Who the BLEEP did I VOTE FOR?

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Wednesday August 11, 2010 · 4:26 PM PDT

2010/08/11 · 16:26

There's a new TV show coming out that I saw commercials for called "Who the Bleep Did I Marry" where spouses come forward with incredible tales of marrying people that they later found out were totally different than who they thought they were. In light of Gibb's scathing dismissal of all things progressive, I think about 50 million people are now wondering "Who the Bleep Did I Vote For?"

Ligero1

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Friday July 16, 2010 · 5:48 AM PDT

2010/07/16 · 05:48

I mean now that certain other, well known and respected Progressives are making their disappointment known, is it safe for me to do so? Not that I need anyone's permission, of course.

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Wednesday June 16, 2010 · 5:24 AM PDT

2010/06/16 · 05:24

Obama's BP response has caused his popularity to plummet amid the Bush/Katrina comparisons, no question. The ironic part is that if he were a real Progressive, he would have been all over that oil spill when it happened. Since Obama's election, while the wild eyed lunatics and tea party nut jobs yelled "Commie" and bemoaned the beginning of the Obama Socialist State, I was quietly trying to warn progressives about the guy we elected, while simultaneously telling the Far Right to shut up; with this guy, nothing much will change at all.

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Monday June 07, 2010 · 5:18 AM PDT

2010/06/07 · 05:18

That should be the political message of the Democrats & the Obama administration. They should remind America that the Democrats once had a sound, forward thinking energy plan to reduce our nation's reliance on oil. It was proposed by Jimmy Carter and completely dismantled by Ronald Reagan.

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Monday April 19, 2010 · 3:58 PM PDT

2010/04/19 · 15:58

The wackos, birthers, gun nuts, and tea party loonies have captured the spotlight. And our Democratic leadership has allowed them to do so.

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Wednesday March 10, 2010 · 5:54 AM PST

2010/03/10 · 05:54

As a progressive, what has really come home to me since the election of Barack Obama is how many enemies we have. Yes, of course the Reactionary Right, the GOP Party of No is an implacable foe; we expected that, after all. What we did not expect was how many Democrats would block progress and derail reform.

Ligero1

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Thursday February 11, 2010 · 6:28 PM PST

2010/02/11 · 18:28

There have, of course, been many big miscalculations by the President and his brain trust. The unending search for bi-partisanship while facing a party that wants his EXTINCTION is a big one, for sure. So was allowing the Democratic Congress to craft the health bill, while Obama just stood on the sidelines. That decision, to allow others to lead, rather than leading himself, was a huge miscalculation. So was the decision to send "The Movement" home after the inauguration. "Thanks a lot, but we can take it from here"; I can almost HEAR Rahm Emmanuel saying words to that effect. But a really big miscalculation is the one that could cost him the Presidency in 2012: his decision to get in bed with the Financial Industry and the "Corporate Scumbags".

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Friday February 05, 2010 · 5:26 PM PST

2010/02/05 · 17:26

And courage. and HEART. And I HATE that guy, the crooked mouthed Senator from Alabama. I'll never forget how he grilled the CEOs from the Big Three automakers. Between him and Corker from Tennessee, they had a field day ripping on Detroit. Both were pushing for bankruptcy for GM & Chrysler, and their motives were crystal clear. Both of their states have factories where foreign cars are made here in the US; Toyota, VW, etc. And those are non union factories. Having GM & Chrysler go bankrupt would have been a GOP wet dream come true; destroy the competition AND kill a union too! Thank God Obama pushed through the bailouts, even though they conceded too much. Closing all those auto factories, even though many will stay open, will cost Obama in 2012.

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Monday January 25, 2010 · 6:09 PM PST

2010/01/25 · 18:09

I had pretty much given up on him and on THEM. As Paul Krugman said in the New York Times, "He's Not the One we had been waiting for". The health care debacle revealed a weakness in the man and in the Democratic party it revealed a disgusting sameness with the GOP, owned as they both are by the Corporate Scumbags. We Liberals had made a huge mistake; we ASS-UMED that the Democrats were on our side. They are not. Oh sure, there are some Democratic politicians that are righteous men and women. But there are also a few LBJs among them. How did I forget that in the 60s we demonstrated not only against Nixon, but also against LBJ! But I DID forget. So did a lot of us, apparently.

Ligero1

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Friday January 15, 2010 · 4:41 PM PST

2010/01/15 · 16:41

I made some mistakes in my last "diary". The biggest mistake was thinking that this website would be different than, oh, a sports website, or a website dedicated to some art or hobby. I had ASS-UMED that because this is supposedly a "progressive" website composed of allegedly intelligent people, that I would be able to post how I really feel about where we're at one year into the Obama Era. I thought I would be able to do so without having to deal with the usual Anon cretinism that exists on other websites. I thought that I wouldn't have to deal with the snotty "you're a newbie" responses from the self appointed "board leaders". I thought that I wouldn't have to learn what cliques were "in charge" over here, and therefore have to temper my words accordingly. I thought that I wouldn't get "piled on" over here by those looking to "score points". And I never thought that I would be labelled a TROLL for disagreeing with the "party line". Or a "racist" for posting as I speak, the way we do in Brooklyn, where I'm originally from. I got accused of "typing the way Bill Shatner speaks", LOL....Oh, and my habit of capitalizing certain words and phrases for EMPHASIS....some dwork had to upbraid me for shouting at her...it was all pretty hilarious.

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Thursday January 07, 2010 · 6:24 PM PST

2010/01/07 · 18:24

As the days go by I am struck by their similarity of FEELING to the way the days felt for the Eight Bush Years. So, what did I expect, some great CHANGE just because Barack Obama was elected President? Uh, well; yeah, I did. No, I didn't really expect the wholesale sea change that was promised by the soaring campaign speeches; I'm certainly not THAT naive. But I did expect that somehow things would FEEL DIFFERENT. That the "HOPE" that was thrown around like bits of confetti in the air on convention night might actually be something palpable once "we take over" from the Bush Cabal. But it doesn't; it doesn't feel any different to me in America than it did before.

Ligero1

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Saturday December 26, 2009 · 7:42 AM PST

2009/12/26 · 07:42

In coming years, political scientists and just people who enjoy studying this kind of stuff, will study the year 2009 with great interest. What occurred this past year was incredible, something that scarcely could have happened unless it was pre-meditated, something that ITSELF will be studied and debated. So, what is this thing that will have political nerds and nabobs scratching their heads in coming years? Quite simply they will be conducting an Autopsy of a Political Movement, the Obama Movement, or maybe they will give it a cutesy name like the "Yes We Can" movement when MSNBC gets ready to do their 90 minute special on it. Fine, they have my permission to call it that; for a PERCENTAGE, of course. Why should I be the only one who DOESN'T cash in?

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