Reconciliation!

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Tuesday December 07, 2010 · 3:24 AM PST

2010/12/07 · 03:24

Background: Like most people here, I hate the tax compromise. Let's face it, the fault lines in the debate are not about whether this is a good or bad idea. We all agree it's a terrible idea forced on us by the threat of Republican filibuster over extending unemployment benefits.

Question: Are there no procedural rules that would allow the Senate to bypass the possibility of a filibuster? I'm thinking specifically about reconciliation.

Remember, the Bush Tax Cuts were originally passed through the reconciliation process.

This is a short diary because it's a question, and it might have a simple answer. If not, let's make reconciliation a movement.

I'm sorry, Hillary. Please come back.

Timpanogus

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Monday December 06, 2010 · 7:52 PM PST

2010/12/06 · 19:52

This is the last straw.

I gave thousands to help get him elected because I believed, but I'm done giving to Obama. Now, I'm looking for a candidate.

It started with health care reform (HCR). As various HCR bills languished in committee, I wondered when the white house was going to take charge. We waited and waited, and as we waited, the legislative branch looked more and more hapless. The approval ratings for Democratic legislators fell. In the end, HCR passed, and we all cheered. Yes, it was a BFD. The fallout was palpable, and we lost the house.

Update To all of you who wish to insult me, please leave comments below. I'm off to bed!

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Who should Progressives support for President in 2012?

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Who should Progressives support for President in 2012?

Hillary Clinton

334 votes

Alan Grayson

65 votes

Barack Obama, but only if something changes

56 votes

Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

Timpanogus

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Tuesday November 30, 2010 · 4:46 AM PST

2010/11/30 · 04:46

How did it get so complicated?

Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

Question: What's the best way to shrink the deficit?

Answer: Grow the economy.

Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

Question: Why did the Democratic party get creamed by the political freak show?

Answer: It's the economy stupid.

Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

Timpanogus

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Tuesday September 14, 2010 · 4:21 PM PDT

2010/09/14 · 16:21

This election is just sad. Maybe it's time to stop letting the Tea Party dictate the conversation about this election. How can you change that? How 'bout starting to tell a story of your own.

I have money to give to Democratic candidates for this election. This is a message for the top Brass about how to get my money. If you want to get some, here's what you're going to do.

Timpanogus

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Wednesday August 18, 2010 · 10:16 AM PDT

2010/08/18 · 10:16

I just got this by e-mail from Democracy for America:

What do Republicans stand for?

Ask pretty much any Republican anywhere in the country and you'll get the same answer -- Strong military, smaller government, tax cuts.

So, what do Democrats stand for?

Well, that depends on who you ask, doesn't it?

Republicans are better than Democrats at cutting to the core of their message to mobilize their supporters.

That's why tonight's DFA Night School is all about messaging. Progressive activists across the country need to be able to build and spread an effective message about the candidates and issues they support if we're going to win in November.

Translated into Tarzan,

They strong.

We weak.

If this message is all about messaging, it's a major fail.

We are not weak and they are not strong. What do republicans stand for? They stand for "Me, and fuck you!" They are united in not being Democrats or for nothing at all. The Republicans have sold out the Republic for their own party.

What do we stand for?

Timpanogus

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Friday July 16, 2010 · 7:10 PM PDT

2010/07/16 · 19:10

I'm scared.

Daily Kos was organized to promote progressive candidates and causes, but reading the discussions here is a bit like reading Lord of the Flies. Are progressives really as bad at politics as we seem?

The situation is grim because of the political realities of Washington. Blaming Obama for not doing more, rather than celebrating what he's done and working for more, is part of the problem that is creating the political reality in Washington. If you want to change the reality of Washington, turn the tide and get Democrats elected this fall.

If not, you only have to read about what the Republicans are saying.

Can progressives rally, if only based on the fear of repeating the 1994-2008 nightmare?

Timpanogus

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Saturday March 27, 2010 · 4:43 PM PDT

2010/03/27 · 16:43

This is just a brief note to say something about violence at the Tea Party events. First, the violence is despicable. Second, it's unnecessary.

There is no reason for Progressive protesters to be at the Tea Party events. There is nothing to be gained.

