Login HereThere's a silent majority of you out there who read this blog daily who never leave a comment. When you delurk, occasionally, you often say something like, "I don't have anything to say that other people don't say better, or have not already said." You also say things like, "People here are so informed and they talk about things I don't understand, using special terms and language: it's intimidating!"
But you are the best of this site. You've given almost half a million dollars to great, progressive candidates this cycle through our Blue America page. You make phone calls, talk to your friends about politics, write letters to the editor, etc.
Bit by bit, person by person, you are changing this country for the better. The only reason anyone pays any attention to what Jane or Christy or TRex or I or our other site writers say here is because you read the site, and because we share common values together. If and when we are able to pressure the establishment to change, it's because the establishment knows you are here with us, behind us. This home made musical video above comes from JayClew, one of you, who wrote and performed it. I love it. You guys are fantastic, talented people.
I just want to use tonight's post to thank you, to recognize you and all you do. I also want to invite you lurkers to feel free tonight to ask any question on your mind about the coming election season. We in the community will be extra careful tonight to answer questions anyone has, even if they seem to experienced commenters to have been asked and answered a while ago in the community. Not everyone has been here with the community a long time, and many of us continue a conversation forgetting we have many new potential friends joining us in midstream.
As I've mentioned before, I'm just a commenter plucked from the comments by Jane and Christy last Spring to help with some spot front page duty, when the blog was really just the two of them 24/7, and they were worn out. Every front pager here started out as a commenter somewhere, and I have no doubt some of you will spin off other blogs in the future, perhaps local political blogs for your state the way the Connecticut crew has done, or the Montana crew, or the Colorado crew. . . you get the idea.
We welcome you, and tonight, I salute you. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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hmmmmm
awwwww….thanks.
Shoot. Dial up is slow.
Bush political career looks like a loser sandwich.
-GSD
Hi folks. Just wanted to bust in here and say “DC Dogs, Patrex (me), liberal blogger eponymous and my father are running the Marine Corps marathon together tomorrow.”
If you’re coming out to cheer for anyone, look for us. I think we may have our names on tape across our chests: Patrick, David and Chuck.
I may put some sort of Firedoglake reference on my shirt too.
This is my sixth marathon. TRex came up two years ago and cheered for us. Wish he was here this year.
Pach, don’t you love in DC?
Thank you and good night!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsy0E0RRTPA
This is probably one of the most offensive ads of this campaign season. A Republican named Delores Brewer compares her Democratic opponent in the runoff, Jacques Roy, to her rapist. Just watch the video, and notice the lugubrious music, the backlighting that creates a halo, the production of self as martyr, and her conflation of self with community. It is disgusting.
As one of your readers noted, the Republican party has hijacked the strategy Ann Coulter accuses us of deploying. And this at the local level of an Alexandria, Louisiana, mayoral runoff.
sorry, Pach…
don’t you LIVE in DC…?
I love this place!
patrick rex @ 5
WOW! Good luck!
if you ever do NYC, let me know, I’ll come and cheer.
Patrick,
I used to run, but the ice cubes kept flying out of my drink.
I would hope that Pach could both live and love in DC…
I certainly did for many years.
Oilfieldguy @ 11
You need to run like I do…
MORE SLOWLY….
Great one Pach.
Wow, half a million dollars, that’s staggering.
TRex - wanted you know that I sent Rodriguez $100.18 this morning. The 18 is so they know that it’s in your honor. (18 is a ‘fortunate’ number for me).
gotta go and do some late night chores - love to all peace to all
patrick rex @ 8
I do, but I can't make it tomorrow.
:-(
Run in good health!
It’s certainly not my intention to hijack this thread, by the way…
I just wanted to share that. I think FDL is the BEST SITE EVAH, and I really enjoy it when the lurkers come out to play.
I shouldn’t stay up too much longer, since I have to run nearly 30 miles tomorrow. I am blogging it, btw. (Before and after, of course, not during.) (Well, unless someone shows up on the race course with a laptop! Now, there’s a project TRex and I should coordinate some time…. )
UptownNYChick-
you have to run really fast to do the NY Marathon. I don’t know if I will ever qualify. I do this with my dad every year because it gives us about five hours to just hang out and talk (for the first twenty miles) and then grunt at each other (for the last 6.2).
LOL. You just need a go cup and a straw.
Pachacutec @ 16
Hey, no worries. Maybe next year!
