Comments on: Great Op-Ed in the Washington Post http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/06/great-editorial-in-the-washington-post/ Firedoglake weblog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:05:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Marisacat » Ahh. Time for high powered binoculars… http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/06/great-editorial-in-the-washington-post/#comment-102837 Marisacat » Ahh. Time for high powered binoculars… Sat, 13 May 2006 23:51:49 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/06/great-editorial-in-the-washington-post/#comment-102837 <p>[…]  Some plaudits, responses, observations around the blogs… […]</p> […]  Some plaudits, responses, observations around the blogs… […]

]]> By: arlin a mauer http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/06/great-editorial-in-the-washington-post/#comment-95909 arlin a mauer Tue, 09 May 2006 14:17:32 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/06/great-editorial-in-the-washington-post/#comment-95909 <p>Demos wake up! The USA cannot continue to bring democracy to Iraq, without their help. American marines get trained and shipped overseas in 6 months ! So, in 6 months 1/3 of our forces leave and they can decide what they want for a goverment, or not! Deadlines work<br /> for the rest of the world. Arlin A Mauer</p> Demos wake up! The USA cannot continue to bring democracy to Iraq, without their help. American marines get trained and shipped overseas in 6 months ! So, in 6 months 1/3 of our forces leave and they can decide what they want for a goverment, or not! Deadlines work
for the rest of the world. Arlin A Mauer

]]> By: Jim in Chicago http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/06/great-editorial-in-the-washington-post/#comment-93679 Jim in Chicago Sun, 07 May 2006 19:37:47 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/06/great-editorial-in-the-washington-post/#comment-93679 <p>Progressive candidates HAVE beaten the machine at the local level. Here in Chicago, an environmentalist candidate for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Board was the top vote-getter in a 9 candidate field that included 3 candidates slated by the Democratic Party (i.e., the Cook County Machine) — including the current President of the Board (top 3 vote-getters are elected). In the Dem primary race for Illinois Treasurer the candidate favored by progressives trounced the one backed by the Illinois Democratic Party. So little victories now, bigger ones to come…</p> Progressive candidates HAVE beaten the machine at the local level. Here in Chicago, an environmentalist candidate for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Board was the top vote-getter in a 9 candidate field that included 3 candidates slated by the Democratic Party (i.e., the Cook County Machine) — including the current President of the Board (top 3 vote-getters are elected). In the Dem primary race for Illinois Treasurer the candidate favored by progressives trounced the one backed by the Illinois Democratic Party. So little victories now, bigger ones to come…

]]> By: Cliff Varnell http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/06/great-editorial-in-the-washington-post/#comment-93671 Cliff Varnell Sun, 07 May 2006 19:28:54 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/06/great-editorial-in-the-washington-post/#comment-93671 <p>Correction on #120: Thomas Nast…not Thomas Nash.</p> <p><a href="http://cartoons.osu.edu/nast/">http://cartoons.osu.edu/nast/</a></p> Correction on #120: Thomas Nast…not Thomas Nash.

http://cartoons.osu.edu/nast/

]]> By: Jim in Chicago http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/06/great-editorial-in-the-washington-post/#comment-93377 Jim in Chicago Sun, 07 May 2006 15:52:39 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/06/great-editorial-in-the-washington-post/#comment-93377 <p>Cujo #32:</p> <p><i>So far, none of the progressive candidates running against the machine have won. Christine Cegelis lost in Illinois….</i></p> <p>Bad example: Kos sided with Duckworth (i.e., Rahm Emanuel) to the eternal dismay of almost all his readers in this area (and in direct contradiction to what he writes over and over in CTG). In Ciro Rodriguez’s case, there wasn’t enough time: Cuellar won because of the early voting — those who voted on election day went for Rodriguez. The REAL test of the netroots vs. the establishment will be Lamont v. Lieberman in August — a race where virtually EVERYONE in Left Blogstan is on the same side.</p> <p>Coming so close in TX and IL (despite Kos’s apostasy in the latter case*) was the shot accross the establisment’s bow. Next time we sink their ship!</p> <p>*you’d think he would have known better when Hillary Clinton started holding fundraisers for Duckworth!</p> Cujo #32:

So far, none of the progressive candidates running against the machine have won. Christine Cegelis lost in Illinois….

