"Anyone but Obama" no better than "Anyone but Bush"
The use of fear based tactics during presidential elections is nothing new. In 2004, both sides ratcheted up the fear factor to attempt to coax the small percentage of voters in the middle to see...
View ArticleThe Betrayal of Colin Powell Has Begun
It is never shocking to see Republicans lash out at their own for real or imagined disloyalty to the rigid dogma of the Not-So-Grand Old Party. This has already been seen in the quick repudiation of...
View ArticleA Bitter Big City Defense of Big City Values
The last week of repeated slams by the GOP against the patriotism of "big city" and "unAmerican" forces in our nation has certainly left me with significant amounts of anger. My feelings were...
View ArticleJohn McCain and Joe Lieberman's dirty secret-they palled around with a...
It's safe to say that this campaign has moved past the point where bipartisan accomplishments matter, at least as far as the Republican Party is concerned. But, to many Americans, if there is still a...
View ArticleObama is like Wilson and Roosevelt-but black!
As this election draws to a conclusion, the loud splashing of Republicans jumping off the S.S. McCain has become almost too loud to ignore. However, there are a few true believers willing to go down...
View ArticleNew York-and other non-swing states-are America too!
Last night's Obama special was, in my opinion, very well done. It struck the right balance between substantive and personal and put faces to many of the issues we face. But, during the special, I...
View ArticleLieberman is not the be-all end-all issue facing the Senate Democrats.
Hell hath no fury like a political victor scorned. Indeed, people who end up on the wrong side of history have learned this fact time and again and indeed, I suspect many who've actively worked to...
View ArticleBeing a Jew, Pro-Israel and Progressive
Obviously, my last attempt at a diary didn't hit the mark at all. I wrote out of anger at what I saw (and see) as a clear case of despicable bigotry with regard to Jews on the net. This is hardly the...
View ArticleTurning Lieberman into a martyr isn't wise.
I will lay my cards on the table up front here-I supported Joe Lieberman against Ned Lamont in 2006. I felt that Lieberman had been given a bum deal by many on the left and felt that despite his view...
View ArticleObama and the Big Picture
It has been almost four and half years since I first heard Barack Obama speak at the Democratic National Convention. It was then, and still to this day remains, one of the most poignant speeches I have...
View ArticleWho REALLY betrayed who?
Only on the internet can a man or woman be damned for doing exactly what they said they were going to do. For four years, one of the major themes of Barack Obama's speeches has remained constant-that...
View ArticleYou know what this site needs more of? More Joe Lieberman!
Let's face it-this site has woefully dropped the ball when it comes to discussing Joe Lieberman and his retention of the chairmanship of the Homeland Security committee. You would think that if there...
View ArticleIn Defense of Andrew Cuomo
After 28 years of having a Bush or Clinton involved with our executive branch (and more to come it seems), I think it's fair to dislike political legacies. Certainly, people should not be rewarded...
View ArticleOne Pissed Off Jew
I am just sick and tired of being a target for every pissed off group of Islamic fuckwads who want to make a name for themselves and show how proud they are making 'Allah'. The tragedy of Mumbai isn't...
View ArticleFrom Munich to Mumbai, the targetting of Jews continues
The tragedy of this past week's massacre in Mumbai adds yet another chapter to the specific targetting of Jews and Jewish centers by terrorist groups. It has become an all too familiar pattern-just as...
View ArticleZionism for dummies..and people who act like dummies.
There doesn't seem to be a day that goes by where someone, either on DailyKos or somewhere else in the blogosphere, purposely or accidentally uses the term Zionism or Zionist improperly. To a certain...
View ArticleThe Great Jon Stewart/Mike Huckabee Gay Marriage Debate
It continues to amaze me how some of the best political insight and discussion in our country comes not from the news media, but from a comedian. Perhaps it's unfair to call Jon Stewart just a...
View ArticleThe Shameful Failure of the UN on Darfur
5,000 people dying per month. A promised force of 26,000 amounting to less than half that. And friendly nations standing up and blocking any real punishment for the crimes being comitted. Welcome to...
View ArticleThe Rust Belt Strategy
Last night, the Senate Republicans drew their line in the sand with regard to the auto bailout. They refused to support helping the Big 3 survive without assurances that unions were crippled and...
View ArticleThe Irrational Hatred of Caroline Kennedy
For all the good that sites like DailyKos provide our society as a whole-and that is nothing to sneeze at to be sure-, it also continues a time honored legacy that cross the political spectrum. The...
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