Oilfieldguy @
11
I bought a book on Feng Shui today, but then I got it home and couldn’t figure out where to put it.
Anyone watching SNL? They are micking repug ads.
err mocking
Heya Pach - okay, I’m game. As an almost entirely lurker-type person, but one who cares here’s a question. What do you suggest to people who would like to “help the cause” but are kinda turned off by some of the traditional organizing stuff (i.e. call banks, door-to-door get out the vote stuff, etc). Perhaps I’m just a little anti-social, but in the spirit of “don’t do unto others that which you find distasteful” I really can’t seem to make myself cold-call or cold-knock people for any reason, cause I really detest it when people do it to me. I’m also fairly shy and introverted (perhaps part of why I’m a lurker - I’m much better in text or small groups of familiars than in person with strangers or large groups of anything). I do have some energy and spirit and free time (42 year old bachelor with one doggie, hey) but its also irregular due to work committments and a peculiar mind. Any thoughts on how someone like me can help, perhaps in more creative ways than giving a little money here and there? I kinda feel underutilized and perhaps even a tad guilty, but somehow feel the traditional political organizing stuff just isn’t my cup of tea…
One of us! One of us!
Gooble gobble.
JayClew - great!!!!
I’m posting the link to the video on the Lamont blog. How appropriate. It should be the Lieberman theme song.
I only run if someones chasing me. Like Joe.
Hey, TRex.
Wish you were here. Dad is great. Been an interesting day, or actually, couple of days. Check my blog for details (and cute dog pics).
I hate to fly. You knew that.
tell me what you think of this ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsy0E0RRTPA
Okay, I’ll bite. This whole discussion of why Bush and Rove seem so confident intrigues me. Maybe they can’t mess with the code of every voting machine everywhere, maybe they can. I’m pushing paper ballots. But my take is, with their idea of the unitary executive behind them, why do they need to be afraid? Don’t they think they can ignore subpoenas, hearings, even legislation passed by the houses of Congress? They seem to think that they have all the power (so far they do).
I was telling my Italian houseguest today that I thought if they really ignored the Congress, we would finally rise up. Would we? I have thought this many times before (habeas corpus, warrantless eavesdropping, to name but two).
Thanks for giving the lurkers an invite to the party!
TRex @ 20
I would supply a rim shot here, but I never know how to behave around a gay guy.
Poem on Blaming the Pages (it’s ironic)
Blaming the Pages
Ravening children, predatory
little beasts pursue their Congressman
as they lurk in the Senate cloakroom, leer
from toilet stalls, prowl down the gilded corridors
of Congressional power–slender youths
with puzzled and uneasy expressions,
crafty, despite their center-parted hair,
studious glasses, well-tailored jackets
and red-white-and-blue tie pins
affixed by conniving and power-hungry moms
pushing them to prey on closeted Congressmen
vulnerable to their ploys, their geekish allure.
Foley, at his computer, leapt for the bait,
snapped up email addresses, promised
dinners at Moreton’s, connections, and booze
to the greedy teen predators, most of whom
said sick, sick, sick and refused to reply–
a clever facade to mask their machinations.
Behind the scenes, the evil media plotted,
pulled strings and gloated as the children
lured the tormented hero, child molester
Foley, helplessly to his anguished doom
and flight into rehab, while his lawyer
proclaimed his client’s deep remorse–
and the real villains, a Catholic priest,
ABC news, the dastardly Democrats,
and cunning George Soros got off scot free.
END
*onderdog:
Take a look at this list and see if anything grabs you. Not everyone is made for the stuff you mention, but everyone has their own talents and everyone can do something.
Isn’t it amazing that none of these guys run on the theme of fixing the vote?
We are out here… and we thank you for being there - and we do what we can to bring an end to this long nightmare.
Wendy:
I think a large part of the confidence game is, well, a confidence game. It’s one of their first principles of politics: always project strength, never admit error or doubt. I think they are very afraid of our rising power, and we can see it in their actions. That’s my take.
*onderdog: I too hate phone calls, hate people knocking at my door with pitches. But I gritted my teeth and did it anyway this year - and it wasn’t so bad. Awkward at first, sure, but I just told people: I’ve never done this before.
But if you can’t stand to do that - there’s always a letter to the editor of your local paper. But quick! Time is running out on that. Or, call a local progressive candidate and see if there is any dogsbody type stuff they need someone to do - running errands, dropping stuff off, whatever, that doesn’t need social polish. They really do need bodies. Even to answer the phone for a few hours. Go for it. You’ll feel better if you do.
