First Tuesday of November...

The upcoming election really concerns me. I'm worried that democrats will stay home and that the teabaggers will take over. We will then be doomed to the same policies and mind-sets that got us into the deep economic mess in the first place.

I wonder though, where were the teabaggers when we started two wars under false pretenses? Where were the teabaggers when unregulated spending brought our national debt four trillion dollars into the red under GWBush? That was a seventy-two percent increase, the largest increase under any president, and what did we get for it? Nothing more than special treats for the ultra rich, while the poor starved and the middle class disappeared.

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Permalink Reply by Fang1944 on October 27, 2010 at 10:38am

So the woman is politically active and environmentally conscious?

She wants to get us off coal? That would indicate that she has normal good judgment.

She stood up for the oppressed people of Tibet? Good for her. We need more like her.

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Permalink Reply by Charles Lane on October 27, 2010 at 10:23pm

Hey, this Moveon.org professional protester is that an astroturfer?

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Permalink Reply by Charles Lane on October 27, 2010 at 9:38am

Oh, so Honest Obe has NOT made any comments that would fire up his base... That is weird...

OBAMA: I am president. I'm not king. I can't do these things just by myself. If Latinos sit out the election instead of saying we're gonna punish our enemies and we're gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us, if they don't see that kind of upsurge in voting in this election, then I think it's going to be harder, and that's why I think it's so important that people focus on voting on November 2nd.

There he is bemoaning that he is not king, asking Latinos to punish their enemies, the great unifier who has, in truth, come to divide.

They bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun. They hit us, we hit twice as hard. He's a great unifier. This is your great postpartisan, postracial, post-whatever. And he referred specifically to Republicans like McCain, those aren't the kinds of folks who represent our core American values. I mean this is tribalism, this is divide, divide, divide. If you don't punish our enemies by showing up to vote, support what I'm for, then you don't get any rewards from me. That's what he's telling them. The mask, the camouflage, it came off. This back of the bus remark, this go punish your enemies stuff, this shows how race obsessed Barack Obama is.

Obviously, the only thing going on here is incivility, and it's being led and inspired by the White House. Now, how did he get health care not being a king? How did he get stimulus, bailouts, takeovers, student loans? Why couldn't he get immigration, Latinos? If he got all that other stuff, not being a king, how come he didn't get what you want, Latinos? He could have. He could have gotten immigration just like he got health care. I mean nobody wanted health care and he still got it. He coulda gotten your issue of immigration. Why didn't he? You Latinos need to be asking yourselves this question. Why didn't he? 'Cause you were in the back of the bus. The issues bus, you're in the back. He figures all it's gonna take is it looking like he cares. To get your vote all it's gonna take is to make it look like he's for immigration reform the way you want. All he's gotta do is sue Arizona and you'll vote for him.

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Permalink Reply by Mary Chestnut on October 27, 2010 at 6:22pm

I've been gone for days. I hadn't had the chance to celebrate the victory that I expect - not political, but personal, and so tonight I AM celebrating. That means that I may have had a little more VikingFjord vodka than I normally allow myself, and so I apologize in advance. But I tell you this - I read your comments and all I can say is this: You are a fucking moron!

See why I apologize? I try to restrain myself, but this is beyond my control. Really?

You are a fucking MORON!@!!!@

(Have another drink, Mary Chestnut.) (Yes, I think I will.)

(oops - I almost called myself by my real name. SHIT!!)

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Permalink Reply by Che Pancho Villa on October 27, 2010 at 6:46pm

Now, now Mary - don't let the booze turn you into one of us jerks that revel in calling each other unsavory names. Hey, I think Nancy Pelosi is a hot chick considering her age; but maybe I have been drinking too.