Blind Rabbi has chance to beat Rethug wingnut in NJ
Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 08:32:18 AM PDT
As many of you know, New Jersey has one of the most right wing republicans in Congress, Scott Garrett. He was one of 11 congressmen to vote against rebuilding New Orleans. He is generally out of touch with New Jersey. Fortunately, the people of NJ-05 have gradually realized this and he has won by progressively smaller margins in each election.
Even better, we have the pleasure of voting for a truly moral man in Dennis Shulman this year. Even better, Congressional Quarterly has just upgraded the race from Safe Republican to Republican favored. This could be the year where we can finally get rid of Garrett.
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The Nomination battle will win us the Election (w/ poll)
Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 09:49:31 AM PDT
I am sick and tired of everyone presuming that the Republicans have a big advantage this year because McCain is close to wrapping up the nomination and can start campaigning for the general election. This thought assumes that having Barack and Hillary fight for votes in all of the various states is a bad thing.
I suggest to you that it is inherently a good thing that our nominee is not yet decided.
Slate calls Bush a MORON
Wed Aug 23, 2006 at 08:05:02 AM PDT
I enjoy reading Slate most of the time. There are some very good columnists there even if they give way too much latitude to the Rethugs. Today, I saw a article written by Fred Kaplan that was just a joy to read.
What a Moronic Press Conference
As you can tell from the title, it hits Bush hard on his now infamous press conference the other day.
The article opens with a great attack on the wannabe Il Duce
George W. Bush criticizing someone for not understanding the world is like ... well, it's like George W. Bush criticizing someone for not understanding the world. It's sui generis: No parallel quite captures the absurdity so succinctly.
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Israel has screwed up (with poll)
Wed Jul 26, 2006 at 01:00:50 PM PDT
First thing first, I am Jewish. I have never been to Israel and fervently hope that I can go some day. My wife's old college roommate now lives in Jerusalem and because of the above, I will always give Israel the benefit of the doubt. This does not I always agree with its official policy either.
Now... Israel has lost its mind with the Lebanon war. Hezbollah is an anti-Israel organization and has continually lauched rockets and taken other hostile actions against Israel in the six years since Israel left Lebanon. A breaking point was going to be reached at some point. However, I believe that the Hezbollah incursion was the wrong causus belli to use for an invasion.
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War is Hell
Mon Jul 24, 2006 at 07:42:35 PM PDT
Cadets of the graduating class' - the students arose and saluted - and then changed it to `Boys,' making this statement: `I've been where you are now and I know just how you feel. It's entirely natural that there should beat in the breast of every one of you a hope and desire that some day you can use the skill you have acquired here.
`Suppress it! You don't know the horrible aspects of war. I've been through two wars and I know. I've seen cities and homes in ashes. I've seen thousands of men lying on the ground, their dead faces looking up at the skies. I tell you, war is hell!'
This is the famous quote by General Sherman describing war. The lessons he tried to teach are still ignored today as the war in Iraq and Lebanon prove.
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Fighting the CEO Economy
Tue May 23, 2006 at 02:28:58 PM PDT
Bonddad does a great job explaining why the economy is heading toward a really bad outcome. However, I thought we could have some ideas aimed at attacking this CEO Economy head on in a politically fruitful way. Naturally, we won't get any of these suggestions passed until we control Congress, but these could be good planks to run on in the 2006 election.
I welcome any comments on the feasibility of these proposals as I am a lawyer and not an economist.
The ideas are below the fold.
Justice for All - proposal for the Democratic Party
Tue Oct 25, 2005 at 10:05:30 AM PDT
The debate over what the party should stand for can be summarized in this phrase. We need to keep the tag line simple. The beauty of this tag line is that justice can mean different things to different people and thus enables a big tent. At the same time, it shows how we seek to treat everyone equally and always seek to do the right thing.
I believe in the power of big ideas as well. People respect the big idea even if one cannot implement it. It gives the voter an idea of how the slogan would be applied in a Democratic world. The Republicans slogan is basically god, guns and cut taxes. In reality we know that the real goal is to create a transfer of wealth from the poor and middle class to the wealthy elite through cronyism and special perks.
So, here are my big ideas below the fold.
NJ newspaper supports universal health insurance
Tue Jun 14, 2005 at 08:25:02 AM PDT
Universal insurance is an issue that is building and will benefit all, but the very rich and the health insurance companies. However, as we all know, the corporate interests have long been opposed to any type of government run insurance program. What's worse is that until yesterday, I had never seen or heard of any paper that openly supported single payer insurance.
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Emotion drives voting
Wed Apr 13, 2005 at 08:40:43 AM PDT
When one looks back on presidential voting of the last few elections, it seems obvious that what drives votes is not rational calculations, but emotion. What Bush and Rove deserve credit for is understanding that votes are driven by emotion. Thus, every political strategy is designed to stoke a strong emotion in their core voters.
More below the fold. It is long, but thorough.
Dean as DNC chair will lead the party back to victory
Mon Dec 27, 2004 at 01:19:08 PM PDT
We Democrats are now the minority party by any standard. What's more is that we deserve to be the minority party because we lost our ability to stand up for ourselves and articulate a vision. Clinton temporarily saved us because of his unique gifts. If Bill could run again, I am sure that he would win, again. What the party needs is someone who will proudly and loudly define the party in a positive way so that the party can be rebuilt from the ground up. That means Dean.
