9000 words...

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Tuesday May 04, 2010 · 12:10 AM PDT

2010/05/04 · 00:10

I know that diaries aren't supposed to be this short, but I consider this a 9000 word entry. These are reposted from TPM and the venerable Josh Marshall...

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/...

I didn't quite reach the three hundred character minimum, so I am adding this sentence. Please don't hurt me...

I had a dream...

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Sunday January 27, 2008 · 7:30 AM PST

2008/01/27 · 07:30

I pass this along, knowing full well that we should not get ahead of ourselves… but last night I had a dream…

It was October and during a presidential debate…

Barack Obama stood tall at one lectern and John McCain hunched over another…

Tim Russert asked yet again about “experience” and Barack Obama replied to that issue (and others) with a sound bite that secured the presidency with his answer…

He said:

“It is not simply the ‘political’ experience that you bring to the office, it is who you are, what you stand for and what our great country experiences while you are president that will ultimately matter. Some of our greatest presidents came to this moment with less time in Washington than I … even Abraham Lincoln had only two years as a congressmen before he began his remarkable tenure that transformed America. Now I know what you’re going to say John, “Well Barack, I knew Abraham Lincoln (the crowd erupted in laughter at this point) and you’re no Lincoln.” You’re right, John, Who I am is Barack Obama and I am ready, right now, to lead our nation to its greatest promise!”

The roar of applause woke me up…

CAN'T BE TRUSTED

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Thursday October 05, 2006 · 6:17 AM PDT

2006/10/05 · 06:17

As the tidal wave of bad news washes over the current administration and seemingly the entire Republican party, I can't help wondering what the media narrative would be if this were happening to us.

Few on this site would argue that Democratic strategists have lagged miles behind the Roveian branding tactics and I have no doubt that if the situation were reversed that their talking points would lead with a simple statement that encapsulates all the current problems and paints with such a broad stroke that it is easy to remember and hard for all in the party to escape from (Cut and Run; Flip-Flopper). It would then be blasted across all media with a relentlessness that makes the drip of the "water torture" seem preferable.

Well it works, and now it's our turn, and so I am issuing....

TODAY'S TALKING POINT:

The Republicans CAN'T BE TRUSTED.
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Stand up

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Thursday September 21, 2006 · 8:59 PM PDT

2006/09/21 · 20:59

I am speaking to all Democrats who are in a position of some power and to all who are trying to get there. To you who have some sway over the course of our great country's future and its lasting legacy... I am more than asking, I am begging.

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Voltaire speaks

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Tuesday September 19, 2006 · 3:16 PM PDT

2006/09/19 · 15:16

It occurred to me that while our government debates the degree to which we will give up the American Ideal and thus become our enemy (by legalizing torture and/or doing away with Habeas Corpus)... that Voltaire probably had something sage to add to the discussion...

After the break, words as wise today as they were some 350 odd years ago...
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Lies - I need your help

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Sunday November 13, 2005 · 4:23 PM PST

2005/11/13 · 16:23

I am a long-time professional feature film editor who has decided to volunteer my time to create a series of political ads that will take single defining issues about the current administration and vividly hammer them home.

I'm going to start with... lying.

This post is to ask your assistance. Will you please respond with any and all clear cut lies that you know that any members of the current administration have told in speeches or interviews or debates or any other source where videotape might exist.

We need to take this moment in time and define them for what they are...Liars.

Please give me a hand...

There is no tomorrow

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Wednesday February 16, 2005 · 8:42 AM PST

2005/02/16 · 08:42

I just came across this essay written by the always brilliant Bill Moyers...

http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/5211218.html

The hairs on the back of my neck are still standing. I apologize if this has been posted before, but even if it has it is worth reposting and sending to all that you know who live in the 'real' world.

All the President's Men

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Sunday November 07, 2004 · 8:48 PM PST

2004/11/07 · 20:48

I just finished watching the still great film "All the President's Men" with my 13-year old son. As a working film editor I have taken on the enjoyable task of introducing my two boys to some of the classic films that their generation most likely will never be exposed to. This, of course, is made difficult by having to stop the movies occasionally to explain or put events in context (e.g. pausing "Dog Day Afternoon" to quickly tell them what happened at Attica prison) but anyway, I was struck by the many parallel elements of the Nixon whitehouse and the current administration. Read More

Major story, not being discussed.

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Thursday October 28, 2004 · 8:46 AM PDT

2004/10/28 · 08:46

EXCLUSIVE: BUSH WANTED TO INVADE IRAQ IF ELECTED IN 2000

Unbelievably, this story has been skipped over this morning. I believe that it is the follow-up, knock-out punch to the explosives story. Please reccommend this and lets try to get it out to the major media (I first heard it this morning on Air America).

http://www.mydd.com/story/2004/10/28/44532/640 Read More

760,000 POUNDS...

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Monday October 25, 2004 · 2:56 PM PDT

2004/10/25 · 14:56

We need to convert this figure to help people understand the magnitude of what has happened. (Already, I'll bet, too many people think that it was 380 lbs.)

The fact that one pound of the stuff brought down a plane makes this conversion necessary for those that are mathematically challenged or just too lazy to really listen to the story.

This should be a huge story for the next couple of days and as it usually takes about a week for events to really show up in the polls, the timing couldn't be better.

GOTV

Who leads us to war...

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Sunday October 10, 2004 · 10:24 PM PDT

2004/10/10 · 22:24

I was just e-mailed this and thought I should send it along. It truly is astonishing...
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Check out the backgrounds on who leads us to war and who questions it.

DEMOCRATS:

John Kerry: Navy, 1966-1970; Naval Reserves, 1972-1978
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Bush will reinstate draft...[UPDATE]

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Wednesday October 06, 2004 · 8:36 PM PDT

2004/10/06 · 20:36

Fellow bloggers, the power of this very real possibility is no doubt keeping Karl Rove up nights. If current BushCo policies can make a draft seem inevitable (and this will happen only if we Dems hammer this like... Tom Delay on Crystal Meth) the election is ours. I urge you, one and all, to push this...

please...

I know the Kerry people are listening...

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