We Can't Ignore Our Left Flank

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Thursday April 02, 2009 · 9:18 AM PDT

2009/04/02 · 09:18

Recently I’ve been noticing a new trend more and more. There seems to be a growing rift in the Democratic Party with the moderates and centrists on one side and the liberals on the other. As someone who wants to see a united Democratic Party this concerns me; while I am a moderate Democrat myself I see no reason to agree with what Senator Reid and Congressman Van Hollen that the liberal side of the Democratic Party needs to shut up. Before I go further perhaps I should explain how I see the Democratic Party. I see a party that has three different wings; a liberal, moderate, and conservative. The liberal wing is all progressive and an example of one would be Congressman Dennis Kucinich. The moderate wing is mostly progressive who are conservative on a few issues and I think an example would be President Barack Obama. The conservative (or centrist) wing is half progressive and half conservative and an example would be Senator Evan Bayh. I consider myself part of the moderate wing but think all are vital to the Democratic Party.

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Tuesday February 03, 2009 · 2:30 PM PST

2009/02/03 · 14:30

So many of you are upset with President Obama ever since he started to make his cabinet picks; everyday on this site there seems to be someone complaining about him. Yesterday I finally saw the phrase I was expecting to see for a while: Republican-Lite. I saw many of you use the term to describe President Clinton and I found it pure bull then as I found it pure bull now. I on the other hand have been quite pleased with the Obama Administration so far. Sure I haven’t agreed with everything but he is doing exactly what I expected him too. I am sure he will do good things and President and I look forward to his term (or terms) in office.

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Friday December 19, 2008 · 4:33 PM PST

2008/12/19 · 16:33

So this isn't so much a Rick Warren diary (god knows we had enough of them) but more on gay rights. I was taking my law finals this week so I wasn't really paying any attention to the news. I cam home yesterday very tired (its fun traveling in the snow in Seattle) and turned on the news. They were talking about Pastor Rick Warren giving the opening prayer at Obama's Inauguration and the outrage over it. At first I didn't see the big deal, after all it wasn't like he was making policy decisions, rather just leading a prayer and it wasn't like he was as bad as Robertson, Dobson, Perkins, or any of the other right wing preachers. But then I realized why people were upset. This was a man why was a leader in passing Prop 8, a horrible ballot measure that took away civil rights from gay people.

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Thursday November 27, 2008 · 2:28 PM PST

2008/11/27 · 14:28

It was supposed to be a very happy Thanksgiving. Law School was going well, Barack Obama had won the Presidential Election, the Democrats increased their lead in both Houses of Congress, but alas it was not to be. As you all know by now yesterday around 9:30 AM PST terrorists attack the city of Mumbai in India. As of now 125 people are dead and hundreds more are injured. It is too early to tell what group these terrorists are part of, an unknown Islamic terrorist group took responsibility for the attacks but they are unknown so it is hard to tell if they are telling the truth. CNN and others in the traditional media keep bringing up Al-Qaeda but who knows if this is them. Regardless of whom it is they need to be found and brought to justice. This horrific event is even more personal due to my Indian heritage.

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Tuesday November 18, 2008 · 5:09 PM PST

2008/11/18 · 17:09

We were duped! We elected a Republican to the White House! He let Lieberman off the hook! He might appoint Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. He will put Sarah Palin the Cabinet! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

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Sunday November 09, 2008 · 12:32 PM PST

2008/11/09 · 12:32

For me 2006 was a great election night. The Democrats took back the House and the Senate and it looked like the Democratic Party was emerging from the dead. I was very happy that night and was hoping Election Night of 2008 would be even better. I just could not see a Democrat losing the Presidency that night. As it turns out I was right and Election night 2006 pales in comparison to Election Night 2008. In fact I’m still elated from the results of that night almost a week later.

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Monday October 20, 2008 · 7:00 PM PDT

2008/10/20 · 19:00

So my ballot arrived the other day and I thought I would put out my voter’s guide just for fun. I’m not going to list all the races just the ones I voted for.

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Tuesday October 14, 2008 · 8:39 PM PDT

2008/10/14 · 20:39

That was a response from one of my relatives on why she was voting for John McCain over Barack Obama. Now this relative is not uneducated, she has a college degree hell she even has a PhD in Molecular Biology. She is however of Indian descent and also a Hindu. And this is a view you see among a lot of Hindus that most if not all Muslims are terrorists, that Islam is a religious of violence, and that they will continue to attack us if not stopped. Now I'm not saying all Hindus are like this many are not (including yours truly). But this is view that quite a few of them hold.

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Monday August 25, 2008 · 9:25 AM PDT

2008/08/25 · 09:25

First of all thank you for releasing your delegates, it shows class that you are not being bitter about losing and are supporting Senator Obama as the nominee for the party. Also thanks for not creating a fuss for not being the Vice-Presidential nominee. I’m sure you could do a lot of good in the Senate for years to come and perhaps there is a spot for you in the Obama Administration. You are a great Democrat and an asset to the party and I look forward to hearing you speak on Tuesday. But Senator you must call out your supporters who won’t support Obama and plan to vote for McCain.

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Saturday August 23, 2008 · 11:21 AM PDT

2008/08/23 · 11:21

I was sitting at home last night doing reading for law school when I decide to visit the Seattle PI site. It has a breaking news banner on the top of the website that says that Joe Biden is Obama’s pick for Vice-President. I then go to CNN website for confirmation and see that they have it posted as well. I did not have my text message as that point but I didn’t care. I was just happy to know who the Vice President pick was. I had been getting excited about Biden for a while now and to hear it was him made my night. My first choice for the Vice-Presidency spot should have been Clark but Biden was one of my top choices so I was excited.

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Tuesday August 19, 2008 · 8:58 PM PDT

2008/08/19 · 20:58

So yes it is only a primary and yes both Gregoire and Rossi move on but if Rossi wins tonight knock on wood it would give him momentum for the General Election and perhaps McCain would put more money in WA as well. Here are the current results. Results come from the WA Secretary of State website.

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Sunday August 17, 2008 · 5:07 PM PDT

2008/08/17 · 17:07

Yesterday I watched Pastor Rick Warren’s Faith Forum on TV. I thought it was a good event to watch and I thought I would give my review of it by going through Obama’s answers as well as what Pastor Warren had to say. I know that there is some controversy over whether McCain was in a cone of silence or did he hear the debate. While it could be possible that McCain lied and was listening in to the questions I do believe that Pastor Warren believed that McCain was being honest with him and did not hear the answers. I do not think the two of them were playing a con to "get" Obama by letting McCain cheat. Even if McCain knew the answers in advanced so what? Obama did well and probably helped himself with the evangelical community; now on to the issues.

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Joe Biden: Heck Yes!!

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