means for flexing their activist muscles that deliver the message even more directly to the One Percent and their minions?

Surely, there must be.

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Wednesday August 10, 2011 · 3:50 AM PDT

2011/08/10 · 03:50

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Is there anything else to say?

Are you feeling fired up?

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Tuesday April 05, 2011 · 10:52 AM PDT

2011/04/05 · 10:52

Cross-posted from AmericaBlog.

Since President Barack Obama officially launched his reelection campaign this week, niggling thoughts have filled my mind: How do I feel about this? Excited? Ready for the fight? Eager to help? Determined to donate? Convinced of the cause?

Last time around, I felt no doubt. For me, Mr. Obama's first campaign was energized by the sense that his victory was a moral imperative. I gave time and money, talked it up, helped turn out the vote. For the first time in my life, I was voting FOR a presidential candidate, not just AGAINST his opponent. Candidate Obama talked about "change you can believe in," and I believed.

And now? This time, I find myself having to make intellectual contortions to make the case. I think: What could the slogan be this time?

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Friday January 22, 2010 · 10:07 AM PST

2010/01/22 · 10:07

Following are genuine, non-rhetorical questions that have me thinking...

Why is the emerging conventional wisdom on 'where to go from here' on HCR pushing just what the medical-industrial complex wants -- 'just pass the Senate bill in the House and fix it later?'

Why do liberals again need to fold so there can be progress?

Why can't the ObamaDems get it through their heads that the light of public scrutiny plays well for their side by exposing the cynical obstructionism of the wingnut faction?

Why can't Reid-Pelosi-Obama find the heart and the spine to reclaim the populist advantage and fight this thing out in public instead of in the no-longer smokey back rooms?

Why won't President Nice Guy use the bully pulpit to define 'us' and 'them' (with 'them' being the obstructionist GOP-industry axis)?

Poll

18 votes Show Results

I want Pres. Obama to succeed...

18 votes Vote Now!

I want Pres. Obama to succeed...

...even if I have to redefine "success" as more government of, by, and for corporations and the wealthy.

2 votes

...by explicitly and loudly siding with the middle- and working-classes, even if that means he has to set himself in opposition to the Democratically 'controlled' Congress.

12 votes

I should move to Canada.

4 votes

How President Nice Guy Gave Up His #1 Advantage

jonibgud

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Thursday January 21, 2010 · 4:46 AM PST

2010/01/21 · 04:46

Why is Obama having such a hard time? Why can't he get his agenda through? Why are the Congressional GOPers able to get so much traction after being the Bush Administration's chief enablers?

In a phrase: He's too nice. He's too interested in "Let's all get along and just look forward."

If there is one thing you read today, read this: They Are Bush Republicans. Thanks to TPM.

Look, I'm off to work and have no time, so this is not a proper diary. Sorry. I apologize. Just read the piece.

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Whither OCCUPY in Winter?

RE-CALL WALK-ER! RE-CALL WALK-ER!!

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