Repetition does not transform
a lie into a truth.
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt
"I'm going to give you
back your Democratic Party, I'm going to
give you back the White House and I'm going to give you back your country."
Sunday
10 February 2008
Deep End News
Dozens die in fresh violence in Iraq as U.S. defence secretary visits
Kim Gamel, AP
"What we see today is that the security situation has improved . . "
US commerce secretary urges investment in Iraq AFP
California Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez' spending included $5,149 for a meeting at a wine shop in Bordeaux, France, and $2,562 for office expenses at a Louis Vuitton store in Paris.
linda4dems, buzzflash: ". . . the best shot for Democrats would be to nominate John Edwards for President in 2008."Or "spokespersons" for Nancy Pelosi who pressed Kucinich (Pelosi plus AIPAC? an interesting linkage) to stop his impeachment effort?"
2007: [Obama] declined repeated requests to talk about his New York years, release his Columbia transcript or identify even a single fellow student, co-worker, roommate or friend from those years.
Obama’s Account of New York Years Often Differs From What Others Say
Janny Scott, nyt
As soon as Barack Obama is declared the official candidate of the Democratic party, the voters will be treated to something similar to the old TV show,
This is your Life . . .
United States Senator Barack Obama's first job after graduating from Columbia University was with the company.
Business International Corporation
Wikipedia
Obama's equivocation on a no-brainer like the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act is an unnerving illustration of precisely what his opponents have taken him to task for: an unwillingness to take a specific and uncomproming position when it counts.His continued funding of the war in Iraq, his hawkish lines on Pakistan -- which he has called "the right battlefield ... in the war on terrorism" -- and his aggressive rhetoric over the past year (before certain audiences) have provided a chilling glimpse of what isn't "off the table" when it comes to his view of U.S. military power.Where Does Obama Come Down on Bush's 'War on Terror'?
Liliana Segura, alternet
Impeachment, etc.Against Obama:
Hey Kool-Aid
Dave Berman
"I don't think it takes a rocket scientist to smell a rat here.""Mr. Obama was . . . vague or worse in his actual policy proposals." I was struck by a comment Obama made in the debate to the effect of "you know how Illinois politics are" or some such.
Go figure . . .Obama Wins Maine Democratic Caucuses
Glenn Adams, AP
Obama To Maine - 'Drop Dead'
Blocked Emergency LIHEAP Money For Maine This Winter rense
The chief political strategist of Barack Obama, David Axelrod, worked as a consultant to Exelon. A spokeswoman for Exelon said Axelrod’s company had helped an Exelon subsidiary, Commonwealth Edison, with communications strategy periodically since 2002 . . .Examining Clinton & Obama’s Stances on the Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Universal Healthcare, Privatizing Social Security and Nuclear Energy
DemocracyNOW!
Subprime Obama
Max Fraser, thenation
If you're wondering why the cult word gets thrown around, maybe this is part of it. That he's developed himself as a centrist, aligned himself with gay-curing fundies and voted "present" for a woman's right to choose just to ... mislead them? What about the Republicans he's said he'd put in his cabinet? Will he just mislead them, too?
"Edward Teller" comment: "All this to watch a barely diginified political version of American Idol . . . "
Late Night:
Your Favorite Candidate Sucks
Thers, firedoglake
"They have taken charge. They have taken charge of communications and the schools, so we might as well be Poland under occupation."
Dan Hamburg,
MEC Quarterly:"So here we are a decade and a half
later: National health care, first proposed
by Harry Truman in 1948, is still a dream.
And Hillary Clinton ranks
number two
among 100 senators in
contributions
from the
very industry
that beat her to a pulp! That shows that
she’s been to the woodshed, just like her husband ... Bill Clinton won the election in ’92
with populist rhetoric ... But as soon as the
election returns were in, he began singing
from a different hymnal."
Saturday
9 February 2008
Mendocino County . . .At issue in the Democratic presidential race is the selection of one delegate in the First Congressional District.
As the Revolving Door Turns . . .
Agenda Item 25 . . . "Officials expect a long night."
Battle royal brewing at Berkeley council meeting
Carolyn Jones, sfgate
Media and Candidate Methods of Counting Delegates Vary and So Do Totals
Mike McIntire, NYT
"Their strategy allows Democrats to take credit for being against the war without doing anything to stop it. It's crazy."
When your television tells you the Democrats need 60 or 67 senators to end the occupation, your television is lying to you.
kutv: "This is the second time in the last two weeks that a public figure has mentioned Sen. Obama's possible vulnerability as U.S. president."
Obama will be assassinated if he wins: Nobel winner Lessing
AFP
He enjoys the benefits of a collective media swoon, and the systematic fawning of the media elites . . . The senator is a weak and passive figure, a quietist.
"something just a wee bit creepy . . . "
And Obama Wept, Jake Tapper, abcSuper Bluesday. James Woolcott, vanityfairInspiration vs. Substance Joe Klein, time
. . . he could tell when Parker wrote "m. c. h. & s." in his sermon notes he meant "mind, conscience, heart and soul."
The Impossible Art of Deciphering Manuscripts
Megan Marshall, slate