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GOP tricks

mick — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:37:27 GMT

Sorry, I've been away. Has there been any discussion or exposure of the GOP phony census mailing? Congress recently passed a law to make this sort of thing illegal. I read somewhere that both Steele and Boehner had signed the scam mailing. This should be hit with a spotlight!

If you saw the lay of the land here, you would understand

snorwich — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:25:17 GMT

I would like to own it so I could clear the brush and increase my gardening space.

BTW, public works is well aware of both plots because the garage is 1/8th of a mile up the street and a couple of the town guys take their lunch at the other 1/4 acre lot.

You might find it interesting if you checked your towns grand list to see how much property the state owns, and you just might find yourself asking " why does the state own this?"

Like I said earlier, it is not a cure all for the states fiscal crisis, but it sure could help a bit.

Another useless bill by one of the most useless congressman ever

ctkeith — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:22:09 GMT

He's a legislative midget.
http://www.salon.com/news/poli...

But Shoot -

ken_krayeske — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:17:19 GMT

Larson voted for it. This is a guy who votes in favor of war consistently.

Leadership let him off the leash or he actually voted his conscience. Either way, I'm glad Larson made an anti-war statement.

I like spearmints not peppermints

Larkspur — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:51:31 GMT

Just wanted to throw a wrench in you fun logic.

"unless the President deemed such action to be unsafe"

notcho — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:32:05 GMT

Is a loophole one could drive a train through...

Everyone raise their hand if they like peppermints.

Ridiculous bill

Scarce — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:19:17 GMT

...designed for drawing attention and nothing more. A symbolic vote.

There are over 100,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan now, and thousands more support staff. The U.S. couldn't withdraw that many troops in one month even if they wanted to.

The rate of withdrawal in Iraq is still on track though, at around 14,000 per month according to Sec. Gates.

I couldn't agree more.

Ann Galloway — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:45:56 GMT

An ungovernable country led by corrupt warlords; billions wasted when so many other priorities need attention; the death of hundreds of innocent civilians, as well as NATO forces from many countries. . . . "When will they ever learn?"

This video...

Jake Blount — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:16:21 GMT

really opened my eyes. What kind of a crowd am I running with here at MLN!!!...LOL

Rachel Maddow refers to Dems like Blanche Lincoln, Evan Bayh, Ben Nelson as ConservaDems

Larkspur — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:15:51 GMT

Most of the ConservaDems used to be or still are a part of the D.L.C. (Democrataic Leaderhship Council). The D.L.C. is not an official arm of the Democratic Party, but they are the group that was formed in the mid-1980's to get a Democrat into the White House. Bill Clinton is their only success story in that endeavor. They call themselves "centrists" or "moderates" but they really are corporatists.

Howard Dean was once a member of the D.L.C., but when running for Prez in 2003-04, he realized how far to the right they were leaning that he ended up rebuking them. They were leaning so far to the right because the Repubs were racing over the cliff into fascism and the D.L.C. were trying to stay an arm's length away from them, but they refused to see where the Repubs were actually heading. Dean tried to tell them that the "center" was left of where they and the Repubs were heading. The D.L.C. mantra is "we're like Repubs but not as bad". I sometimes call DLC Dems "closeted Republicans".

One of the main reasons why I don't like Dan Malloy is that he's linked to the D.L.C., and since he was a public supporter of Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Prez race, I think he has never severed ties with the D.L.C.. The D.L.C. developed the triangulation method, which most people call deception. Bill Clinton was a master at it.

There is no sure fire way to eliminate them or weaken their presence further in Congress. Kim is right that public financing of Congress would help, but as long as SCOTUS equates money as free speech, quality but underfunded candidates will always be at a disadvantage. Their only hope is to use innovation and ingenuity, like Paul Wellstone did, to have a shot at winning.