Leave them alone.

What should you do?

We still need to hold the financial industry accountable for its fleecing of the public. We need real reform on energy. We need to reform DNDT. etc.

We've got a long way to go.

To make more progress, we need to win elections. We have six months to change the future.

Timpanogus

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Wednesday March 24, 2010 · 7:46 PM PDT

2010/03/24 · 19:46

A "fu" is a kind of bird that makes a nice pet, except when it gets frightened and shits all over. A fu will calm down if you wrap it around your shoulders like a stole. If the fu shits, wear it.

That reminds me of Rush Limbaugh, another bad joke.

Didn't he promise to move to Costa Rica if HCR passed? Hey Rush, can I help you pack? At first, I thought I must have heard him wrong. Why make a promise that would have such a strong appeal to Democratic congressmen and senators. Given the chance to end the broadcasting career of that fat drug-abusing misogynistic bag of piss, I'd drink a pure skunk stink-juice martini.

Cocktail recipe follows.

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Gloating over HCR?

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Gloating over HCR?

Roses for Nancy Pelosi?

29 votes

March for immigration reform for Rush Limbaugh?

14 votes

Stunk-stink pie!

6 votes

Science, Religion, Orbis Tertius

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Monday March 01, 2010 · 8:44 PM PST

2010/03/01 · 20:44

Can science and religion get along?

With thanks to Stanley Fish for an utterly uninspiring and banal essay on an old topic (now ahile ago - I've been busy) I decided to write my own essay.

The answer, if you want to win a big sum of money from the Templeton Foundation, is a creative way of saying yes. But, if you don't care about the Templeton money, you wonder why people keep asking the question if science and religion are so compatible.

Maybe the constant bickering is really a way of venting tension between two lovers who have been together in the same space too long. My Grandparents used to bicker like that.

I don't think it's an old married couple phenomenon. I think the question is posed badly. Let me explain.

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Wednesday January 13, 2010 · 4:08 PM PST

2010/01/13 · 16:08

in review...

Lieberman promises Reid he'll support HCR. Then he waits for the moment of greatest political leverage and then double crosses the Democratic party,

...but we can't punish him because we need his vote?

What's wrong with this picture?

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best punishments for Lieberman

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best punishments for Lieberman

pull his hair

2 votes

thumb in the eye

0 votes

pie in the face

2 votes

call him names

5 votes

strip the bastard of his power

37 votes

Middle Earth News: Elves End Speculation. Obama is a Wizard!

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Friday October 09, 2009 · 9:49 AM PDT

2009/10/09 · 09:49

Today's announcement from the Nobel Prize Commission that President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize sent shock waves throughout the world. The shock waves rebounded in middle earth where an Elvish message finally ended speculation and confirmed that Obama is a wizard, also known as Pallando.

"Pallondo brings a new hope for these troubled times," said the Elvish messenger, Eithreitir. "We stand with the The Nobel Prize Commission and echo their message of hope and peace."

The Republican National Committee released a statement welcoming the news that a Wizard was now the most powerful man on earth, but the Republicans also pointed out that today's announcement raises important questions about the past. "Where was Pallando when Sauron was ravaging the lands of Middle Earth?"

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Tuesday September 22, 2009 · 8:00 PM PDT

2009/09/22 · 20:00

Glenn Beck is the new face of McCarthyism, not of the KKK.

What's the difference and why does it matter?

Beck's story appeals to the lesser angels of our nature. It is as much myth as fact. The beast he aroused can be fought and weakened by steady diet of rational thought. Beck's die-hard followers are beyond reach, but Beck's movement thrives because it also reaches people who don't know what to believe. Some of these people can be inoculated against Beck by rational discourse and an appeal to common sense.

But to be effective, we have to understand the beast we're fighting.

Beck's beast is the same one aroused by McCarthyism. It is not the same racism and hate of the KKK, though they are all Beck's natural allies. The racism and hate in the Tea Party are byproducts, the hot blood that pumps when the cold heart of this beast is aroused.

The heart of this beast is fear.

The questions are what do people fear, and how does Beck manipulate it?

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