OFG: ah, you did fine in my presence in Vegas.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
Alright, firedogs…
I have to run a Very Long Way tomorrow. Hope to see some of you at the race.
I am gonna turn in.
G’night, and have fun!
patrick rex @
27
Somehow in all of this, I had forgotten that you were going to DC before London. I have been wanting to call you and forgetting that you were still in the US. I will call you tomorrow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsy0E0RRTPA
Thanks, Pach - forgot about this but remember seeing it before. Sometimes its hard to keep up with all the stuff in teh internets, even with teh Google! I’ll try to dig into some of those, and keep reading FDL of course…
Pachacutec @ 32
So Pach,
I’ve listened to your advice and am giving my blog a decidedly more local flavor. I found a “news” site for political info for my own home state, only to find it is merely a tweeter in the mighty right wing wurlitzer. Bummer. I smell a major blog fight coming on.
I felt it was a necessary change, since so many blogs are doing such a bang-up job on the national deal, I cannot neglect my own red state–whose very name means red man–Oklahoma. We have several very good lefty blogs, hopefully I can hook up with them and encourage Democratic State congresscritters to utilize us in constructive ways.
TRex @ 39
Between 8:40AM EST and about 2:00PM EST I am gonna be a little busy. Any time before of after, I should get the call.
Wish me luck.
Bobbles - Wow
I’m an Australian, born and bred and have never been to the U.S. But I have donated money to the Blue America Fund.
Because, I, like so many people across the planet, am very concerned at the United States foreign policy and it’s shameful, absolutely disgraceful invasion if Iraq (along with my own country’s Prime Minister {coalition of the willing indeed, give me fucken strength!) not to mention the litany of Lies, Hypocrisy, Corruption and just plain Incompetence.
The current White House Administration not only needs to brought down, but needs to be brought down HARD!!!
George Bush (the POTUS) Dick Cheney (the Vice President), Donald Rumsfield and Karl Rove (Plus others) should be arrested and tried for their collective Crimes against Humanity.
If these people are going to arrest Saddam Hussein, then they should be held account for their own Crimes.
I applaud the effort by the people who spend their time (and money, I’ve donated myself even though I’m not working from a broken back and have very little money)) in helping to bring this government down.
The World needs YOU.
Thank You FDL.
OFG: Sounds great. I have no doubt that when the day comes Oklahoma turns purple and then blue, as Colorado is trending, as farmers in NE-03 are trending, you will be right in the thick of it, the spokesmodel for the future of the state.
Here’s something else. Go to your Secretary of State’s website and find that section that covers methods of voting. I was flabbergasted to find that Vermont uses Diebolds in - something like 73 towns which will comprise 50% of votes! These are optical scanners, and luckily in VT we have passed law requiring paper verified votes.
However, these are of no use unless there are RANDOM AUDITS which are fully TRANSPARENT. You can email your Secretary of State and find out what he/she is planning to do to safeguard the election; and you can pressure them to conduct random audits. There’s still time for pressure! If you don’t have a paper trail, your state might be like VT: a downloadable file disclosing what towns use the optical scanner. Bev Harris of Black Box voting says it is crucial to document any irregularies with video or audio. There are some great links to this I’ll try to find - you can google the Brennan Report to find out what the vulnerabilities of Optical Scanners are.
As Wendy mentioned above, not every precinct is as vulnerable. Combine close races with electronic machines, and throw in a questionable Sec of State, and there will undoubtedly be problems. Theft. It’s not to late to organize citizen watchdogs at the most vulnerable precincts. Two or three to a team, video, tape recorder and cell phone.
Wess, thank you.
UptownNYChick @ 48
Ditto
OFG- you need one of those camelbak thingies with a straw…The last 10k I ran all the hashers had them- you just have to pace yourself!
Louisiana girl…that is a nasty ad; unfortunately typical repubuglican slime.
It looks like the House is likely to go Democratic. The Senate is a lot tighter. Get Out The Vote is critical now. The talking is over. Even the ads don’t matter so much anymore.
If you can — if you’re close enought to drive, or if you can phonebank from home — get in touch with the McCaskill, Ford or Webb campaign and ask how you can help. And if you’re in New Jersey give a hand to Bob Menendez.
You don’t have to love these candidates or their positions. But you’re gonna love having a Democratic majority in both houses of Congress.
