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Friday May 21, 2010 · 4:22 PM PDT

2010/05/21 · 16:22

UPDATE 1:
Just for the record....some folks are misunderstanding me. My problem with Obama is that I think he is doing a less than good job of communicating about this disaster....the damage it's causing, what we are doing about it, and what the longer term ramifications might be and future actions should be. That's my beef....I know there isn't a clear solution to the problem yet and I don't blame the President for not knowing it.

As I’m sure everyone here has been, I’ve been absorbing day by day the catastrophe in the Gulf and a month into it I’m finding myself disappointed in someone I have thus far not been disappointed in very often: President Obama.

First of all, I want to make it clear that I am aware of the fact that no apparent solution to the oil crisis exists as of yet, and therefore I can’t expect the President to be able to snap his fingers or push a button and fix the leak and clean up the mess. This diary isn’t really about that. No, this diary is about my perception of the administration’s response to be.

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The Administration's Response to the Oil Spill in the Gulf has Been:

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The Administration's Response to the Oil Spill in the Gulf has Been:

Outstanding

5 votes

Very Good, but Under the Radar

43 votes

Fair but not Great

32 votes

Just Slightly Better than Bush's Would Have Been

26 votes

Totally Inadequate

47 votes

I Honestly Don't Know Because He is Barely Even Talking About It

11 votes

Health Care Reform...Inch by Inch

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Saturday December 19, 2009 · 1:31 PM PST

2009/12/19 · 13:31

Hello Fellow Kossaks! Admittedly, I usually stay in the background around here and just read what you all have written, but something has been floating around in my head for a few days now and I wanted to share it. I’ve observed the President’s actions and the liberal activists’ reactions carefully this past year, and especially during this very long healthcare reform battle, and I have some thoughts about them.

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Wednesday November 05, 2008 · 3:04 PM PST

2008/11/05 · 15:04

I read a diary earlier by an angry Kossack that moved me regarding prop 8 and Obama's response, or lack there of to it. I had originally linked to it as well as directed this to the author, not to pick a fight...I just honestly wanted her to read what I had to say. But I have been corrected by others who write more frequently than I that it was inappropriate to do so. Please accept my apologies...I meant no harm. So I have edited those things out. I still hope this finds the author in question because I was moved by what she said. Sorry for screwing up with the rules.

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Tuesday September 16, 2008 · 6:18 PM PDT

2008/09/16 · 18:18

Below the fold is an e-mail that I sent out to all my family & friends, and will be submitting as a letter to the editor to every paper in my region. I started out a Hillary supporter because I was thinking about this election primarily in terms of shifting back to sane policies....and to this day I think she would have been phenomenal at that very task. But, in the months since she conceded I have grown to appreciate this election as being about something bigger and more important than that. It is about the opportunity to shift our "center of thinking"....to rebuild the American Community. The fact is, regardless of who is in office, the economy will ebb and flow (although it almost ALWAYS does better under Democrats), and the threats against our country will evolve. But if we can rebuild our sense of common humanity with one another, we will forever be in a stronger position to see ourselves through the tough times. This election is about America behaving like America again. I hope you enjoy my thoughts.

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What is the most important thing to you in the Presidential Election this year?

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What is the most important thing to you in the Presidential Election this year?

Rebuilding a sense of community and common purpose in America

17 votes

The Economy

14 votes

Health Care

3 votes

The War in Iraq

3 votes

Other Foriegn Policy

1 vote

Education

0 votes

Just electing Democrats period

11 votes

Other

5 votes

Obama: I've switched

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Tuesday February 19, 2008 · 7:40 PM PST

2008/02/19 · 19:40

Update: Well, this is certainly not the way I hoped to get my first ever diary on the rec list, but thanks to the many CLASSY Obama supporters for your thoughtful comments. Your's is a team I can be a player on. S.L.

I'm a Hillary Clinton supporter. Around here lately I've felt that that makes me a substandard democrat....a triangulator, an ideologically impure progressive. To those of you who hold that opinion....I still disagree strongly with you. But, you win....Barack will get my support from here on out.

