Branding the Freakshow
As we all sit around and bemoan the absolute collapse of civil discourse into barely contained mobs of thugs and racists screaming about "death squads," it's important for all of us to realize we're...
View Article1967: PBS and the "Government Takeover of TV"
Many of you might not remember 1967. It was the year the government created a dreaded "public option" on television to provide culture and children's entertainment that would not be driven by ratings...
View Article"Barack Obama is just like Saddam Hussein"
Those were the words uttered furiously by my Stepmother in the car to me.The date? Early February, 2009. Obama had been president for less than two weeks."Obama is just like Saddam Hussein!"She...
View ArticleNorman Podhoretz is a Shmuck
I just got done reading the steaming pile of whine that came from Norman Podhoretz in the Wall Street Journal today. You can read it here:http://online.wsj.com/...Podhoretz, a Jewish Conservative who...
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BREAKING: 1.2 Million Protest House Health Bill!!
In a massive spontaneous protest, the likes of which Washington has never seen, the Associate Press is now estimating between 800,000 and 1.2 MILLION average, everyday, hard working, real, white,...
View ArticleRobot Eric Cantor
Hey folks!! On this election night, I'm pleased to report that I've just scored a fascinating and insightful interview with Robot Eric Cantor on a wide ranging number of subjects. Lets see what he has...
View ArticleBarack Obama's "In Defense of Government" Speech
The greatest trick the wingnuts ever pulled, this intellectually ridiculous, disgraceful and vapid idiotic nonsense, is also a simple and powerful virus in our national debate. It is one we spend an...
View ArticleThe 1% Doctrine = 100% Head Up Your Ass
Listening to all this blather from the climate change denialists in the conservative party, it would be nice if our media ever made the connection between this demand for "scientific proof before...
View Article"The Mock Doctrine"
It occurred to me this morning that there's one very powerful narrative structure at work in American Media that basically makes it impossible for Obama, or democrats, to succeed.With apologies to the...
View ArticleThe Bloodlust of the American Crazies
This diary is a call to arms for every single democratic and liberal pundit who appears on TV or writes columns in traditional media outlets.ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
View ArticleBranding the Public Option: Daily Kos Can Help!
This is a plea to the creative minds of this community to help the Democrats where they suck the most -- branding.We need a name for the Public Option that doesn't sound like a place for people to go...
View ArticleSign the Petition: George W. Bush on the $3 Bill!!
With the announcement that the wingnuts are busy rewriting history to turn the mediocrity Alzheimers sufferer and bungling deficit builder that was Ronald Reagan into a "great President," I thought we...
View ArticleThe Republican Party and Sexual Frustration
We often wonder what motivates the teabaggers and the intense rage on the right that usually makes no coherent sense and is totally devoid of facts.As reality-based people, we scratch our heads in...
View ArticleBreaking: CBO on "Republican Healthcare Bill" Released!!
It should be noted that the party of "life" and of "values" passed their own "healthcare" bill in 2002. And by "healthcare," I mean war.Yes, I speak of the signature bill of the Republican Party...
View ArticleI'm a Fake American!
As we watch future Dancing With The Stars contestant that is Sarah Palin continue to pollute the American discourse with her new show, "Real Americans," I thought it might be time to explain that,...
View ArticleI Don't Care What Glenn Greenwald Thinks
I see yet another diary is on the rec list about the Holy Glenn Greenwald and his eternal outrage that we're all not as pissed at Obama as we were at Bush. Greenwald's self-righteous rants are old hat...
View ArticleThe Jewish Queer: Elena Kagan and The Long History of Right Wing Anti-Semitism
One of the most interesting cultural echoes to emerge from the right wing echo chamber over the nomination of Elena Kagan is also one of the most unsurprising. With scant out of context catch phrase...
View ArticleDear Democrats: It's "Drill Baby Drill," Stupid!!!
This is a short diary about messaging for the fall 2010 elections. I have one, and only one centralized proposal to fix the entire Democratic Party 2010 strategy for the elections and it is this:DRILL...
View ArticleRepublican Paradox: The People of Iraq Vs. The People of the USA
There is a basic and profound contradition at the heart of the Republican Party's fraudulent notion of "self reliance" that has rotted at the core of their incoherent arguments for a decade now.Yet...
View ArticleThe Impending Death of Dick Cheney
Let me start this diary off by getting the obvious out of the way: I do not wish death on Dick Cheney. While I believe him to be one of the great war criminals of American history, and someone who's...
View Article"The Bubble Boys"
So many of us, aghast at the utter collapse of American journalism to offer any sort of viable intellectual critique of reality, have spent the last fifteen or twenty years trying to figure out where...
View ArticleDaily Kos Should Call on Congress to Condemn Fox News
We here at Daily Kos are one of the most powerful collective voices of the liberal side of American media. Given the liberal side of American media is practically nonexistent, that means we're just...
View ArticleNote to Sharron: Worshipping Jesus violates the First Commandment.
As a slightly religious Jew with a decent amount of Torah study under his belt, this basic misunderstanding about the First Commandment by so many Christians absolutely astounds me.It's not just a...
View Article"And the Republican Candidate for President in 2012 is..."
The point of this diary is a simple one, so I'll be brief, yet this is a notion that is so shockingly ignored by our traditional media, I had to diary it. And it is this:None of the leading candidates...
View ArticleBreaking: Republicans to Burn Witches!!
On Sunday's Meet The Press, Republican leaders Newt Gingrich and John Cornyn unveiled the latest strategy the G.O.P. will be using as part of the Fall campaign: Witch Burning.Here's the latest from...