Balrog @
24
Offend one, and you offend them all.
;>)
Great post tonight Pach, delurking on the old Blogspot version of FDL summer of ‘05 was one of the best decisions I ever made. This community in the comments, yourself and the ladies of the lake have all been a bright spot in an otherwise very tough year for me. I honestly think the FDL family saved my sanity this year.
Wess - it helps to know that people around the world are on our side. It makes a big difference.
I think it explains the international interest in the Lamont primary race. Now the progressives have skin in the game in many states.
November 7th is going to be a roller coaster ride, I’m sure.
Thanks from me too, Wess! Make sure you tell your friends and family not everyone in America has lost their minds. Everyone here at FDL knows what’s at stake.
DarkBlack, you are a worthy foe.
-balrog
She’s dead, wrapped in plastic.
carolyn urban @
3
Stop the presses!
(sorry Carolyn)
Here’s that link to the Brennan report. I’ve been harrassing my own Sec of State. She says she’s going to be conducting random audits, but it’s not quite clear. I’m hearing different things. Still looking into it.
http://www.brennancenter.org
Scroll down to to “Machinery of Democracy”.
Fini FiniTOOBZ! @ 53
You’re part of the family.
Thanks, Pach. Delurking briefly to thank you all profusely for maintaining this little oasis of sanity. First place I go in the morning or when anything happens, and I’ve recommended this blog to anyone who’ll listen.
Balrog @ 56
I’ll send you a love letter straight from my heart, balrog.
;>)
Balrog @ 57
Yeah, but I saw it first, Balrog. And I RACED, but with this hookup, it’s like wading through molasses. I can’t even watch YouTube. Pitiful.
Hey, the Chicago media has noticed our very own John Laesch (IL-14)!
WLS-TV
How cool!
its is I who am thanking you and all of the incredible people who make this place happen.
keep up the good work!!!
Well, thank-you. Yes I AM a “lurker” and have found you people pretty awesome. When I took over the job of running our local Democratic Club site, I expanded it and frequently link to your material. Don’t sue! We have no money!
carolyn urban @ 62
I’m sorry, Carolyn, I was being an ass on the ‘dial up is slow’ riff. No offense!
watch this video, and let us engage in a deep analysis of it in this thread.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsy0E0RRTPA
bakerds: Good for you for taking on that responsibility. We can onlyhope any time we write that people find our work of use, so what you say is music to our ears. Thanks!
No offense taken.
I came to FDL for the Fitz, and stayed for the politics. And humor and wonderful people and because there’s so much to learn from the brilliant posters and commenters.
Has anyone else realized today is exactly one year since Scooter Libby was indicted?
*onderdog @
41
Pach–thanks for reminding us about 50 Simple Things. It’s a great resource for finding unique ways to contribute.
One of my all time favorite comments here at FDL was from someone who, as part of her weekly shopping, rearranged the magazines in her local drug store so all the progressive stuff was in front. I’m sorry I don’t remember who made that comment, but I’d like to personally thank them for the part they’ve played in helping to take back our great country.
Night all. Remember, you should not drink and bake. DB.
Louisiana Girl @ 67
Lord Almighty.
First - has she been called on this?
Second - how did her Dem opponent “disrespect” her? Discuss her record? That seems to be a sore point with incumbents these days.
Third - when can her opponent expect an apology?
Pachacutec @ 59
That’s what makes this place so wonderful. It feels more like a family than just a web community. Darkblack, TRex, Punaise and many others have the same sense of humor my older brothers have. RevDeb, Donita, Siun, Jane and Christy all have the same common sense funny bone my real sister has and that Mom had.
This place reminds me of home a little too much at times. I’m even partly responsible for the loud band that sets up every Friday afternoon in the FDL family room here. The late night crew here is as hilarious as it gets anywhere in the TOOBZ! I love this place, I want all of you to know how much you all rock!
I have posted here before, but I have been lurking quite a bit lately. I first started lurking on FDL when the Fitz show was my daily obsession….’when will he indict?’ etc…, but since then this site has inspired me to get involved and help create change in the local political community. I have been busy at the Dem HQ, volunteering at the site, phone banking, fundraising, attending meetings.., then becoming a precinct member and now am nominated to be on the exec committee. It has been such a rewarding experience getting involved and meeting my like-minded neighbors. So, I have to say, Thank You to Christy, Jane, T-Rex, Pach, and all the other contributors and posters to this blog who have motivated me to do something tangible every day to do more than vote! :)
Sleep the sleep of the gods, balrog.
