Brilliant move by the Democratic Party

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Saturday October 08, 2016 · 2:39 PM PDT

2016/10/08 · 14:39

First of all, I am an enthusiastic Hillary supporter. I think she has been maligned for decades and came out stronger. I hope and believe she will continue Obama's agenda and will pick good supreme court judges.

BUT I think the Democratic Party is running a brilliant campaign. "But?" you might ask... Well I bet they've had this tape for a while and held it in reserve to counter whatever Assange was going to release as an October surprise. They released it the same day- a Friday before the debate and a long weekend. And it totally TRUMPED Assange's leaks. Nobody is really interested in Hillary's stuff at all.

I'm glad the Democrats have run such a great campaign; they did for Obama too. The party is organized and unified in a way the GOP can't be since the Republican party has been pandering to extremist, incompatible groups of voters since 2000, and they've been encouraging the Tea Party in its anti-democratic hysteria to mob level fury. It destroyed the Grand Old Party in the process.

But we came way too close to losing our democracy forever.

My thoughts as a shrink and a Democrat

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Saturday March 12, 2016 · 4:17 PM PST

2016/03/12 · 16:17

I think that before we demonize Bernie or Hillary we should keep in mind that all politicians are incredibly flawed human beings. They may have some great personal qualities and charisma but the ambition and narcissism required to run for president is toxic even in the best of them. Be careful about idealizing or demonizing either of them. Democrats are lucky to have two very qualified and ideologically reasonable choices. They each have different strengths and potentials, but I know that both will disappoint me in some important way if elected. In the end though, I don't believe that either Hillary or Bernie will try to gut the constitution and lead us into pointless war or scapegoat minorities.

People voted for Bush because he was "likable"-- someone they could have a beer with. People will vote for Trump for the same reason. The focus on personality is just a form of three-card monty.

I don't "like" Hillary as a person but I think it would be a mistake to reject her because of a personal preference in dinner partners. I like Bernie and his ideas even if the rhetoric of revolution is not to my taste (we had our revolution; most other revolutions have been disasters for common people). Anyway, I know I will not have dinner with either of them.

In the end, I will whole-heartedly support our candidate whoever it will be because even a flawed and corrupt democracy is better than the racist paranoid vision the GOP is promulgating.

Democrats don't have to choose between two evils; we have clear and valid choices at the polls. But Democrats have to support democracy and that requires uniting behind the winner and stopping fascism in its tracks. (I think that a brief reading of history will show that part of what allowed Hitler to win the German vote, was the polarization of the various wings of the democratic and socialist parties in Weimar Germany).

The GOP has destroyed their own party by courting division and personal attacks.

Democrats are lucky. We have choices and good ones. We are too smart to be tricked into fighting each other.

Soros funds Dem think tanks

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Wednesday January 12, 2005 · 6:33 PM PST

2005/01/12 · 18:33

This week in San Francisco George Soros gathered with Peter Lewis and Herb and Marion Sandler to pledge millions of dollars to organize a Democratic infrastructure of think tanks that will develop long-term strategies to counter the right wing power structure. This is just what we have needed and what Lakoff has called for. We need our own institutions like the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute to coordinate and desseminate our message and serve as a launching pad for our future leaders. At last, we'll have a start in battling the neocon juggernaut.

I only hope that our think tanks coordinate with what has grown up here on blogs like DKos and the DFA meetups. Read More

Breaking: Olbermann says up to 6 senators will object

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Wednesday January 05, 2005 · 4:33 PM PST

2005/01/05 · 16:33

And stand beside Conyers tomorrow to challeng the Ohio election.

"Nothing is in writing and daybreak is a long way away, but it appeared all but certain in early evening Wednesday that House Democrats had secured the support of up to half a dozen Senators to formally challenge the Electoral College slate from Ohio, when the votes are opened before a joint session of Congress tomorrow."

I think as time has gone on more of us are convinced that this challenge to the Ohio electoral irregularities is of utmost importance to the future of fair elections. This is great news. I hope Keith is right. You can check out more on http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240/

When did you know that we lost the war in Iraq?

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Saturday December 11, 2004 · 10:56 PM PST

2004/12/11 · 22:56

It seems clear to me and to many not writing for the NY Times or blathering on the Newshour that we lost the war. Now that is not much of a surprise. Millions of people marched with signs telling us that we shouldn't invade. Saddam himself warned us that the Iraqis would fight us street by street until we were defeated. I guess we felt that once the UN had inspected and assured us that there were no WMD in Iraq it would be safe to invade, but we forgot the lessons of Viet Nam, or for that matter the war for American Independence. We can't win against a population willing to die than submit to occupation.

But my question is, when did you realize the war was lost? Just curious.

Or do you think we might win?

