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bulldogliberal commented on the diary post David Brooks, Self-Doubt and Self-Confidence by Dean Baker.
The guy is a nicer version of Newt, here to peddle right-wing mantras like a gentleman. His elbow-patch wearing Ivy League style is belied by the bullshit he promulgates. Do you figure he is dumb enough to believe the crap he spews, or is he simply playing Gunga Din, knowing full well he is contributing [...]
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bulldogliberal commented on the blog post St. Louis Fed President: Break Up the Banks
All a once the country should offer a collective, “no shit….” to that headline.
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bulldogliberal wrote a new diary post:
With apologies to Gene Robinson of the Washington Post, it is difficult to scan the landscape without seeing a media figure or politician lamenting over the federal budget deficit or national debt; even as congress wrestles with the issue of borrowing money congress already authorized the government to spend. The immutable truth of economics dictates that job growth [...]
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bulldogliberal commented on the blog post A Pro-Austerity Chart, and Why the President Is Touting It
The wedge issues of the right are the smoke-screen issues of the left, which is to say, Obama likes acting like a statesman on LGBT issues so he can arrange corporate theft on behalf of his big donors (or himself; at this point, I’m less than likely to give him credit for even selling out, he may do this stuff just for him).
While we are happy he is prochoice, likes the idea of civil rights for all Americans, blah, blah, blah, blah…..on the single issue that really matters, personal and family economics, he is just as bad as W and his crowd; mostly because they are the same crowd.
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bulldogliberal commented on the blog post A Pro-Austerity Chart, and Why the President Is Touting It
Count me thoroughly disgusted………….
Where is FDR when you need him? Listen to an FDR fire-side chat where he explains the banking system and why he was doing what he was doing. Obama seems too gutless to argue with the right over water freezing at 32 degrees F, were the wing-nuts to argue otherwise.
Disgusted…………..
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bulldogliberal commented on the blog post A few thoughts from a drained accidental activist
I enjoy and appreciate the posts of optimism made here, but feel much the same as Pam. I was born in 1961, so in my life the forces of hate have mostly won the battles. The killing of JFK, MLK, RFK, Malcolm X all represent victories for the bad guys (for the most part). Maybe I’m too romantic where these men were concerned, but it FEELS like more progress would have been made had RFK been elected president instead of Nixon; who, on the other hand, seems like a great guy when compared to the current crop of Republicans.
I’ve heard it said that in the long run, Americans tend to get it right, but it is hard to get more wrong than Americans protesting neighbors in need that might possibly get healthcare in the summer of 2009. It is an image that is hard to shake.
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bulldogliberal commented on the diary post No One Could Have Anticipated, Vol. #249 by Peterr.
How does this get interpreted in ANY way other than pandering? Sadly, it is not even politically sensible pandering. Does Obama REALLY think he is corralling votes that would have otherwise escaped his grasp? Those votes were never his AND will never be his. Now he lost mine. When you’re not sure what to do, [...]
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bulldogliberal commented on the blog post Planned Parenthood Raises $400,000 in 24 Hours After Susan G. Komen Withdrawal of Support
Uhhhhh, yep; sounds about right.
It’s hard to look at the political landscape without thinking, “What’s the point……”
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bulldogliberal commented on the blog post Late Night FDL: Crime and Punishment, by Grover Norquist
…..their desire to protect the rich. They play for keeps.
More precisely; they play for stupid.