:)
I don’t believe it really matters if the Dem’s take control of either house. Bush is not going to change a thing he does no matter who has control.
Speak out against him and you will be labeled an enemy combatant who is Hostile to the United States. No Habeas Corpus for you….tough luck.
Rise up he implements the Sedition Act.
Than you get to visit one of the Fema Work Camps [or as I call them, Concentration Camps] for a long long time.
FDL has done a very good job of trying to take back America, however insane madmen don’t give up power once they have tasted it. Why do you think we have career politicians, they do live above the law. I hope I’m wrong, but I don’t believe I am. Just my two cents for what its worth.
Wendy @
29
The problem, to date, is largely one of failure of oversight. Congress hasn’t done its job (its Constitutionally-mandated job). That’s purely a party consideration–and this Congress, in particular, has put party before its own institution and obligations. That’s why the mess is so obvious.
Yes, the Bush White House undoubtedly stonewall, would refuse subpoenas, would resist. Nothing new there. But, when that’s happened in the past few years, the `pugs in Congress have said, “oh, well, if that’s what they want….” 9/11 didn’t help that attitude, either. What everyone is hoping, with at least a Dem-controlled House, that acquiescence will be absent, that Congress will persist in doing its job. When, for example, the oil execs and Alberto Gonzales were brought before committee hearings and not even sworn in, there was a moderate amount of outrage. Everyone’s hoping that sort of thing stops, at the very least, and that a Dem-controlled Congress begins to investigate the past six years.
Does everyone rise up if it doesn’t? Probably not. The one certainty is that if the `pugs continue to control both houses, nothing will be done. Congress hasn’t been doing its job, not just because it doesn’t want the public to know what Bush has been doing–it also doesn’t want to the public to see what it’s not been doing.
A few days ago, my brother got stuck in traffic (dead stopped for nearly a half hour) on the I-94 north of Detroit. It turns out that the I-94 and the I-696 were closed and all the overpasses were closed and guarded - because of a Bush motorcade going to a campaign appearance in Warren MI. A large number of people were clearly p*ssed off.
Is this happening everywere Chimpy makes an appearance?
I’ve technically delurked, but I haven’t posted much. I live in Canada with my (Canadian) husband. I’ve often felt very isolated up here as I’ve watched my country deteriorate under this regime. My Canadian friends are great, and we tend to agree on values, but they feel neither the same anger nor despair that I do. FDL has helped me feel less alone over the past several months. Thank you for that.
Linking to FDL is a very good thing, it promotes FDL traffic, sitemeter4firedoglake
Thanks for delurking.
jmba: that's awesome!
George A.: if it comes to that, from my cell in Gitmo, I'll be able to say I went out fighting, if only for my own ears to hear it. But we can change things, if we accept what is, in my view, the responsibility that comes to us from our consciences combined with our collective power.
Jeebus, I sound like Adlai Stephenson.
A short answer: Yes
hpschd @ 79
Oh, yes… been going on for years. I recall a similar situation during the 2004 campaign, where police had blocked off parts of virtually all major arteries in and around Philly, because Bush was doing a campaign stop. One gets the feeling that if Bush would just campaign more, he’d lose a lot more votes–from drivers.
hpschd @ 79
It always happens when he’s traveling. When he was here for the UN opening, it was a mess.
He’s already very unpopular here (I am proud to say he got like 16% in NYC, most of it in Staten Island) and people get really pissed.
George A. @ 77
And we all know how insane power-chuggaluggers end up, don’t we?
;>)
Pachacutec @
82
Well…since you mentioned him:
I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends… that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.
Adlai E. Stevenson Jr., Speech during 1952 Presidential Campaign
*onderdog @ 23
I here ya. Force your hand to call the local Dem number of your choice and see where it goes. It’s as simple as that ; )
You bet I read this blog on a thrice daily and often more basis. I lurk, occasionally have something to say, and count on this bunch to make me laugh and give me great hope about changing the country.
The thanks really needs to go in the writers directions: all of you. Main page posters and those who post in the comments.
If we all make it to the election with some sanity remaining (or with some nails remaining on our fingers) it will be because of the constant energy and conviction of this group.
Many, many thanks for providing perspective day in and day out.
No questions at the moment, just a grateful heart.
