LarksTongue's Comments (80)

“Ditto.”

“Yes. It IS racism.

The President can't make this argument, but white men like me can. Why other white, male Democrats can't see that it is WE who must cover the President's back on this one is beyond me.

All these town hall meetings, the conspiracy theories... it's about one thing: race. Rank and file Republicans can not accept the fact that we have a non-white President. They will oppose (antagonize) everything he does.

racism |ˈrāˌsizəm|
noun
the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, esp. so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.
• prejudice, discrimination, or ANTAGONISM (caps added) directed against someone of a different race based on such a belief.”

“Spot on, as usual. I agree, this will only embolden the Republicans. Will we NEVER learn?”

“My ultimatum to the DNC: no public option, no campaign contributions.”

“You mean the forums where he first floated the idea that the public option was expendable and foolishly got himself involved in the Gates nonsense?”

“How many in the Senate?”

“C'mon. Let's quit playing games and just speak the truth: these Republican wing nuts are RACIST. That's why they oppose this President at EVERY TURN.”

“First, we beat Hillary. Then, we beat the Republicans. Next, we will beat the Blue Dogs.”

“I fought the smears during the campaign. I exposed the myths (lies) after the election. I shared my health care story on the OFA Health Care Action Center. I contacted my Congressman, Senators and wrote letters to the editor. And after all this, I find that true health care reform is threatened by who?

Blue Dog 'Democrats' that's who.

The President knows where his base stands. The question is: do the Blue Dogs? Blue Dogs will be replaced in 2010 by the Tea Baggers no matter what we do. They are expendable. If we fail to USE our majority now, we may not get another chance.

The entire Party apparatus, including the President, was AWOL during August. Reid never should have allowed the Senate to leave for recess. We should have been knee-deep in a month long filibuster by now. A filibuster that would have exposed the Republicans and Blue Dogs for the anti-American corporate whores that they really are.”

“I fought the smears during the campaign. I exposed the myths (lies) after the election. I shared my health care story on the OFA Health Care Action Center. I contacted my Congressman, Senators and wrote letters to the editor. And after all this, I find that true health care reform is threatened by who?

Blue Dog 'Democrats' that's who.

I signed the petition, but the President knows where his base stands. The question is: do the Blue Dogs? Blue Dogs will be replaced in 2010 by the Tea Baggers no matter what we do. They are expendable. If we fail to USE our majority now, we may not get another chance.

The entire Party apparatus, including the President, was AWOL during August. Reid never should have allowed the Senate to leave for recess. We should have been knee-deep in a month long filibuster by now. A filibuster that would have exposed the Republicans and Blue Dogs for the anti-American corporate whores that they really are.”

“I participated in a DNC conference call the other night (they have taken over the Obama campaign list). Then, I received an email from them today asking for financial support and volunteers. Here is part of my response:

I will NOT donate one more penny or spend ANY time volunteering until the DNC assures me that it will cut off Party funds to Blue Dogs and others who refuse to support the Public Option. If Democrats fail to pass a strong Public Option (Medicare for all) I will be voting for the Green Party next election cycle.

The ball is in the DNC's court. It has been since we took the House, Senate and Presidency.”

“(Blue Dog) Democrats have just given the first (and perhaps final) lesson to an ENTIRE GENERATION of new voters: "WINNING is not enough. We won't FIGHT for you anyway."

What a waste. What a lost opportunity for change.”

“Amen.

This is why I voted for Nader all through the Clinton and Bush years. I took a chance on Obama and remain pleased with that choice, but it's clearer to me every day that Senate and House Democrats didn't get the memo: we won.”

“This is probably the single most important post on HP right now.

Every teenager understands this theory: if you want to stay out until midnight, ask if you can stay out until 2 in the morning.

It also explains what I think Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid misunderstands about his role. He and other members of Congress should be playing the role of 'bad cop' so that the President can then 'moderate' from the top as 'good cop.'

By running to the center, we (the left) give our leaders no room to negotiate. This is how the 'center' becomes the 'center right.' This is how we lose.”

