Maybe Obama should try a different VP approach
No, no, not Hillary. Palin’s appeal seems to be her every women quality. So, Obama just needs to up the ante on the Republican ticket. So, he announces that Biden is just a temporary VP. If elected,...
View ArticleWhy Palin’s VP Nomination Really Does Matter
I realize that many Kossacks believe Palin is a distraction from the "real" issues that will win or lose the election. I want to make the case this view is both mistaken and missing a real opportunity...
View ArticleDavid Axelrod can kick Karl Rove’s @ss!!
Paul Begala delivered this killer line on Bill Maher’s Real Time. The course of events now seem to be bearing out his opinion.
View ArticleThe Delusional Fundamentalist Right?
This diary is inspired by the recent post which called into question Palin’s mental stability and which is being flamed mightily. I agree that the diarist's choice of words is terrible but a very...
View ArticleRoves October Surprise?
With each passing day, it is becoming clearer that the Republicans have put up one of the worst Presidential tickets in history. Now, if the debates go as they should, the wheels will completely come...
View ArticleHow to derail McCain’s Pre-Debate Media Manipulation?
I hesitate to write a campaign strategy diary when activist efforts need to be directed at avoiding this latest example of the "Shock Doctrine" via the trillion dollar corporate malfeasance bailout....
View ArticleDoes anyone find this development odd or worrisome?
Beginning Oct.1 2008, the 3rd Brigade of the US army is being transferred from Iraq to the US where it will perform its current mission domestically. This assignment is to be for 12 months but then...
View Article“Police State Coming to a Town Near You?” Latest Roundup
Naomi Wolf is sounding a four alarm warning about the threat to democracy posed by a Palin-McCain victory. And yes, that is Palin placed in the lead position: Palin as Police State's Pretty face?
View ArticleWhat would Paul Wellstone Do?
The late Paul Wellstone had a voting record, that with only a few exceptions like supporting the marriage protection act, remains a beacon of progressive values. He was a staunch opponent of trickle...
View ArticleKennedy vs. Nixon II and the Alpha male factor
Okay, when the debates ended, I thought the pundits called it about right. A wonkish exchange that most voters probably would not track that closely and that would not change much, which meant...
View ArticleWall St. Needs a 12 step program not a bail-out-So Save Obama now!!
This scenario is so weird. Not passing this bailout is a very good thing. Way too many people on the left are demonizing Republicans and demanding that the Democrat congress roll over to corporate...
View ArticleThe Democratic Party and Cognitive Dissonance over the Bailout
Festinger's theory is, unlike the bail out plan, quite simple to understand. When individuals are confronted with information that contradicts their cherished beliefs or preferred world-views, they...
View ArticleSarah Palin's Dirty Secret Revealed
Okay, I have been spinning through various October surprise scenarios that involve Palin. Is Palin playing dumb in the media spotlight to lower expectations and lull everyone to sleep right before the...
View ArticleObama's Deal with the Devil(s) & Why progessives should still support him
This diary concerns Obama's support for the bail-out plan and, going back a bit, his reversal on FISA. To this inauspicious list, I can also list Obama's NAFTA backtrack. if you recall, he vociferously...
View ArticleWhy Palin Puts Rightwing (Male) "Pundints" in a good mood.
Please pardon what may seem like a very crass explanation of Palin's appeal but the facts are what the facts are. First and foremost, the data is in. The vast majority of Americans who watched the...
View ArticleNaomi Wolf Sounds another Alarm about the Bush-Cheney Police State in US
Okay folks, Naomi Wolf is sounding the alarm even more loudly. Whether you think she is a contemporary Cassandra or merely a card carrying member of the lunatic fringe, I encourage you all to watch...
View ArticleWake Up - Obama is being threated by Palin
Okay, I was going to post my feelings in the diary discussing Frauline Palin's Ayers smear but I am too pissed off and too concerned to not shout a louder, even if it results in my being banned from...
View ArticleIs Palin Trying to Incite Violence Against Obama?
Yesterday, I posted a diary that suggested a much more nefarious agenda could be at work in McCain-Palin's Obama turn to negative campaigning and in particular their subtle and no subtle propagation of...
View ArticleA strategic view of McCain-Palin's divisive rhetoric and its future implications
Obviously, McCain-Palin are playing the "Ayers card" and the "radical, terrorist sympathizer" card in a desperate ploy to save an election that is rapidly slipping away. But, let's also realize that...
View ArticleBreaking!!! McCain's pre-debate rehearsal revealed!!!!
Dear members of the Kos community, at great personal expense and risk, I managed to plant a recording device at McCain’s final rehearsal for the upcoming 3rd and final 2008 Presidental debate. I am...
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