Harrygton's Comments (14)

“I have a better idea: Designate ALL insurance companies as Public Utilities, subject to the same regulations as your Gas & Electricity provider! Let them prove why they need to raise their rates way above inflation! This way we weed out the ones that are just in for the money and set the rest up for an eventual single payer system that can negotiates on behalf of The People!”

“You might be right!!! We've been played... Dennis Kucininch is about the only politician I trust right now!”

“Maybe, but you are extremely premature in your assessment. Also, he doesn't need to expose himself to all this controversy, before he even takes office, unless he had a very good reason for it. Your "reason" is not reasonable at this time; Perhaps 2 or 3 years from now, yes, but not at this time. I take him at his word... he really is a centrist... a person that in his own life embodies conflicting races, conflicting values and yet has managed to transcend all of that and become a successful, integrated human being... something rare these days. And... something that many of you, conditioned as you are to the "sport mentality" of us against them, cannot understand and are struggling to fit it into a cubbyhole you're familiar with, demagogy!”

“Here, Here!!!!”

“This question that people keep asking, "Why do some HRC supporters won't support Obama?" is really very simple to answer: They are conditioned, as we are, to see everything as a sport contest! You don't switch teams to the opponent's team that just beat you... especially when you've managed to convince yourself that the referee stacked the game against you and your quarterback suffered career ending injuries caused by dirty play! They won't admit it, but they are just stuck in a pugilistic paradox... supporting Obama is paramount to abandoning all they fought for(their team) and admitting that he was the best candidate after all; not supporting him means abandoning their identity as progressives and switching side to teach him a lesson!”

“What is it that you want? You can take any politician and build up an argument as to why they are not your best choice for president! The key word here is choice! First, I would say that General Election campaigning is infinitely more complicated that a local election where many "Personal" factors, associated with the individuals involved, become deal-breaking issues... this is true also in the primaries but it becomes less important in the GE.

Second, if the argument is that other politicians can win while leaning towards the left and "WHY NOT OBAMA"? I would ask you, why not Dennis Kucinich? There is absolutely no one out there more progressive and respectuful of the constitution than Ron Paul or Dennis Kucinich and yet, where are they now? I am sorry, but this blogger you quote, Glenn Greenwald, is missing the point completely! The choice that we have RIGHT NOW is Between the Republican and the Democratic nominees for POTUS! It is good that we show others that we "know" the difference between straight talk and pandering but we need to focus on who the enemy is: Fear, Ignorance, Greed and Selfisheness!
Just do me a favor, let's wait and see who he picks for VP... that is something that is not being forced upon him like this FISA bill. It is a decision that he will hae to live for his full presidnecy, so wait and talk to me then!”

“Liberal is not a bad word... it means magnanimous, all-inclusive... its root is "Freedom"! Do you have a problem with freedom?”

“For those still looking for a reason:

HE WANTS TO WIN!!!!

He has our vote... now he needs all the other centrist votes out there... do you forget that there are millions of voters out there were conditioned by FEAR to elect GWB twice!!! Do I like it? No, but unfortunately a Ron Paul or a Mike Gravel is NEVER going to make it this far! Don't be stupid, I've been thinking about this for sometime and there is no other way! The man is a brilliant politician, we need to trust him and pray that once he gets in... he will do the right thing and begin to change the system! Think about this... who really benefits from our internal bickering? Think about it, WHO?

We need to chill and do whatever we can not to hand over the WH to the Repugnants, if we do, there will be no constitution left to defend... just endless war and serfdom for all of us!”

“The Republicans already decided that they f**ed up the country long enough to "almost' go to jail!!! They need the cleaning crew now to come and get rid of their mess! This article is total BS.... McCain is the sacrificial lamb... all you need to do is see how he got the nomination... pretty much without any opposition! Unless some earthshaking event takes place between now and November, Obama will win in a landslide as expected! But when you think about what he's inheriting, it makes you wonder why he even wants it! LOL”

“Bill Moyers for White House's communication director in an Obama administration!”

“Well, Hillary... you are in good company now!!! How does it feel to be the catalyst for FOX News to echo your implied thread and punctuated with a heartless laughter of approval not too dissimilar from your own forced cackle!?”

“If you underestimate the importance of the common touch and look instead at all these other excuses, then we are doomed to lose again in November! I am Hopeful that Sen. Obama is smarter than that... I think he gets it and is making the adjustments already! Watch him hit the comedy and day talk shows... and yes, he will do benefits to pay off Hillary's debt! He has to do it, he has to unite the party behind his theme of One America!”

“Well, Mr. G. W. Bush's intelligence is/was not what got him elected twice.. it was his personality... he connected with the "common" men at a guttural level and that is something we Democrats don't seem to get! I mean, look at who we picked to run against him: Gore and Kerry, Two people who were totally cerebral and yes. for better or worse, perceived as Elitists! Mr. Obama(my candidate) must be extremely careful that this label doesn't stick to him... this must be his number one priority from this point on!

The way to use this against McCain is to point out that he embraced a man whom he knew to be a total waste just for political reasons... he even gave him the authority to commit our troops to a War for which there was not exit strategy... that shows that Sen. McCain's judgment can be compromised in the most important task that a president would have, taking us to War!”

“You are a little paranoid! The article is about the fact that all power in this country occurs when people(groups) come together with a shared set of values so they can control their own destiny! Rev Wright gets this, The Jewish people got this a long time ago and what Obama wants to do is completely revolutionary... he wants to expand this concept to ALL of AMERICA!!! Don't be so narrow minded and understand that we have an opportunity here that does not come often!!!”