Bad example: Kos sided with Duckworth (i.e., Rahm Emanuel) to the eternal dismay of almost all his readers in this area (and in direct contradiction to what he writes over and over in CTG). In Ciro Rodriguez’s case, there wasn’t enough time: Cuellar won because of the early voting — those who voted on election day went for Rodriguez. The REAL test of the netroots vs. the establishment will be Lamont v. Lieberman in August — a race where virtually EVERYONE in Left Blogstan is on the same side.

Coming so close in TX and IL (despite Kos’s apostasy in the latter case*) was the shot accross the establisment’s bow. Next time we sink their ship!

*you’d think he would have known better when Hillary Clinton started holding fundraisers for Duckworth!

]]> By: anonymous http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/06/great-editorial-in-the-washington-post/#comment-93331 anonymous Sun, 07 May 2006 15:29:44 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/06/great-editorial-in-the-washington-post/#comment-93331 <p>“The most damaging is her vote allowing Bush to invade a soverign country that did not attack us.” </p> <p>But every Congressperson except Barbara Lee voted for the Iraq War. Right now, I like Al Gore who seems to have regained some passion.</p> “The most damaging is her vote allowing Bush to invade a soverign country that did not attack us.”

But every Congressperson except Barbara Lee voted for the Iraq War. Right now, I like Al Gore who seems to have regained some passion.

]]> By: Frank http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/06/great-editorial-in-the-washington-post/#comment-93214 Frank Sun, 07 May 2006 14:09:30 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/06/great-editorial-in-the-washington-post/#comment-93214 <p>I am weary of hearing that Hillary is the democratic front runner in the next pres election. Her sickening AIPAC scophancy, her air of “let them eat cake” kind of attitude when it comes to the grass roots membership inputs, triggers a kind of fear in having another mediocre “monarchy” line of succession candidate leading our country. The most damaging is her vote allowing Bush to invade a soverign country that did not attack us. Courage she has not. That vote she will never live down…No, Feingold, Clark are my hopes for the next democratic lineup for the presidency.</p> I am weary of hearing that Hillary is the democratic front runner in the next pres election. Her sickening AIPAC scophancy, her air of “let them eat cake” kind of attitude when it comes to the grass roots membership inputs, triggers a kind of fear in having another mediocre “monarchy” line of succession candidate leading our country. The most damaging is her vote allowing Bush to invade a soverign country that did not attack us. Courage she has not. That vote she will never live down…No, Feingold, Clark are my hopes for the next democratic lineup for the presidency.

]]> By: smarsman http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/06/great-editorial-in-the-washington-post/#comment-93199 smarsman Sun, 07 May 2006 13:44:48 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/06/great-editorial-in-the-washington-post/#comment-93199 <p>Rather than piling on how to stop Hillary because she is going nowhere, I am going to take a proactive stance and recommend people buying a new book named “50 Simple Things You Can Do To Fight The Right.” It is filled with both obvious and innovative ideas we can use to get our candidates in office as well as reclaim dissent and new ideas as patriotic. And I have started buying from Barnes and Noble online instead of Amazon because they contribute far more to Progressives.</p> Rather than piling on how to stop Hillary because she is going nowhere, I am going to take a proactive stance and recommend people buying a new book named “50 Simple Things You Can Do To Fight The Right.” It is filled with both obvious and innovative ideas we can use to get our candidates in office as well as reclaim dissent and new ideas as patriotic. And I have started buying from Barnes and Noble online instead of Amazon because they contribute far more to Progressives.

]]> By: Tug http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/06/great-editorial-in-the-washington-post/#comment-93122 Tug Sun, 07 May 2006 09:36:34 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/06/great-editorial-in-the-washington-post/#comment-93122 <p>It was kind, Kos is a smart smart guy, and his book is great…I just wish he would have waited for the “net neutrality” bill to be settled before declaring war on Mrs. Clinton. </p> <p>Bill, we still love you, by the way.</p> It was kind, Kos is a smart smart guy, and his book is great…I just wish he would have waited for the “net neutrality” bill to be settled before declaring war on Mrs. Clinton.

Bill, we still love you, by the way.

]]> By: spanky http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/06/great-editorial-in-the-washington-post/#comment-93088 spanky Sun, 07 May 2006 08:05:06 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/06/great-editorial-in-the-washington-post/#comment-93088 <p>For the love of all that is good.</p> <p>She must be stopped</p> <p><a href="http://www.nohillaryno.com">www.nohillaryno.com</a></p> For the love of all that is good.

She must be stopped

http://www.nohillaryno.com

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