https://www.dailykos.com/user/Wisteacher/rss/index.xml News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Sun, 26 Jan 2020 17:53:09 +0000 Sun, 26 Jan 2020 17:53:09 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) https://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/1/15/684362/-Seven-worst-things-about-Bush-Presidency <p>I am almost delerious with joy about the end W's reign, an illegitimate president who seems beyond rehabilitation.</p> <p>And this article that I've linked below has some eloquent reasons why I'm glad he's going.</p> <p>But I wonder, in this list of his seven worst mistakes, what is not included? Please feel free to add...</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) BushLegacy newadminstration presidents _684362 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:50:43 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/11/4/626607/-My-Election-Day-Memories <p>As millions stroll into the voting booth, I have some personal memories of past presidential elections that are streaming into my mind for whatever reasons. Maybe there are connections to the 2008 campaign.</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) 1992Election 2004election Bushisamoron JohnKerry stolenelections _626607 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:08:45 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/31/648647/-The-REAL-John-McCain <p>A mavarick, huh? Sounds like a vindicative guy who would make Cheney look like Gandhi. Check this out from a documentary filmmaker who got the real views of McCain before his staff found out what they were and tried to destroy him.</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) mcCain preidentialrace vindictivemavaricks _648647 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:18:55 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/30/646828/-Does-anyone-have-a-report-on-Obama-s-Grandma <p>I realize this is a short diary, but it's important and I have been unable to find any updated links reporting her condition.</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) Barack Obama BarackObama Family MadelynDunham _646828 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:17:56 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/5/620826/-Hammer-McSame-Those-jobs-aren-t-coming-back <p>Far be it from me to give the Obama Campaign Machine advice, as they've been shrewd, successful and on the mark, but I would hope that in the upcoming debates Obama would throw this idiots words back at home regarding jobs and the American future.</p> <p>Why? Because America elects optimists as presidents (See Reagan, Ronald Wilson). And McSame is just a grouchy loser.</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) Barack Obama BarackObama Debates grouchyoldmen Jobs John McCain JohnMcCain respectfulcampaigns _620826 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:55:30 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/28/613258/-What-states-should-Obama-focus-on-now <p>The 50-state strategy, while encouraging, is not realistic in the last month of the campaign.</p> <p>Resources must be concentrated on the best prospects. I had hopes for Montana, but it looks like they will go for McSame.</p> <p>If you were Obama's team, what states would you focus on and which would you abandon? I see a BIG EIGHT, and scaling back efforts in six.</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) Barack Obama BarackObama ElectionStrategy Electoral Votes ElectoralVotes John McCain JohnMcCain _613258 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:15:37 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/26/612027/-Why-wouldn-t-McCain-look-at-Obama <p>In the history of these debates, it's the non-verbal impressions that set the tone, rule the day. Nixon looking shifty, nervous, untrustworthy versus JFK's calm, confident demeanor.</p> <p>I could not get over as I watched tonight's debate how John McCain would not look at, talk to or otherwise engage Barack Obama in their discussions.</p> <p>That, I think, put the last nail in his coffin.</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) Debate mcCain Obama _612027 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:41:55 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/13/597933/-Your-chance-to-beat-up-McCain <p>OK, so this diary has few substantial issues.</p> <p>But aren't you mad enough to punch that idiot in the face? Check out what's below</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) Election mcCain Obama punchacandidate _597933 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:05:49 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/10/593286/-Obama-s-way-to-win-Borrow-from-Reagan <p>I realize the Republican saint is not highly thought of by some at DK, but he was a great campaigner and his work in 1980 was masterful.</p> <p>Obama needs to mention him by name then spin his best gambit from that campaign IN THE FIRST DEBATE!</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) Debates Issues Obamastrategy RonaldReagan _593286 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:31:30 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/22/573242/-McCain-s-comment-A-let-them-eat-cake-moment <p>Heard on NPR today some pundit saying the whole McCain not knowing how many houses he owns is at best a "medium" gaffe.</p> <p>I beg to differ.</p> <p>Considering the state of housing drama in the U.S. today, I think this will resonate far greater that George H.W. Bush's surprise at supermarket scanners in 1992.