Arianna Huffington: The Stereotypical Double Agent?
I’m not a leftwinger (I don’t even play one on TV!), but I do know enough of them to know how they think. I’ve always found it amusing and and sometimes even interesting how they can take two or more...
View ArticleRahm Emanuel the DNC’s Karl Rove?
This is ponderous. For six years Karl Rove outmanuevered and outsmarted Democrats, it seems, at every turn. “Where is OUR Karl Rove?” Voices would ask from the left. “We need someone not afraid to play...
View Article“Progressives” Want It Both Ways
This is ponderous. For six years Karl Rove outmanuevered and outsmarted Democrats, it seems, at every turn. “Where is OUR Karl Rove?†Voices would ask from the left. “We need someone not afraid...
View ArticleCindy Sheehan – No Friend To The Democratic Party… Or America
Joey Davis – DonkeyDigest As the old movie line goes, Cindy Sheehan could have been a contender. Her touching story, the woman who stood up to a President for the love of her son, would have made a...
View ArticleGOP: Gullible Old Party
The notorious “e-mail forward” has become a staple in the rightwing’s arsenal of weapons deployed in political warfare. No longer is it necessary to spend millions of dollars investigating a president...
View ArticleOpting Out Of Public Education Should Not Be An Option
The following is an editorial from The Roswell Beacon in my hometown of Roswell, GA. Bob Chase, President of the NEA, once said the nation’s public schools are the backbone of our democratic system,...
View ArticleThe Myth of the Democratic Base
Have a discussion with anyone in the leftmost regions of the Democratic party and eventually they will invoke “the base,” a mythological group of liberals who are the “true Democrats” and of which he...
View ArticleOnly A Combination of Measures Can Reduce and Eliminate Poverty
The following is an editorial from The Roswell Beacon, in my hometown of Roswell, GA, about Government Housing and poverty. Heeding the words of President Bush, who spoke from New Orleans days after...
View ArticleThe Democratic Ticket in ’08: Be Pragmatic! Be Smart!
For the Democrats to win in 2008, we must shed our weakness. Our handicap. Our tendency to vote with our hearts and not our heads. We must choose candidates who bring credibility to the party, a ticket...
View ArticleYoutube Launches Presidential Election Section “You Choose.”
Youtube.com, the internet’s leading video sharing site, officially launched “You Choose” yesterday, creating an official home for presidential candidate videos. The site has long been used by both...
View ArticleIs Michael Bloomberg In?
Newsweek this week adds to the buzz started late last year about a possible Independent presidential run for Democrat turned Republican and current Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg. A former aide...
View ArticleIntra-Party Partisan In Denial
Matt Stoller of MyDD dips his toes in the Denial river this week with his piece “The Progressive Convulsions Start,” a twisty turney OpEd that contradicts itself thoughout. Consider his admission in...
View ArticleIt’s Hillary’s World. Everyone Else Is Just A Squirrel Trying To Get A Nut!
Someone told me yesterday he’d seen more Barack Obama bumper stickers than ones for any other Democrat. He’s probably correct. I’ve seen a few of them, too, around the Atlanta area. But come to...
View ArticleBarack Obama: NOT The Candidate His Supporters Believe Him To Be
I like Barrack Obama and wouldn’t have a problem voting for him in the general election if he won the Democratic nomination. But after spending a great deal of time on various “progressive” blogs and...
View ArticleObama Redux
So, my piece from yesterday on Sen. Barack Obama has made it’s rounds on the internet. Someone posted it over at DemocraticUnderground, Blogger News Network picked it up, Total Drivel linked to it, and...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Has High Negatives? Not So Fast!
I’ve been pondering Hillary Clinton’s poll numbers. She’s consistently WAY out ahead in the race for the Democratic nomination. While it is certainly not a sure thing she’s going to win it, I would...
View ArticleFor Democrats, Restoration or Revolution: Restarting the 21st Century
Ed Kilgore’s latest piece at Democratic Strategist highlights the growing competition between New York Senator Hillary Clinton and Illinois Senator Barrack Obama over how best to lead their party...
View ArticleSobering Statistics for Supporters of Barack Obama
Before we get into the nitty-gritty of this post, let me first say (as I’ve often said) that I don’t dislike Barack Obama. Far from it. Anyone who has read my posts over the last several weeks know he...
View ArticleBarack Obama, Supporters, Try To Redefine “Foreign Policy Experience.”
Democratic Presidential contender Barack Obama, still hurting from the whacking Sen Clinton and the media have given him over his national security gaffe in Monday night’s debate, issued a press...
View ArticleObama Supporters Contend National Polling Is “Rigged.”
Sounding like Republicans blaming their woes on that “liberal media,” the leftwing of the Democratic party are creating their own myth to explain why their preferred candidate(s) can’t get any traction...
View ArticleThe Qualifications To Be President
Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani Driving into work this morning I caught a bit of Bill Bennett’s guest host – his name escapes me now – who was discussing both the...
View ArticleBarack Obama: Scorpions, Foxes, and the Twilight Zone
From DonkeyDigest You are about to enter another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Next stop, the Twilight Zone… or the...
View ArticleIf Hillary Clinton Wins The Democratic Nomination, The Netroots Are Backed...
If Hillary Clinton Wins The Democratic Nomination, The Netroots Are Backed Into A Corner – How Will They Respond? Barry Casselman’s piece Sunday on Hillary Clinton and the netroots hits on some very...
View ArticleHey, Oprah! Thanks For Nothing!
From DonkeyDigest “I haven’t been actively engaged before because there hasn’t been anything to be actively engaged in. But I am engaged now to make Barack Obama the next president of the United...
View ArticleWho’s Afraid Of The Big Bad GOP? The Netroots Are!
You read it everyday on Democratic Underground, DailyKos, and other “progressive” spots in some manner or form: Because Hillary Clinton leads the Democratic nomination race, and the media is reporting...
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