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Thursday November 16, 2006 · 7:49 AM PST

2006/11/16 · 07:49

Good Morning Fellow Progressives! I'm writing this diary today because I haven't had a good old fashined ass-chewing for a while, and I knew that you would be just the crowd to help me out with that. Not that it will help me, but let me begin by saying that I like Ned Lamont, and I supported Ned Lamont, and I was sad on November 7 when Ned Lamont didn't make it past the finish line first. That being said though, I'm going to do something I don't normally do....I'm going to stand up for the D.C. Democratic establishment a bit. Read More

A GOP Strategy to be Mindful Of...With POLL

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Saturday October 07, 2006 · 1:03 PM PDT

2006/10/07 · 13:03

I, like most of you am thrilled by what a hard time the republican politicians are having lately, and it certainly should be helpful to the Dems in their quest to take back Congress. However, something has been troubling me over the past week, and I'm getting more and more uneasy about it. It is something I watched happen with Dubya twice, but didn't even realize it until it was too late. Kos has said repeatedly, and I whole-heartedly agree, that regardless of how fucking abysmal the republicans are at governing, they are masters of the universe at winning elections. Unfortunately, while the dems are pretty good a governing, they are equally bad at running for office. I believe with everything I've got that if we don't keep up the hard fight in the real world with our people-powered movement, that the "Consultants", those brilliant assholes that have been advising us all the way to defeat the past several elections, will find a way to fuck this up and blow it. Read More

Foleygate: The New Disgusting GOP Political Strategy

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Tuesday October 03, 2006 · 3:55 PM PDT

2006/10/03 · 15:55

This is a relatively short diary, but I haven't seen this specifically brought up yet. If it has been, my sincerest appologies, because I just didn't see it. I know that the GOP has a group of attorneys in their hip pockets...you know, to argue that torture is constitutional, to try to validate invalid elections, to advise the president on how to break the law without consequence, and now to represent congressional reps who commit federal crimes. And of course, these lawyers have all been well trained by the right-wing noise machine, and they are quite adept at not only defending their clients, but doing so while also spreading the latest GOP talking points. I believe that this press conference today was just as much about spreading a new narative of the Repubs as it was about defending Foley's actions. Read More

NE-03...New T.V. Ad by Scoot Kleeb--UPDATED

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Wednesday September 06, 2006 · 3:02 PM PDT

2006/09/06 · 15:02

Hey Guys,

This is a short diary, but I wanted to share a new campaign ad that Scott Kleeb just started running in Nebraska's 3rd district. I live in Nevada now and most of my diaries are about Jack Carter, but I moved here from a town in the 3rd district in Nebraska and the fact that we are even competitive at all is astonishing. The most recent data from the FEC (http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/...) show Scott Kleeb leading his republican opponent in this open seat race by $160,000 in cash on hand. I have searched the web and can't find any polling numbers, so if you know of any please point them out in the comments. Cheney made a visit to Nebraska to do a $200 per plate dinner and gave out photos of himself with people for $2100 (most expensive fucking dart board anyone could ever buy). Read More

NV Sen: New Poll...Oh, Ye of little faith!!

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Sunday September 03, 2006 · 6:22 PM PDT

2006/09/03 · 18:22

Hey Guys:

The last time I wrote about Jack Carter's campaign, an unattractive poll had just been released with Jack getting thumped to the tune of 20 points. Oh, but what a few weeks, a primary win, and a concentrated effort to get Jack in Nevadans' living room, and John Ensigns embarrasing level of rubber-stamp-ed-ness into their minds can do. A new poll released by the Wallstreet Journal and conducted by Zogby (http://online.wsj.com/...) has Jack in a statistical DEAD HEAT!! Read More

NV-SEN Help Elect Jack Carter

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Monday August 14, 2006 · 10:23 AM PDT

2006/08/14 · 10:23

I'm sorry to do this, but I'm repeating myself from yesterday. The carter camp is trying to do a big fund-raising push by tomorrow's primary election, and this diary didn't get the kind of traction I hoped it might yesterday, so I'm trying it at a different time of day on a "non-weekend" day. For those of you who read it yesterday, please don't scream and fuss...I wouldn't normally do this. But we need some momentum in $$ & potential volunteers, and after what was accomplished in Conneticut I am now certain that anything is possible. For those of you who follow polls, a recent poll from Mason-Dixon had some less attractive results within the last couple days, but I still feel like this is very competitive and a great opportunity, so please read what I have to say if you haven't already, and consider giving some time or money to Jack Carter's campaign. Read More

NV-Senate: Help us Elect Jack Carter

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Sunday August 13, 2006 · 2:56 PM PDT

2006/08/13 · 14:56

Hey Guys,

I want to just start by saying that I don't work for the Carter campaign, or for any PAC or Democratic Party organization. I'm not experienced with politics, and I am relatively new at blogging. I'm just a 28 year old citizen who started to care a lot more about his government after it was hijacked by the far right wing fringe of the Republican party and they proceded to fundamentally change the America I grew up in. For that reason, I got a lot more involved in politics and want to be a part of changing this country state by state, district by district, and precinct by precinct. Read More

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