Comments on: Democratic Turnout Numbers: Read ‘Em And Weep, GOP http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/20/that-indefinable-it-factor/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:31:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Synoia http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/20/that-indefinable-it-factor/#comment-1286071 Synoia Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:44:45 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/20/that-indefinable-it-factor/#comment-1286071 <p>Thank you for noticing. Engineers create wealth. So do teachers. So does Motherhood. Few other professions create wealth.</p> Thank you for noticing. Engineers create wealth. So do teachers. So does Motherhood. Few other professions create wealth.

]]> By: Synoia http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/20/that-indefinable-it-factor/#comment-1286057 Synoia Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:40:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/20/that-indefinable-it-factor/#comment-1286057 <p>Cut Social Security, Medicare, Pensions, Wages for Servicemen, cut, cut cut, for all except the Military Industrial Complex, including Blackwater…and outsource congressional expenses to KKK street…</p> Cut Social Security, Medicare, Pensions, Wages for Servicemen, cut, cut cut, for all except the Military Industrial Complex, including Blackwater…and outsource congressional expenses to KKK street…

]]> By: Sixty Something http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/20/that-indefinable-it-factor/#comment-1286024 Sixty Something Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:18:53 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/20/that-indefinable-it-factor/#comment-1286024 <p>Hey BigR,</p> <p>I think, for what its worth, that you have hit the nail on the head.</p> Hey BigR,

I think, for what its worth, that you have hit the nail on the head.

]]> By: ThreadTheorist http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/20/that-indefinable-it-factor/#comment-1285813 ThreadTheorist Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:04:40 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/20/that-indefinable-it-factor/#comment-1285813 <p>Has Maureen Dowd ever written a column which was close to unreservedly admiring someone in political life? Almost all the other columnists, either liberal or conservative, have their particular heroes about whom they write glowingly or to whom they compare less worthy persons. But who does Maureen Dowd hold up as a living example for those whom she criticizes? If a columnist never praises anyone at length, what does that say about the columnist?</p> Has Maureen Dowd ever written a column which was close to unreservedly admiring someone in political life? Almost all the other columnists, either liberal or conservative, have their particular heroes about whom they write glowingly or to whom they compare less worthy persons. But who does Maureen Dowd hold up as a living example for those whom she criticizes? If a columnist never praises anyone at length, what does that say about the columnist?

]]> By: KayInMaine http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/20/that-indefinable-it-factor/#comment-1285812 KayInMaine Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:04:27 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/20/that-indefinable-it-factor/#comment-1285812 <p>Yeah, that too. LOL</p> Yeah, that too. LOL

]]> By: KayInMaine http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/20/that-indefinable-it-factor/#comment-1285810 KayInMaine Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:04:03 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/20/that-indefinable-it-factor/#comment-1285810 <p>I think you’re right and they’re heading to the pols in droves! :-)</p> I think you’re right and they’re heading to the pols in droves! :-)

]]> By: KevinHayden http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/20/that-indefinable-it-factor/#comment-1285784 KevinHayden Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:53:12 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/20/that-indefinable-it-factor/#comment-1285784 <p>With my <a href="http://www.reachm.com/amstreet/index.php?s=jayden" rel="nofollow">Valentine’s Day grandson</a>, I have yet another reason to believe ‘we can’ take our country back to move it forward. Past the pundits. Past the pessimists. Past the pompous princes of poupon. Past the plunder and blunder and blasphemy thunder. </p> <p>Since my endorsed and favored candidates left the arena, I’ve resisted endorsing anyone, but, despite demographics, I’ve seen upsets in IA, CT, ME, CO, WA, MO, MN, WI and nearly in NM, places where the demographics clearly favored the longtime frontrunner.</p> <p>The conventional wisdom won’t last to the convention and it’s time to state the obvious: let the King of Kona meet the Overlord of Arizona! The Rumble will humble the tumbleweed and narrow the marrow of Old Saguaro.</p> With my Valentine’s Day grandson, I have yet another reason to believe ‘we can’ take our country back to move it forward. Past the pundits. Past the pessimists. Past the pompous princes of poupon. Past the plunder and blunder and blasphemy thunder.

Since my endorsed and favored candidates left the arena, I’ve resisted endorsing anyone, but, despite demographics, I’ve seen upsets in IA, CT, ME, CO, WA, MO, MN, WI and nearly in NM, places where the demographics clearly favored the longtime frontrunner.

The conventional wisdom won’t last to the convention and it’s time to state the obvious: let the King of Kona meet the Overlord of Arizona! The Rumble will humble the tumbleweed and narrow the marrow of Old Saguaro.

]]> By: BigRsmallc http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/20/that-indefinable-it-factor/#comment-1285774 BigRsmallc Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:45:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/20/that-indefinable-it-factor/#comment-1285774 <p>9/11 had a negative impact, paving the way for Bush’s abuses and for cynical enabling by politicians like Clinton who responded to the gust of support for war by waving like a flag and handing Bush the bullets. What we are seeing now is a wide spectrum backlash against corruption and cynical exploitation of largely phony ideological differences as a substitute for real achievement. </p> <p>We’ve finally shaken off 9/11 and we’re starting to come to grips with a post-manufacturing economy that looks bleak and a government bereft of vision where politicians from both sides cut deals with special interests. That’s why Obama is attracting support from capital-L liberals, small-c conservatives, and independents. We’re sick and tired of America being sick and tired.</p> 9/11 had a negative impact, paving the way for Bush’s abuses and for cynical enabling by politicians like Clinton who responded to the gust of support for war by waving like a flag and handing Bush the bullets. What we are seeing now is a wide spectrum backlash against corruption and cynical exploitation of largely phony ideological differences as a substitute for real achievement.

We’ve finally shaken off 9/11 and we’re starting to come to grips with a post-manufacturing economy that looks bleak and a government bereft of vision where politicians from both sides cut deals with special interests. That’s why Obama is attracting support from capital-L liberals, small-c conservatives, and independents. We’re sick and tired of America being sick and tired.

]]> By: puravida http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/20/that-indefinable-it-factor/#comment-1285757 puravida Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:34:37 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/20/that-indefinable-it-factor/#comment-1285757 <p>SanderO, your post awaits upstairs…</p> SanderO, your post awaits upstairs…

]]> By: Christy Hardin Smith http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/20/that-indefinable-it-factor/#comment-1285755 Christy Hardin Smith Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:31:28 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/20/that-indefinable-it-factor/#comment-1285755 <p>Whomever it may be, let’s be sure it isn’t McCain, shall we?</p> Whomever it may be, let’s be sure it isn’t McCain, shall we?

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