Qualified for President?

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Friday November 11, 2011 · 5:50 PM PST

2011/11/11 · 17:50

When I watch the Republican field of aspirants to the GOP's nomination for the presidential election of 2012, I could, if I were not very careful, sink into a most profound depression. I cannot help but recall a quote long remembered from newspaperman H. L. Mencken, an old cynic if there ever was one. But he had a piercing focus on reality at times (good Baltimore booze permitting), and I am offering below that once-famous quote, as well as another one from a 1935 novel by C. S. Lewis, on the subject of American presidential politics.

Taken together they pretty much describe what the Republicans are offering.
It all makes my head spin and creates a hollow feeling in the stomach. This is
especially so if you realize that almost all impetus for the notoriety given to the
Republican primary race comes from the press, print and broadcast, that has a
voracious appetite for sensation and events of the lowest order. Without news
media attention to the likes of the Republican candidates, who would even know
about them?

mrmyster

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Saturday November 05, 2011 · 6:37 PM PDT

2011/11/05 · 18:37

The time has come, I suggest, to forget about the Republican primary farce.
Ms. Maddow had it right last night -- most of the candidates there are a joke,
a punk, a stunt to sell books and win post-election speaking engagements.

The time has come to talk about something else: Who should run as VP
with Obama?

mrmyster

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Monday October 10, 2011 · 7:35 PM PDT

2011/10/10 · 19:35

Enough of the hagiography on the late lamented Mr Jobs, suggests a writer
named Vaclav Smil, in the Journal of the American Enterprise Institute. I expect
that Journal is not often quoted in this space, but go to www.arts&lettersdaily
and read the very interesting essay published last week (actually, it seems to
have been published Sept. 30, I could not exactly determine it). Some eyebrows
may be raised.

mrmyster

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Tuesday September 13, 2011 · 4:29 PM PDT

2011/09/13 · 16:29

"Obama Would Sign Parts of Job Bill, Push For Rest" reports Sam Stein in a new item today in HuffPost. Did I say "new?" Let me rephrase that: Yup, here we go again, some old stuff.
Excuse my language, but Obama never seems to encounter a tough position that he doesn't like to piss away. For some reason I am recalling what Hillary Clinton said throughout her campaign in 2008: "Obama can't close the deal."

mrmyster

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Saturday December 04, 2010 · 9:23 AM PST

2010/12/04 · 09:23

George Soros, the billionaire Democratic activist, recently, and to
wide publicity said that if Pres. Obama did not start showing more
and better liberal-progressive leadership, the smart money would
be looking elsewhere to put its political money.
Good! So far, good! BUT .... is there another step to take first?

mrmyster

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Wednesday September 15, 2010 · 10:54 AM PDT

2010/09/15 · 10:54

"I wonder how many times you have to be hit on the head before you find out who's
hitting you? It's about time the people of America realized what the Republicans have
been doing to them" ... Pres. Harry Truman, Dexter, Iowa, 18 Sept. 1948

Familiar words that still apply. Yet with them, Truman won.

mrmyster

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Sunday August 22, 2010 · 1:00 PM PDT

2010/08/22 · 13:00

Who killed off Woolworth's in the UK? Who is killing off hundreds
of small or light manufacturers in the USA. Why are we having such
a relatively 'jobless' recovery. See below.

mrmyster

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Wednesday June 16, 2010 · 7:54 PM PDT

2010/06/16 · 19:54

Did you hear Rachel speak from the Oval Office tonight?
It was a marvel - witty, pointed, blunt and so right-on!
She gave the speech she wanted Obama to give, and she
did it well. Try to catch a replay later, worth staying up for.
Meanwhile here is a taste:

mrmyster

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Wednesday November 25, 2009 · 2:41 PM PST

2009/11/25 · 14:41

But, it's only been ten months, you say. Yes, I too have been saying that to myself, trying not to face certain facts and conclusions about the Obama administration. Ten months is a really really short time to come to any definitive conclusions about the direction or effectiveness of a president, too short to judge his performance in office ... just too short. Well, no it isn't, for my conclusion is if you look at the last eight years, the reign of Bush II, that has not really gone away, not enough. You want to see what's ahead? Just look back a bit and your will see an approximate paradigm of what to expect over the next few years. See below.

mrmyster

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Wednesday October 14, 2009 · 3:11 PM PDT

2009/10/14 · 15:11

Arianna Huffington is an ass! Read her long blog, up now, recommending Joe Biden
resign and lead Democrats into a stronger anti-Afgan position. She is badly wrong.
And at times, she acts like an ass, yes she does!! Read below.

mrmyster

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Sunday August 02, 2009 · 9:32 PM PDT

2009/08/02 · 21:32

Polls are suggesting a degree of weakness in some areas for Obama, and common sense alerts us to ongoing problem areas. To be expected? Sure; all administrations so suffer. But by my diagnosis Obama's weakness is not where expected just now.

mrmyster

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Tuesday July 28, 2009 · 1:47 PM PDT

2009/07/28 · 13:47

Conflicts of interest are at the core of a lot of big problems in America right now. I've been watching the information coming out about Goldman Sachs and their possibly illegal 'frontrunning' trading via high-speed computers; also publicity about their alleged mis-use of bailout funds, investing them in high-risk ventures, perhaps forbidden by the terms of the bailout.
I've also been watching the publicity about the U. S. Congress -- and it's 'frontrunning' -- that is, it's skimming "campaign contributions" off the health care/insurance industries, before deciding how to vote on whatever bills emerge. It's money-before-all-things!
In both these big arenas the main controversy in play is -- Conflicts of Interest.
This isn't meant to be much of a diary, rather a drawing of issues in hopes our discussions
here on DKos can sharpen. And, I hope, our communications to elected representatives encouraged.

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I VOTE RACHEL

The Die is Cast: who is up next?

Arianna Huff is an Ass

Where is Obama Weakness?

Essential Conflicts of Interest