Wendy, thanks for delurking, just riffing off of Montag’s excellent comment. Even if we just get the House, we get subpoena power. With that comes exposure in the Traditional Media. Bush and the GOP really wanted to protect Abramoff and they couldn’t, the evidence was too good and the media coverage too extensive. That’s imo, where FDL and other progressive blogs really have had their impact, the Traditional Media knows there are going to be consequences if they fail to adequately cover a story. Sadly, Lieberman shows how far we still have to go, but we have made enormous progress imo since January.
Please give JayClew a bit of a hand. I really like the way he made full use of a theatrical presentation with his face and the gusto of his performance, though he had no other bells and whistles to offer by way of video gimmicks.
darkblack @ 86
On the good days, at least.
So, here is a question from a lurker from CA. How come there isn’t more discussion of governors’ races? Are they just completely local affairs that don’t interest anyone outside of that state?
I guess part of the reason is that checking the Bush administration is job #1, but it seems like there is lots of interest in obscure House races and little discussion of people who actually wield a lot more power (and are more likely to become president some day).
Connecticut Bob strikes again.
http://ctbob.blogspot.com/
His take on Joe’s “bottom line” jingle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIDx7DUKgb4
Cujo359 @ 92
Darkness before the light…Time is their enemy
JayClew, that was awesome. I really enjoyed your a cappella YouTube.
darkblack @ 86
Yes, when the world rises up against us to remove him from power. That is if it’s not a Nuclear War started by us. At that point say goodbye to the Earth. He is mad and would push the button to spite everyone while all the time saying “Stay the course”.
That’s the only way he’s leaving office. World removal of him or Nuclear War destroying everything and everyone.
John Casper @ 90
Yes, but there’s a bill in one of the Dakotas to make it possible to prosecute judges for ruling the way a tiny little group of people don’t want them to. And who’s to stop them from deciding Nancy Pelosi is an enemy combatant if they are the “unitary executive”? What if we won’t rise up no matter what happens?
I’m really not a conspiracy nut or anything, I’m just seriously jaded.
Just watched JayClew’s video- that was a fine performance-((((applause)))
I wish I could write like that; excellent choice of tune too!
dab from CT @ 83
And they leave feckin’ peanut shells all over the place!
bakerds @ 9:19 pm (#65)
I’ve looked around the site, and couldn’t find a copyright notice. Is there one? If there isn’t, you might want to post one. Many sites like this use a Creative Commons license. That link leads to a form you can fill out to define the copyright you want to use.
Having a clear copyright notice can help folks figure out what they need to do regarding publishing works here, etc.
For my part, I assume that anything I write here in the comments can be used by anyone else as long as they give credit or link back to the comment.
DC:
That’s a good question.
We often get some version of a questions asking why we don’t cover some particular story more, and I’m guilty of frequent impatience with that kind of questioning, which really doesn’t help anything.
There are probably a few answers to your specific question. Let me see how I do.
First, we can’t cover everything. We run the site by posting new content every two hours or so, on average, starting at about 6AM PST through about 8 PM PST. That gives us a finite number of slots.
Many of those slots are occupied by regular features we’ve integrated into our schedule. For example, every Tuesday night, Jordan Barab gives us an update on some labor issues. We’ve been doing introductions to Blue America candidates twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays. We have Donita’s music column on Fridays and Book Salon on Sundays.
That gives us remaining slots to cover news of the day, election stuff now that it’s election season, and areas where this blog and its writers tend to specialize, such as Plamegate or the Lamont/Lieberman race. It may seem like we have a lot of slots, but they begin to run out pretty darn quick. I wrote a post today on a subject that we did not have time to run all day. It’s saved as a draft and I don’t know when we’ll run it. This happens.
With all the work that we do to research stories and develop niche areas of expertise, we can’t cover everything, and we don’t try to. There’s a lot I think to be written about doings in the CA-Gov race, and we just have not been able to do it. We always hope others can and will cover the many great subjects like this so we can learn from them and link to them.
On a related note, a lot of people ask why we spend so much time on the Lieberman Lamont race, and the short answer is, it represents the front line in the effort to occupy and take over the Democratic party, in order to make it the people’s party, for real. It’s also one helluva great story.
I hope that helps.
I freaking love the off stage rant about Cheney at the end of JayClew’s clip.
I like the bandana and all, but how about an early 90’s rap version with 2JayClew singing “Pop that Crony”
woop pop that crony…pop, pop that crony…
DC @ 93