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willf commented on the blog post Democratic Enthusiasm Remains Flat
The one silver lining for Democrats is that [...] Republican enthusiasm is on par with what it was at this time in the 2004 and 2000 election.
Because the Democrats made out so well in 2000 and 2004.
That’s your silver lining? Sheesh.
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willf commented on the diary post Why Rick Perry’s $92,000 a year government pension is a bigger problem for Liberals than Conservatives by TJWalker.
My point was that the author of the piece is exaggerating a mostly nonexistent problem to push right wing tropes, although perhaps he does not realize this. “For too long, we liberals have heard conservatives say the words “deficits” or “government waste” and we reflexively dismiss this and then counterattack and then defend all government spending [...]
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willf commented on the diary post Why Rick Perry’s $92,000 a year government pension is a bigger problem for Liberals than Conservatives by TJWalker.
And I’m not making this as a conservative argument for conservative measures. I’m saying that, as a liberal progressive who believes in the power of government to help communities and societies, we have to change the current government spending trend line It’s a pretty big leap to go from “Rick Perry gamed the already corrupt state [...]
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willf commented on the diary post Occupy Wall Streets Next Steps – Part 2 – How to Win a Fight with the 1% by John E Jacobsen.
It is important that people who are stuck in the two-party paradigm see that there is power in organizing outside of it. Thank you for giving a good example of that. If OWS can scale up the sorts of victories that SeaSol gets onto even statewide levels, you could really see a shift in liberal [...]
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willf commented on the diary post The “Inspired by OWS But Can Actually Get Sh!t Done” Committee by fairleft.
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willf commented on the diary post The “Inspired by OWS But Can Actually Get Sh!t Done” Committee by fairleft.
dammit, try this:
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willf commented on the diary post The “Inspired by OWS But Can Actually Get Sh!t Done” Committee by fairleft.
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willf commented on the diary post The “Inspired by OWS But Can Actually Get Sh!t Done” Committee by fairleft.
Who appointed OWS to write the rules on how to organize resistance to this corporate state/world? Jesus tits. No one “appointed” them, and no one is stopping you from supporting democrats or starting your own lefty group or whatever you want to do. OK? If you had read any history on the OWS movement you [...]
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willf commented on the diary post The 1 Percent Indifferent to Their Indebtedness by Leo W. Gerard.
No one who considers themselves a liberal or progressive should have wanted the Stupor Committee to succeed. “Success” would have meant even more drastic cuts to the social safety net. Any “grand bargain” reached by the committee would have gutted the social safety net for a majority of Americans, while requesting that the very rich [...]
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willf commented on the blog post Shift in Tactics Marks New Phase of Occupy Movement
Occupy Congress is not the OWS movement. It’s just the SEIU and like groups trying to glom onto to the spirit of OWS to get people to support Obama’s crappy jobs bill and other make-work half-ass bandaid measures.
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willf commented on the diary post “The most important thing we can do is vote”? by welshTerrier2.
Nicely done, wT.
Most liberal orgs see no path to action except through the same corrupt system which they are supposed to be fighting. I hope your well thought out comments were a wake up call for the attendees.
Recommended.
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willf commented on the blog post Only 6 Percent of Americans Call Deficit Most Important Problem
This is a reminder that President Obama’s decision in 2010 to pivot to the deficit was not just a terrible policy decision; it was also a really bad political move.
It was only a bad decision if your agenda was to pursue and implement progressive (or even just humane and decent) policy goals.
Since Obama’s true aim is to make necessary reform impossible, prop up failing institutions, help the wealthy finish looting the treasury and gut the social safety net, then it was a pretty smart move.
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willf commented on the blog post Obama Deficit Rhetoric Moves from Compromise to Campaign
Even the veto threat in the speech, about not cutting Medicare benefits without tax increases on the rich, felt less about honestly trying to get the GOP to agree to taxes and more about advancing the narrative that the Republicans are totally inflexible.
Yeah, but it’s a veto threat in support of more “grand bargain” bullshit.
The grand bargain is his goal. If they won’t do it in a bipartisan way, then he’ll try to coerce them into it.
Damn that guy really wants to gut the safety net.
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willf commented on the diary post Kill the Messenger: The Media’s Role in the Fate of the World – Book Salon Preview, Spocko Hosts by Elliott.
Just read the whole thread. Very informative. Every question that I thought to ask Spocko had already asked. Love that Vulcan dude.
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willf commented on the diary post Virtually Speaking: digby, Avedon Carol, Susie Madrak by California Sherry.
Is this the week of Digby’s intervention? That would be some good listening.
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willf commented on the blog post Activists Urge Chicago Mayor Emanuel to Protect Their Right to Protest During NATO/G8
Antiwar groups and organizers have come together to demand and ensure Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the city of Chicago protect their right to hold peaceful permitted rallies and marches when the G8 and NATO meet in May of next year.
That’s great, I’ll bet Rahm hasn’t had a good laugh yet this week.
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willf commented on the blog post State Level Fights Offer Opportunities for Progressives
Cilizza is an ass, but “no where to go” doesn’t really refer to state races, he means that disappointed Democrats will still vote for Obama in 2012.
But this one won’t. Go Green or go home.
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willf commented on the blog post Grijalva: If You Want to Reduce the Deficit, How About the People’s Budget
The question is: What is Grijalva prepared to do if Obama wants to pass the monstrous safety net-cutting “grand bargain”?
Just throwing another UI extension on there is hardly going to balance out the real damage that will be done. Everything on the table in this deal runs driectly counter to the stated goals of the People’s Budget.
What will Grijalva do to prevent it?
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willf commented on the diary post Will the Tea Party Derail Fiscal Reform? by SJGulitti.
The debt ceiling debate is a con game. And no one should ever trust what David Brooks writes, especially if they find themselves agreeing with it. Note the important point that Brooks lets slip: Not that the GOP are crazy thugs, everybody on the planet but David Brooks already knew that. But that if the [...]
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willf commented on the diary post The illusion of ‘broken campaign promises.’ by Mike Sax.
In reality, campagin (sic) promises are made to be broken. Well then, you must be the happiest shit-for-brains in the whole Democratic party. Seriously, if you really believe that “campaign promises are made to be broken”, then you have no place in politics. You need to go into something that has no real effect on people’s lives, [...]
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