</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) mccainshouses PresidentialCampaign turningpointsof2008 _573242 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:40:54 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/6/24/541115/-Should-geo-engineering-be-used-to-fight-GW <p>I find it amazing that geo-engineering is so controversial in environmental circles. I realize that unintended consequences can result in more harm than good, but even if we cap emissions we are unlikely to do so fast enough, as Dr. Hansen's speech yesterday outlined, in order to prevent massive extinctions and death.</p> <p>I would hope that Obama and McCain would put these concepts on the table as a positive solution to Global Warming.</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) environmentalissues Geo-engineering Global Warming GlobalWarming _541115 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:13:28 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/6/15/536424/-I-love-my-Out-of-Office-Countdown-calendar <p>I never saw anything like this in previous years until I went into the store on the campus of Northeastern University in Boston last fall.</p> <p>A 2008 "through the Glorious End! (Jan. 20, 2009)" calendar, with pictures of our fearless leader, his moronic quotes sprinkled throughout and the number of days left til he leaves office (219 today if anyone needs to know).</p> <p>It's been a real morale booster.</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) Bushsfinaldays countdowncalendar W _536424 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:43:42 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/6/14/535859/-Colin-Powell-may-support-Obama <p>AND, it's not because they're both AA!</p> <p>His articulate reasoning is presented in this article...</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) Barack Obama BarackObama Colin Powell ColinPowell Endorsements fallcampaign John McCain JohnMcCain Republicans _535859 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:52:06 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/6/13/535439/-Help-me-with-the-Hide-Rating-thing <p>I'm somewhat new. Been posting a few months.</p> <p>Always had availability of "recommend," but that's all.</p> <p>Now, this morning, the "hide" button shows up.</p> <p>I'm not John McCain, but I need help from some Kos veterans.</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) computerfoolishness HideRating McCainSchoolforComputingExcellence Meta _535439 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:07:41 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/6/9/533158/-BREAKING-Obama-could-raise-100-million-in-June <p>Holy Cow! I know he was at one point saying great things about public financing of the presidential campaign. But he would make a very foolish mistake to stick with that.</p> <p>NO WAY McSame pulls in this kind of cash.</p> <p>NO WAY he match the Obama resources.</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) Generalelectionmoney Obama Fundraising ObamaFundraising PublicFinancing _533158 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:00:55 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/6/9/532211/-OBAMA-has-INCREDIBLE-Electoral-Base <p>I know it's early.</p> <p>I know there's a lot of work to do.</p> <p>I know the election is a long way off.</p> <p>But at this point in the year, Obama has a far more substantial BASE in the Electoral College than McCain does, and he has MANY ways to win, whereas McSame has to thread the needle to take the White House.</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) ElectoralCollege General Election GeneralElection Novemberelection Obamasadvantage safestates _532211 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:37:33 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/6/8/532128/-Praise-for-the-Prius <p>In 2006 I bought a used Prius from the sister of a former student. She was going away to grad school on the East Coast and needed the money. She hated selling it. I wanted to buy it after seeing Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" and wanted to take more practical steps to save the environment.</p> <p>What kind of car inspires such a passion? Two years later I understand why. I feel it was one of the best moves I ever made, and I'm wondering if all cars will be hybrids in 1- years.</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) Energy hybrids Personal Prius Toyota Transportation _532128 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:52:27 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/30/525701/-New-attack-on-Obama-world-poverty-tax <p>The other side is really getting desperate trying to stop the movement and momentum Obama has right now. They're dredging up a so-called World Poverty tax on Americans that will hit each family for an $8,500 bill!</p> <p>Watch for this to go viral soon!</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) Idiotclaims Obama povertytax right-wingnutjobs Slurs _525701 Fri, 30 May 2008 21:33:25 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/27/523904/-Karl-Rove-Evil-Personified <p>HuffPo has an interview with Don Siegelman that expounds at great lunch on just how horrible this guy is.</p> <p>It's a stance I've held since he unkindly, inaccurately and without a shread of decency torpedoed John McCain and his wife in 2000 for having the human decency of adopting an orphan who badly needed parents when they were touring Vietnam.</p> <p>He calls to mind the great words of the man who took down Joe McCarthy: "At long last, sir, have you NO decency?"