O'Donnell's Teachable Moment: Priming, Framing and Health Care Reform

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Saturday August 15, 2009 · 12:29 PM PDT

2009/08/15 · 12:29

There are already a couple of great diaries up about the O'Donnell/Culbertson confrontation yesterday (see here- billybam, theone718) and I would like to add a little bit more to the conversation. The O'Donnell interview provides reform advocates with a way to take back the issue of health care reform from the conservatives and to do it in a way that brings seniors to our side. It is a very simple notion, letting the Republicans win on health reform, means losing Medicare.

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Tuesday March 13, 2007 · 9:14 PM PDT

2007/03/13 · 21:14

In going through the latest from the New York Times in regards to the Purge there are some interesting points. Unfortunately, they seem to completely screw the pooch when it comes to why this was such a problem- it's the oversight, stupid.

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MSNBC: Congress didn't change overnight? That is an outrage!

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Saturday January 06, 2007 · 12:54 AM PST

2007/01/06 · 00:54

Lisa Myers of MSNBC is shocked that everything wasn't fixed TODAY:

Democrats say they were returned to power in part because of corruption and ethical lapses of the Republican Congress. They promised to clean up the swamp and crack down on lobbyists.
But hours after changing House rules to reduce favors from lobbyists, it was back to business as usual in Washington.

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Friday January 05, 2007 · 12:35 PM PST

2007/01/05 · 12:35

I have mixed feelings on this ABC News article. It states that 33 US Senators would have changed their vote on Iraq if they knew then what they knew now:

ABC News decided to survey the views of the senators who served in 2002, most of whom remain in the Senate. The survey indicates that those senators say that if they knew then what they know now, President Bush would never have been given the authority to use force in Iraq.
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By ABC News' count, if the Senators knew then what they know now, only 43 at most would still vote to approve the use of force and the measure would be defeated. And at least 57 senators would vote against going to war, a number that combines those who already voted against the war resolution with those who told ABC News they would vote against going to war, or said that the pre-war intelligence has been proven so wrong the measure would lose or it would never even come to a vote.

Here is my take on the change of heart-

LoloMatt

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Sunday September 24, 2006 · 10:54 AM PDT

2006/09/24 · 10:54

Sweet fancy Moses. You would think it would be pretty damn easy for the AP to add context to the President Clinton/Chris Wallace interview. Unfortunately, that would be called journalism and it isn't the press' job to get at the truth.

Clinton accused host Chris Wallace of a "conservative hit job" and asked: "I want to know how many people in the Bush administration you asked, 'Why didn't you do anything about the Cole?' I want to know how many people you asked, 'Why did you fire Dick Clarke?'"

Wallace said Sunday he was surprised by Clinton's "conspiratorial view" of "a very non-confrontational question, 'Did you do enough to connect the dots and go after Al Qaida?'"

"All I did was ask him a question, and I think it was a legitimate news question. I was surprised that he would conjure up that this was a hit job," Wallace said in a telephone interview.

Iraqi Tribal Leaders Say Release Saddam

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Sunday September 03, 2006 · 9:03 AM PDT

2006/09/03 · 09:03

I will delete this diary, if someone else has written about it. I caught this article in The Seattle Times from today, although it is from the Washington Post. They don't waste any time getting to the scary stuff. Read More

GOP nationalizing the 2006 election: another take

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Thursday August 31, 2006 · 5:03 PM PDT

2006/08/31 · 17:03

There is currently another diary posted which talks about the likelihood of the GOP nationalizing the election around Rep. Pelosi, and although I believe the author is correct to assume that the GOP is doing its best to have a national theme. I do not believe that they are focusing on Rep. Pelosi.

In just a quick walk through the news one can find what the theme for the GOP elections is going to be "Fascism" (here, here, here and here). And while this seems patently foolish on its face, I fear that if the left does not devise a way to fight against their attempt to set the national agenda the midterm elections will be in jeopardy.

Why?...Well...More on the flip. Read More

Let's make Karl Rove the boogeyman

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Tuesday August 29, 2006 · 12:05 PM PDT

2006/08/29 · 12:05

I have been thinking about this for a while and this article about the `re-emergence' of Karl Rove highlights the need for a strategy to make his influence an issue in the upcoming elections. It is a bit ironic that the man who has been so artful in creating liberal bogeymen (e.g. Michael Moore, Kos, Howard Dean, homosexuals), should become one himself. Yet, Rove is the perfect target for such a project.

Conservative Philosophy, Easter Bunnies and Serious Thinking

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Sunday August 27, 2006 · 4:06 PM PDT

2006/08/27 · 16:06

I love Tom Tomorrow's latest cartoon and it highlights one of the most annoying trends in current American politics, the belief that conservatives are the ones considered serious about world affairs and progressives are wild-eyed idealists. Unfortunately, this is not limited to discussions about current events, it is also indicative of the debate regarding political philosophies. Liberal political philosophies are cast aside as foolish, while the conservative philosophies are regarded as being academically serious. When you examine the underpinnings of the two big ideas within conservative circles, free markets and The Freedom Agenda, their beliefs are similar to any child's belief in the Easter Bunny. Read More

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