Monthly Archives: July 2009

President’s Field Team Targets Blue Dogs’ Districts Over Health Care Battle

Posted on July 31, 2009 by

The following concluding paragraph of Dawn Teo’s article at Huffington Post is a keeper “On-the-ground organizing may also have more far-reaching effects than just strengthening the President’s position on health care. Every person OFA reaches on the phone today is … Continue reading →

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New Poll: Less Than Half Of Republicans Believe Obama Was Born In U.S.

Posted on July 31, 2009 by

How subtle are even the best-intentioned media efforts. Here we show a beleaguered Obama, weighed down presumably by the falsity of his opposition, by the palpable hatred that is displayed when one is literally deemed to be Ralph Ellison’s invisible … Continue reading →

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Dobbs’ Ratings Take A Hit Over “Birther” Controversy

Posted on July 31, 2009 by

Lou Dobbs continues to exert power after having proved a facile apostle, not of conservatism but of know-nothing pre-fascism. Our nation is never entirely exempt from the possibility that know-nothings will achieve political sway. When FOX turns itself into a … Continue reading →

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Conservative Democrats Most Vulnerable If Health Reform Fails

Posted on July 31, 2009 by

Wonder if the Blue Dogs will listen? What strikes me about them is that they are living in the past. But evidently they are not learning. There are two scenarios. The one noted in this article. And the possibility that … Continue reading →

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Gates Says What A Lot of Us Are Thinking: You Prove It!

Posted on July 30, 2009 by

This is the first apposite comment I have encountered since the President’s first “stupidity” remark. Let me connect it to my own perspective which is that the entire fabric of our metrosprawl society has its basis in the elemental fear … Continue reading →

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