</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) Bush Corruption DOJ federalcorruption KarlRove Rove sicktickets Siegelman worthlessswine _523904 Wed, 28 May 2008 02:37:19 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/6/510613/-Clinton-DEMANDING-Veep-slot-to-concede <p>Heard this from David Gergen tonight on CNN... as they hashed over the impossibility of her campaign after the Indiana result.</p> <p>My Reaction: PLEASE BARACK, DON'T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) 2008 elections 2008elections Barack Obama BarackObama Democrats Hillary Clinton HillaryClinton President Primaries Vice President VicePresident _510613 Wed, 07 May 2008 05:08:14 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/4/27/504303/-More-reports-of-racism-in-PA-primary <p>I know this is exceptionally discouraging to many, but I believe that Ed Rindell's comment about the people of his state can possibly be extrapolated to many states in the GE: "This country isn't ready for a black president." That people would use THAT excuse to vote against a great candidate is stunning to me, but I think Obama will have to talk about it more as the campaign stretches on...</p> <p>Here's a link with more anecdotal stories from Obama volunteers</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) 2008 Barack Obama BarackObama PennsylvaniaPrimary Racism Sexism _504303 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:18:12 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/4/25/503629/-Clinton-doing-Rove-style-Push-Polling-in-NC <p>Is there any doubt that this candidate will do ANYTHING to keep her PERSONAL dream alive? Replicating what Rove did to McCain in 2000????</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) 2008 Barack Obama BarackObama Hillary Clinton HillaryClinton HowLowwillshego humanscum Karl Rove KarlRove pushpolling SatanofU.Spolitics _503629 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:54:27 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/4/24/502908/-BREAKING-Clinton-debt-LARGER-than-reported <p>Is she (or her campaign) capable of telling the truth about ANYTHING anymore?</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) 2008 campaigndebt democraticrace FEC Hillary Clinton HillaryClinton Recommended _502908 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:22:13 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/4/23/502066/-Denver-Plan-Internet-rumor-about-Gore-taking-Nom <p>I know there's a lot of garbage going on, but this virulent strain even has a name that sound so official, the "Denver Plan," and would involve Al Gore stepping in as the nominee...</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) 2008 AlGore Barack Obama BarackObama brokered convention brokeredconvention DenverPlan Hillary Clinton HillaryClinton _502066 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:30:01 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/4/4/490488/-Newsweek-HRC-only-took-in-7-mill-in-March <p>I doubted it when everyone was assuming she came in with $20 million, just because Wolfson wouldn't put a specific figure on it and some sources floated that number. Now the truth may show yet another BIG LIE from the Clintons!</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) 2008 Barack Obama BarackObama Campaign Finance CampaignFinance Fundraising Hillary Clinton HillaryClinton Indiana North Carolina NorthCarolina Pennsylvania President Primaries Recommended _490488 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:02:39 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/31/487990/-I-can-t-stand-the-latest-Hillary-lies-money-is-not-a-problem <p>NAFTA, Bosnia, whatever. Lying to her seems more natural than it does to Bill. But with the SCORES of reports in recent days from small business people not paid for their wares, her stiffing her old high school and currently having on the books MILLIONS in debt, there's more BS coming from her campaign that everything is just fine.</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) ClintonCampaign Finances Hillary Clinton HillaryClinton moneyproblems _487990 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:29:57 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/28/486428/-Hillary-going-broke-heading-downhill <p>OK, it was most definitely the worst week for HRC this year, other than losing in Iowa maybe. The bad news just keeps piling up, there were reports today that big donors are not ponying up the cash and paychecks may be cut in half or withheld sometime in the near future.</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) Bill Clintoncampaignmoneyproblems democraticrace Hillary Obama _486428 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:51:32 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/23/482922/-Can-Obama-create-a-RESPECTABLE-strategy-in-PA <p>Bare with me, this is my first diary and I've been a lurker for a long time, so I'll try to be substantial.</p> <p>I've been an Obama backer since his 2004 speech at the DNC. I was a former Illinois resident, talked to a lot of people after the speech and was struck by how many, dating back to his days as a community organizer, used to think, "Some day that guy is going to be president." Crazy, but that's the impression he left on people, even Republicans, that he was a gifted political leader.</p> rss@dailykos.com (Wisteacher) Obama Pennsylvania Primary Strategy _482922 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:27:23 +0000