Displaying 121 To 150 Of 259 Comments Vox Populi AfterChat – 1-08-10 I feel your pain 😉 » Posted By jan4insight On January 8, 2010 @ 11:41 pm KQ, you’re making me really grateful I live in a state (NM) that went solid blue in 2008! » Posted By jan4insight On January 8, 2010 @ 11:38 pm Well, AdLib, I guess we can agree to disagree – except we both agree it’s been painful!And I’m sure it’s been equally painful to the President. For myself, I’d also like to add that I don’t see Obama’s even temperament as any sign of weakness but rather incredible strength. (slightly o/t, I know but related). » Posted By jan4insight On January 8, 2010 @ 11:37 pm News flash: HP has not one but two articles supporting Obama running now! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-benen/a-tale-of-two-responses_b_416507.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mitchell-bard/after-the-underwear-bombe_b_412134.html I’m posting to see if I’m dreaming 😉 And both stories are well worth reading, btw! » Posted By jan4insight On January 8, 2010 @ 11:28 pm Well said, Kalima! If this were HP I’d fan you 😉 » Posted By jan4insight On January 8, 2010 @ 11:08 pm If I may repost something from AdLib up here, where y’all can see it: “What many of us think he should have done is use his mandate to slam through bold initiatives and if the Repubs in Congress whined, mow them down with moving public opinion against them or tossing out the filibuster.” It’s been painful watching Obama go through the bipartisan route, but I absolutely think it was necessary. It has shown the great middle of the spectrum what the deal is, and now and in the next year when the gloves start really coming off, he’ll have a much stronger basis for unilateral action because no one (except the most delusional wingers) can say he hasn’t tried to work with both parties. » Posted By jan4insight On January 8, 2010 @ 11:00 pm Thank you! » Posted By jan4insight On January 8, 2010 @ 9:58 pm No, I don’t think I’ll be disappointed and I’m certainly not know – first of all, I think he IS tough and he has shown it – just not in a way that people are used to after years of Repub “make my day” bs. Many have made the analogy of Obama as the chess player when everyone else is playing checkers, and I think that’s absolutely right-on. (I’d add to that Jedi master and student of Sun Tzu, which I’ve read is one of his favorite sources.) I know he is very focused on long-term results, which often doesn’t play well in a world of instant gratification – sad to say many progressives want instant gratification, hence much of HP’s ability to fuel prog disappointment 😛 And you’re right we must absolutely work to ensure the Repug’s stay a minority that gets smaller by the day. All the more reason we must keep our criticism of the Pres focused, reasoned, and fact-based, and avoid the HP-style gratuitous sliming. Because allowing lib/prog apathy to take hold would just hand it all back to the Rethugs. » Posted By jan4insight On January 8, 2010 @ 9:53 pm Cher, I have pretty much always considered him a pragmatic progressive – I don’t think for a minute he’s abandoned progressive ideals or even written off his base. Rather, I think he is very focused on stopping the immediate damage of the Bush years (we could have really gone over a cliff), and getting done what can be done given the massive entrenchment of corporate power that was made even worse under the last guy. I’m also not upset about his bipartisan efforts, as many liberals are. He had to go through this exercise to show for once and for all that the GNoP is a not cooperating, and I think he’s going to move on without them in the future. Since I would consider myself a pragmatic progressive as well, I have no problem with this. while there are specific things I disagree with, I think he has been amazing considering the unbelievable obstructionism of the G No P – which I think even Obama underestimated at first. I and others are thinking that we will see more of the progressive and “tougher” side of Obama coming out in the light in the coming years, and I’m gonna be loving it 🙂 » Posted By jan4insight On January 8, 2010 @ 9:19 pm Judge Rejects “Necessity Defense” a Second Time, but Manslaughter Ruling Now Possible I feel your rage, choicelady. In fact I would go further than murder 1 and name Roeder’s crime for what it really is: an act of terrorism! » Posted By jan4insight On January 8, 2010 @ 8:56 pm WH Press Release: Catherine Biden Passes Away at 92 What a sad time for VP Biden, knowing how close they were. My sympathies & condolences; RIP for a life well lived. » Posted By jan4insight On January 8, 2010 @ 4:28 pm Well, I just saw it a week ago! But I’ve wanted to see it for some time, so I’ve remembered the name for a while – after all, it was “about” Elvis, my first big rock-star crush 🙂 » Posted By jan4insight On January 8, 2010 @ 4:46 pm Elvis was my first big pop-star crush back in the day (yes, that dates me) and I still to this day think of him as the King. Btw, I recently watched the wonderful indie film Bubba Ho-Tep (available from Netflix) which centers around the idea of the real Elvis quietly retired in a rest home in East Texas, who teams up with another oldster to save their friends from a marauding Egyptian mummy … I know, I know it sounds nuts, but it’s really