Keith Olbermann: Kerry/Edwards joins Ohio recount efforts

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Monday November 22, 2004 · 3:05 PM PST

2004/11/22 · 15:05

On his weblog,( http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240/ ) Bloggermann.com Keith Olbermann reports that the Ohio Democratic party has finally joined the Ohio recount move. Sounds like Kerry's elliptical reference to "whatever the outcome of the election" actually refers to what we've been hoping it did. I know this sounds like reaching for a miracle, but the world needs one right now. I can't even imagine what would happen if the election is overturned. In my neighborhood (Berkeley) there will be dancing in the streets, but what would Rove do?
I'm sorry, this story already appeared in a previous diary. I thought I checked, but I misseed it. Apologies.

Stealth Attack on 2008 GOP Nominee

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Sunday November 14, 2004 · 6:13 PM PST

2004/11/14 · 18:13

Last week I ran a poll asking who we believed the GOP would run in 2008. Bill Frist and Jeb Bush were the favorites. Now my purpose was to figure out who they might run and start now to begin oppo research. We have a lot of smart people committed to winning next time and it's not too early to start on an offensive to make it harder for them. I don't know how much organization we'll need, but I'd like to see a group of us following people like Frist very closely and putting together a cohesive profile that we could use to undermine him or any other of their potential candidates. I'm sure the Democratic party must do some of this, but they don't seem to have done a very good job. Read More

Who will the GOP run in 2008? And what should we do about it?

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Monday November 08, 2004 · 10:30 PM PST

2004/11/08 · 22:30

We're all fired up and thinking about the next election. We've been speculating about our guy, but maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to figure out who we will have to defeat. They are already thinking about who on our side to slime; maybe we should come up with some strategies too. I've thought of a few they might run:
Jeb Bush
McCain
Frist
Guiliani (too much baggage, I think)
Schwarzenegger (if they can change the constitution; again too much baggage) Read More

They won, so why are they so mad?

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Saturday November 06, 2004 · 10:14 AM PST

2004/11/06 · 10:14

I finally brought myself to watch some news talk shows again, and I was struck by the anger and bitterness coming from the Republicans. Oh sure, there was a lot of gloating and predictions that they will rule for a thousand years, but there was something else. Rage.

I watched Bill Maher last night and Allen Simpson just went off on him. (I have to admit that I really don't like Bill, just too cynical and smug for me, but still). Simpson really rivalled Zell Miller, and it even threw Maher off his game. Then Andrew Sullivan (I can't stand him either) just started spewing about how we lost the election because of our contempt for real Americans. (Oh yes, he voted for Kerry, but only because of GOP homophobia)

On Bill Moyers, that monster Grover Norquist repeated his hope that Dems would just settle down and enjoy the pleasures of castration. A vicious attack disguised as interpretation. Read More

It's time to invest in democratic think tanks

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Thursday November 04, 2004 · 10:25 AM PST

2004/11/04 · 10:25

Once I got over my nausea after the election, I forced myself to 1) start reading Lakoff's Don't Think of An Elephant, and 2) pull myself out of the fetal position and attend a Dean meet-up. (I have not gone to many before) There were over a hundred people there. Dean spoke on a conference call and asked us to help him decide whether it was better to try to change the Dem. party from the inside or the outside. He suggested we read Lakoff and What's Wrong with Kansas. (I was already reading Lakoff.) We were talking about strategies for the next 2 elections. Read More

Zogby predicts Kerry will be the 44th president

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Monday October 18, 2004 · 11:30 PM PDT

2004/10/18 · 23:30

I just read that last Friday in Singapore Zogby went out on a limb and predicted that Kerry was going to win on Nov 2. He said,

'Polling can be uncertain only if you rely on statistics alone,' is Mr Zogby's riposte. 'That's why an effective pollster has to rely on culture, history and sociology. I repeat, polling is the study of human behaviour, not simply a sampling of people's preferences.'

That may well explain his success. His big test will come on Nov 2. In Singapore last Friday, he flatly predicted that Mr Kerry would become the 44th President of the United States."

I don't know if pollsters usually flat out make predictions like that. What I do know is that in 2000 only Zogby and Harris were on target. Most of the other polls predicted a big Bush victory.

You can read the rest at http://www.zogby.com/news/index.cfm

Pentagon releases dozens of new Bush TANG records

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Friday October 15, 2004 · 3:10 PM PDT

2004/10/15 · 15:10

AP has just run a story of finding dozens of pages of Bush records.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=693&e=1&u=/ap/20041015/ap_o n_go_pr_wh/bush_guard_records

This includes an order for "physiological tests" that immediately preceded those odd 2 pilot training sessions.

The article describes the neglected state of the records, that they are filthy and covered with rat droppings. I assume they mean this literally rather than as a comment about Bush's story itself.

Newer
Older

RSS