Comments on: Brown a Repudiation of Insufficiently ‘Moderate’ Obama

By: scottromans

scottromans — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:23:02 +0000

Matt,your argument is sound. Unfortunately,attention is much more likely to focus on American Idol or the latest celeb “infidelity.” Our public servants rely, correctly, on the reality that the national attention span is so very short. I would be more lenient on Blankfein and his private sector pals, than those who betrayed the public by letting these private sector dogs run loose. (Apologies to all true canines)
I only wish Harvey Levin’s next venture would be Washingtion and not pro sports.

By: groucho

groucho — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:50:02 +0000

I’m not so convinced that Brown’s victory was a repudiation of Obama and his agenda. Massachusetts already has socialized health care, and by all reports it is much better than the senate bill would’ve been. I would be willing to bet that a considerable portion of Massachusetts voters were well aware of this, and voted for Brown so that they could keep their state-run health care.

The senate bill is such a travesty that even liberal-leaning organizations such as NOW and National Nurses United oppose it. The citizens of Massachusetts voted in their self-interest in regards to health care…it probably wasn’t the majority of Brown voters, but I bet it was enough to make the difference in his election. Why has this angle been completely ignored by the media?

By: Exactly. «

Exactly. « — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:36:43 +0000

[...] desired is not the change seen. We voted for principle & instead we get parody. A commenter at True/Slant captures a familiar sentiment. The idiot pundits proclaiming this as a protest to Obama’s [...]

By: Nick Abood

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:31:44 +0000

Kall, you hit the nail on the head. I agree 100% with your analysis. I abstained from voting last Tuesday for all the reasons you just articulated. Let’s see if he sells out on his regulation bill (I expect he will and they are gonna go after him like Spitzer).

-Former Obama voter

By: michaelg

michaelg — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:32:04 +0000

Fred Smerlas pollutes the air in Upstate NY, too.

He appears two nights a week in Rochester on WHAM 1180 during their sports show. This is a station that has the usual conservative “talent” on the air, and the host likes to get Fred’s unique perspective on politics. His knowledge of recent history is impressive: I remember him telling a caller that Jimmy Carter beat Richard Nixon to become president. Any wonder there are so many criminally uninformed in this country?

By: bluesman

bluesman — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:55:32 +0000

I’m already reading the banker/wall street gambling houses “spin” this morning – they won’t roll over easily on this, but we do know Volcker has the balls to get it done

By: ncfrommke

ncfrommke — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:08:01 +0000

Sure. I didn’t say he was Chomsky, or even (my man!) Kucinich. But he had very little, if anything to do with NAFTA, OPPOSED the war in Iraq, & in 2000 Lieberman hadn’t revealed himself to be a shit-weasel. You ought to examine just where your bad feelings for Gore come from, keeping in mind that he was under total MSM attack for a number of years. He is clearly more liberal than Obama, & I don’t take it personally if you call me crazy,; I am, & we’re all a bit bitter these days.

Anyhow, it was a lovely post.

By: Keith T.

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:35:13 +0000

Agreed. Only keeping my fingers crossed at this point.

Anyway, Bloomberg has another good article on the proposal:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aKJuUZlozezE&pos=7

By: bluesman

bluesman — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:21:47 +0000

I hate to get sucked in and be hopeful about this, but it was definitely the best news on bad day

By: bluesman

bluesman — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:07:00 +0000

Vote for Palin? Have you completely lost your mind?
I believe “biting off your nose to spite your face” covers it.