heartfelt, moving, and funny – and imo a fine tribute to the King himself 🙂 » Posted By jan4insight On January 8, 2010 @ 4:33 pm For a good little giggle supporting everything in Nellie’s article, here’s the closing segment from Monday’s Rachel M show ~ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#34815716 and with that, nitey-night, all! » Posted By jan4insight On January 11, 2010 @ 11:29 pm I saw those comments, too – I think about half of them come from rightie trolls in disguise! » Posted By jan4insight On January 11, 2010 @ 4:54 pm The biggest change I see on HP is with the great many anti-Obama articles published (and the misleading headliens and so forth) – there have always been trolls in the threads. Another thing that keeps me coming back to HP is the friends & fans I have on that site, many of whom are here. I think it’s as important to support each other as it is to combat the trolls. On PunditKitchen, it’s definitely gotten worse – it’s no fun anymore; I go there out of duty and then go vote on the LOL cats to wash the taste out of my mouth! » Posted By jan4insight On January 11, 2010 @ 4:52 pm Nellie, you might be interested in this article about Obama’s record-breaking congressional accomplishments ~ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122436116 (just don’t read the comments; it’s regular troll-fest. Same for the reposting of that article in HP) » Posted By jan4insight On January 11, 2010 @ 4:37 pm Good job, Cher. I do the same thing, quite regularly. I consider it part of my duty – also to support those genuine liberals & progs who argue reasonably and stand with our President despite merited criticism. I also spend 5-10 minutes each night at the PanditKitchen page of the LOL sites, flagging the horrid captions put there by the right wingers. After that, HP looks almost cordial when I get back! » Posted By jan4insight On January 11, 2010 @ 4:35 pm “all the Beck-o-bots who have bought it at this inflated price are going to lose their shirts!” » Posted By jan4insight On January 8, 2010 @ 5:12 pm Justice has been done: Roeder convicted of first-degree murder in killing of Dr. Tiller: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100129/ap_on_re_us/us_abortion_shooting_trial I’m very thankful that the jury saw fit to convict this criminal! » Posted By jan4insight On January 29, 2010 @ 9:58 am Wow, that is good news! Thanks for posting 🙂 » Posted By jan4insight On January 28, 2010 @ 10:01 am Please help me help Haiti ~ I am donating part of the proceeds from my Etsy sales this week to Doctors Without Borders. See my shop & details here: » Posted By jan4insight On January 25, 2010 @ 10:47 am Ty, Nellie – I’ll re-post it there 🙂 » Posted By jan4insight On January 24, 2010 @ 1:11 pm Don’t know where else to post this* but here’s a statement from my Congressman, Martin Heinrich, about the the recent Supreme Court fiasco ~ Yay, Martin! I’m so glad I helped get him in office – replacing the execrable Heather Wilson, a Bush clone if there ever was one! *The Supreme Curt thread is buried, and I hope someone will see & reply to this. Be sure to read the article because it has other useful links to action ! » Posted By jan4insight On January 24, 2010 @ 12:11 pm I’m with you, Khirad. I just went went toe-to-toe “over there” with a rethug disguised as a whiny leftie (it’s hard to tell the difference sometimes). It’s a tough job, but somebody’s gotta do it! » Posted By jan4insight On January 19, 2010 @ 2:07 pm Ah gee, LABC63 I was going to fan a comment of yours “over there.” 🙁 » Posted By jan4insight On January 19, 2010 @ 2:05 pm What a cute kitteh who lubs da baff! Is he your kitteh? » Posted By jan4insight On January 12, 2010 @ 9:02 am Polls Show CT Senate Seat Won’t Go Red Very good summary, Scheherazade! » Posted By jan4insight On January 7, 2010 @ 6:59 pm EPA to Impose Strictest Smog Standards Ever in the US This is good news! » Posted By jan4insight On January 8, 2010 @ 4:44 pm You said it, msbadger! I’ve been saying it for years now to the many fair-weather liberals I’ve come across who think they’re gonna make such a big effing “statement” by not voting – or voting 3rd party when that just hands it all to the Repugs. Speaking of which, the Repug’s never seem to have that problem of stay-at-home voters. If there’s one secret we could learn from them, I wish that could be it. Final note: there was a lot good stuff re the election & more on Wednesday night’s Countdown. Worth checking out for anyone who hasn’t seen it ~ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/ » Posted By jan4insight On January 7, 2010 @ 12:06 amComments Posted By jan4insight
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I disagree, and this is where I part company with many of my fellow prog’s. I think it would have been an absolute disaster if he’d tried that. You think Repub obstructionism is bad now? It would have been impeachment time in 3,2,1 – for real – or worse! Also, I think the mandate is highly fragile – that magic 60-vote thing in the Senate never was real, as we’ve seen thanks to quisling Joe LIEberman.
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Other than the visual image, what a lovely thought!
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Thanks for the morning wake-up 🙂
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