View ArticleChristians Set Off Two Nuclear Bombs in Japan
Let us not forget the two greatest single attacks on civilian populations by small airplanes in the world's history.Hiroshima.Nagasaki.Over a hundred thousand civilians -- vaporized in an instant by...
View Article"The Million Americans March"
This is a short diary, but an idea that I'd like to propose to the Daily Kos community in the wake of the odious Beckapalooza and it's collection of 80,000 bored white people yesterday.Why have we...
View ArticleOctober 2nd: "The Million Americans March"
I diaried about the desperate need for a liberal/multicultural march on Washington before the Fall elections and I'm thrilled to see a march has been set for October 2nd.However, a march is not enough....
View ArticleThe Ugliest Spam Email About Obama Yet
Over at "Politics Daily," a right wing fever swamp run by America Online in which those ignorant right wing Americans who haven't figured out how to set up a real email account line up to call Obama a...
View Article"The Surge" in Vietnam -- 1968-1975.
Note to the fawning and fraudulent American Media, now endlessly repeating some buzzword called "The Surge" as if it has great redemptive significance for the failure of the George W. Bush presidency...
View ArticleOpen Letter to MSNBC and CNN: Sarah Palin's Tweets are NOT Breaking News!
This diary is a short one, but an important one for me to write, as it hits at a basic concept that American news media fails to comprehend on a daily basis (or intentionally chooses to...
View Article"The Jew is using the black as muscle against you!"
Having stumbled into a right wing message board freakout on AOL yesterday over the Juan Williams firing, I was caught off guard. The conservative autobots, set, as they permanently are, on...
View Article"In Defense of Government!"
Okay. The voters have spoken. The battle lines are clear. Now for this simple question:Who will speak up, Democratic Party Leaders? Who will defend the Government from this nightmare John Birch /...
View ArticleObama's Sh*tty Naming System
This is a short diary, but one important enough not to make as simply a comment. And it will deal with one simple point, to answer William Shakespeare:What is in a name?WINNING FUCKING ELECTIONS IS IN...
View ArticleBut Marilyn Manson Caused Columbine?!?
This is a short diary but I think an important one. By now the cliche of republican cult double-think is so overplayed that we have a term, "IOKIYAR" to joke about how often they excuse behavior from...
View ArticleSoros? Alinsky? Piven? 100 Years of Right Wing Anti-Semitism
Often left out of the historical record of reactionary right wing conservatism since the New Deal is how deeply and profoundly anti-Semitic it has always been.This frequently gets papered over by the...
View Article"Barney The Racist Ignorant Autobot" To Form Presidential Committee
I've always been a huge fan of satire projects that truly expose the ludicrous nature of today's pathetic disaster we call the "Republican Party." That's why I want to propose, in the spirit of...
View Article"The Sacred Promise"
Far and away my greatest concern and greatest frustration with the Democratic Party is their total and complete inability to frame this culture war with the Teabagging loons in any sort of epic or...
View ArticleThe Democrats Did Pay Down the Deficit -- in 1993
It would be nice if our bobblehead pundits and preening villager frauds on the teevee ever bothered to mention or contextualize recent history as they summarize the "debate" over the debt ceiling.If...
View ArticleA Question for Romney and Huntsman about Baptizing Dead Jews
We've recently watched the already abhorrent muckfest that is the Republican Primary descend into anti-Mormon bigotry at the hilariously and ironically named "Values Voters Summit" (values which...
View ArticleBreaking: Right Wing Propagandists Co-Opt #OWS
Now this is only a theory, and like the great Herman Cain, I have no evidence of this as of yet. But last night I was listening to the Thom Hartmann radio show on Sirius XM and Thom was hosting his...
View ArticleKeyword: "Fail"
Something has struck me over the past few months as I watch the republican hive-mind attempt to formulate their "true believe" dog-whistle code words for the Fall election.And something jumped out at...
View ArticleScratch Ticket America
I was profoundly struck by something Mitt Romney said recently during a fundraiser at a millionaire's house. No, not because Mitt Romney once again proved he's a delusional and narcissist who believes...
View ArticleMitt Romney's Jewish Problem
As the ugly slush money of the John Roberts America continues to pour into commercial campaigns meant to bring out the worst racist impulses of this country, perhaps now is a good time to remind...
View ArticleBlue Cross of CA is spewing Right Wing Talking Points to Their Customers!
So about five years ago, my wife was diagnosed with a pre-cancerous skin carcinoma on her leg. She had it removed and is fine, but was told that she'd never be able to get health insurance again since...
View ArticleSnowden/Greenwald Threaten The United States
I've made no secret of my utter disdain for both Edward Snowden's lawbreaking and for his agent/advocate Glenn Greenwald, both in how they've spun the story, manipulated the press like masterful...
View ArticleHow We Win the Long Game (2014-2016)
Like many of you, I wept actual tears for the stupidity of this country last week when we elected a gang of corrupt buffoons and liars into the cradle of power at both the state and federal...
View ArticleHillary Clinton and Elon Musk
We're now all waiting to see Hillary Clinton unveil her game changing vision for the 2016 election. Recently her tributes to Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren suggest she's open to ditching the B.S....
View ArticleBRANDING #101: Turning Single Payer Healthcare into AMERICARE
Seven years ago, when the Dems were first unveiling the ACA, I posted *numerous* posts on DailyKos screaming that the branding for the bill absolutely SUCKED. ACA??? “AFFORDABLE CARE ACT”??? ARE YOU...
View ArticleMessaging Request to the Dems: Use "Scandal" and "Coverup" more
This is a short diary but an important one, IMHO, as we are all well familiar with dissembling, rambling Democrats stuttering their way through a nuanced wordfest on CNN or MSNBC while the Republicans...
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