Were we Outflanked? (Discussion Please)

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Thursday September 25, 2008 · 6:59 PM PDT

2008/09/25 · 18:59

With the pending collapse of the bailout deal, we've suddenly found ourselves out of position, fighting on unfamiliar ground, with a jack ass on a white painted mule wearing a coffee can on his head on our flanks. This whole crisis and resolution is looking to be a wonderfully time, if not purposely setup, way to lure the Democratic Party into a trap. We'd normally be the last party stepping up to give hand-outs to Wall Street or unchecked power to the cronies at this White House.

John McCain and the Bush White House lured us perfectly, as they did on every other sneaky major change they've needed. Its the Shock Doctrine with a twist worthy of M. Night Shyamalan movie. We now find ourselves either falling over to follow McCain's "brave" lead on this issue, or we are the ones that will stand up and defend a $700 BILLION bailout of Wall Street to the American People. We're damned if we do, damned if we don't.

So my question to all the smart Kossacks out there: Now what?

Prof Frink

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Tuesday September 09, 2008 · 10:19 AM PDT

2008/09/09 · 10:19

I know we're sick of Palin diaries around here, but I wrote this as an email I'm sending to all the women in my life, if you don't want to read this, don't.

Sarah Palin is the new GOP darling, and has provided new hope to John McCain’s quest for the Presidency of the United States. Since the campaign’s announcement of her as the Vice-Presidential candidate to run alongside John McCain, she has also laid claim to the hopes of all American women, saying "it turns out the women of America aren't finished yet and we can shatter that glass ceiling once and for all". The McCain camp is holding her executive experience as the mayor of a town of 6,500 people from 1996 to 2002, combined with her two years as governor of America’s 48th most populous state, as her qualifications to be second in line for the Presidency.

For today, I’d like to review Palin’s time as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, and how this love of earmarks relates to the price she asked the victims of rape in her city to pay for the evidence needed for justice.

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Tuesday July 22, 2008 · 6:44 AM PDT

2008/07/22 · 06:44

Looks like camp McCain has decided to use their trump card to try to steal back the media narrative from Obama. According to MSNBC.com's First Read:

Bob Novak reports, citing sources close to the McCain camp, that the Arizona senator may pick his running mate this week while Obama is overseas.

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Saturday May 03, 2008 · 3:18 PM PDT

2008/05/03 · 15:18

John McCain proposed the gas tax holiday that both he and Senator Clinton are spouting as a fix for the summer blues for consumers. I'll leave it to others, who have done a great job already (including 150 Economists), to show why this is a stupid idea for her to support. I was reading TPM earlier today and came across this on their front page. McCain himself has said he'd be willing to stay in Iraq 100 years. Well, TPM has given us some numbers to work with, calculating the cost of this occupation.

I wondered, "How would the gas holiday tax help me afford this war?" Below the fold I crunch some easy numbers, my favorite kind, and give us the monetary costs of two of John McCain's policies.

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Thursday April 24, 2008 · 4:03 PM PDT

2008/04/24 · 16:03

Talking Points Memo is reporting a new non-profit just launched seeking to seat the results from Florida and Michigan. I need those with good research skills and free time to help on this. I've never tried to research this sort of thing before. I'm not looking to tie the group to anyone. I just don't like shady groups that crop up trying to influence the political landscape. I like as much transparency as possible. If it turns out the group is what is says it is, I'll be tickled pink. What I've found out below.

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Tuesday April 15, 2008 · 7:00 AM PDT

2008/04/15 · 07:00

The Politico has a piece up that discusses an article by Barack Obama's father entitled "Problems Facing Our Socialism". The article itself is a discussion of a Kenyan government report on its economic plans, specifically, how they differ from the traditional Marxist dogma. The substance of the article is unimportant in the long run, just like the truth and true message of what Obama was saying in his San Fransisco meeting, because those who will attack him with it are never going to read it.

The Politico piece documents that right-wing bloggers are already frothing and foaming at the mouth on this. While I don't think it will change the opinion of anyone who reads Daily Kos regularly, since we're smart enough to know that Obama Sr.'s views probably had very little influence on his son, others will not be so thoughtful. Below the fold I'll discuss what is being said, why it's wrong, and how we can prepare to counter it.

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Wednesday March 05, 2008 · 9:23 AM PST

2008/03/05 · 09:23

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How I stopped being depressed and started to love Barack again:::

I went to bed last night, like a lot of loyal Democrats and Obama supporters, a little stunned. We had been told time and time again that coming from 20+ point deficits in just a few weeks, racking up a string of victories that would have ended most other primary contests, and having a clear lead in the math that counted (the delegates), was just not enough for us to feel good about last nights results. I got up in the morning today with a hole in my stomach, unsure what we could do at this point. I admit I have a tendency to wallow in my losses a bit. I gave up on politics until November 2004 after Dean evaporated. I read some discussion of the victory of Pyrrhus on another thread and it got me thinking. This time I decided to really look at what happened. I'm an Obama supporter, but that doesn't mean I can't learn from a loss.

In a firefight there are a few tactics that really work, and we got to see lots of them from Clinton the past two weeks. Below the fold I'll review the one's we've seen, and why this contest is far from over, and not just because of the math.

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