How Democrats can miss the central things going on in terms of politics outside of their own choir, and repeatedly play directly play into their opponents framing, is hard to fathom. But they can do it.
We hate the current health care bill, for reasons to be skipped here. But we agree that given the enormous [...]
Posts Tagged ‘glenn greenwald’
Turning Diamonds into Cow Manure
Posted: 20th January 2010 by admin in " "Health Care, Political Communication, Political Strategy, PoliticsTags: " "Health Care, democratic paty, glenn greenwald, Lanny Davis, Republicans
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What Democrats Repeatedly Miss
Posted: 18th January 2010 by admin in Political BS, Political Communication, Political Strategy, PoliticsTags: " "George Will, " "Democrats, Atlantic, Donkey Party, Fox advocacy channel, fox news, glenn greenwald, Liberal, Obama Administration, Paul Krugman, political misjudgements, Political Strategy, rush limbaugh, salon
Paul Krugman is a Democrat, and a Liberal. However questionable, the Atlantic ranks him as the most influential commentator in America. (Then again, it ranks Rush Limbaugh as number 2, and George “I know nothing about science” Will as number 3.)
Whatever one thinks of his politics (or his recent “debate” with Salon columnist Glenn Greenwald) [...]
The Enormity of the ACORN Scandal, in Perspective
Posted: 26th September 2009 by admin in Congress, Government, Media, Media Slant, Political Communication, PoliticsTags: " Obama, "Far Right, ACORN, Alan Grayson, Big Government, Bills of Attainder, CEO, Chief Counsel, Congress, Constituion, Defense Contractors, Defense Industry Fraud, Dick Cheney, Federal Reserve, glenn greenwald, Government Fraud, Halliburton, Iraq, Matt Taibbi, Military Contractors, Pimp, Prostitute, Rolling Stone, Scandal, Taxpayer Funding, Taxpayers, Tea Partiers
The far right has been constantly complaining about how the “media” has not covered the latest Acorn scandal enough. That is, the fact that the already scandal plagued poverty assistance organization had some random employees caught on film giving rather nefarious business advice to 2 undercover operatives, posing as pimp and prostitute. (The most damning [...]
What Are the the Tea Bag Protestors, Protesting About?
Posted: 17th September 2009 by admin in UncategorizedTags: " Bush, " Obama, "Democratic Party, "Far Right, "Glenn Beck, ACORN, american spectator, blogosphere, carcinogens, corporate influence, dick armey, economic freedom, Environment, fox news, fundamental rights, glenn greenwald, greenhouse gases, janeane garofalo, joseph lawler, libertarian, National Security, oil, olbermann, ron paul, rush limbaugh, salon, secretive, tea baggers, tea party, town-hall, toxicological
In an earlier column, we highlighted the perspective on the tea baggers from those seeing it from the top of their perch, as this otherwise extremely contorted article points out:
Tea Party attendees and health care town-hall protesters share the common belief that the extravagant spending of President Obama and the Democratic Party will eventually lead more people [...]