“Thanks, Dylan.”

“That's tellin' em, Bob!

The thing that kills me is this whole 'bureaucracy' straw man that the teabaggers (conservatives, Republicans) are floating. Anyone who has ever dealt with an insurance company knows who the real kings of that game are.

Also, they (the wing nuts) are fond of telling us what the Founding Fathers stood for. Well, the Founding Fathers would not condone the perversion that capitalism has become. Everything they fought the Monarch for is now being done on a daily basis by Corporations.

Wake up, 'Conservatives.' This ain't your grand dad's capitalism anymore.”

“I don't know what breaks my heart more: the lack of mainstream coverage or the lack of comments on it here. Daily, we buzz up the most trivial of topics... why not this important one?

Hang on Fort Campbell, America is with you. My thoughts and prayers are with you and all of our soldiers. We will end this misguided 'crusade.'”

“Thanks for taking the time to post this update.

I hope we get to see excerpts on C-SPAN. And wouldn't it be nice if, instead of the weekend prison reality t.v. that MSNBC has lined up for us, they were to cover this?”

“Israel is on the verge of creating an enormous backlash here in the States. The revolving door of prime ministers resembles a banana republic, the bloody massacres in Gaza resemble genocide, and the two state solution has been called by other names elsewhere: Jim Crow, Apartheid and yes the Nazi 'ghettos.'”

“Very interesting, indeed!

Still, I don't think it would hurt us (the left) to offer mainstream Christians a talking point... in their own language. Evangelicals do not represent the majority of those who call themselves Christians.”

“You've misunderstood me. One look at my posting history will clear that up for you...

I'm saying we should use this AGAINST the right wing. When will we (the left) ever learn how to beat them at their own game? Geez.”

“Christians don't torture.

That, I think, is THE rebuttal that 'we' are failing to utilize. Effectively articulated, it could be the nail in the coffin of an already fractured GOP.”

“I created a "Google Alert" for the EFCA back in February (if you don't know what a "Google Alert" is, Google it). The daily stream of outright lies about the act is mind numbing. But, this is not a rant against Google. Google shows you what is out there and it does an excellent job. My rant is against, for lack of a better term, the Liberal Establishment.

The lack of response from the Left is disheartening. In fact, I only find out about Huffington Post articles like this one via the Google Alert - rarely are they given front page attention on Huffington Post... and even then, their pages are adorned with anti-EFCA "Ads By Google" when I get here. There are four on this page right now. Three at the top and one at the bottom.

Sloppy, Huffington Post, sloppy.

In addition, my beloved MSNBC gives us the mind numbing rerun of its prime time line up over and over during week nights and then goes completely AWOL on weekends (when working people might actually be able to watch) to offer up hour after hour of life-in-prison reality tv, serial killer biographies and pedophile stake-outs. They were, of course, quick to bend over backwards to cover and explain the recent 'tea bag movement.' A 'movement' which could neither explain itself or offer a cohesive message.

What a waste of spectrum. What a waste of the 2008 mandate. What a missed opportunity for change.”

“What disturbed me most yesterday was the way major media outlets, including my beloved MSNBC, willingly bent over backwards to understand and explain this 'movement.' A 'movement' which could not even explain itself or offer a cohesive message.

Imagine if we had as much time and thoughtfulness put into covering, understanding and explaining progressive ideas!

Instead, MSNBC gives us the mind numbing rerun of its prime time line up over and over during week nights and then goes completely AWOL on weekends (when working people might actually be able to watch) to offer up hour after hour of life-in-prison reality tv, serial killer biographies and pedophile stake-outs.

What a waste of spectrum. What a waste of the 2008 mandate. What a missed opportunity for change.”

“I've watched The Heritage Foundation for years on C-SPAN. From 'free' trade to supply-side economics and deregulation - they've had a hand in just about every policy that ended up bringing this country down. Now they want us to believe that they give a crap about the American worker?

Same as it ever was, same as it ever was.”