Comments on: Teabaggers Attacking Democrats: Welcome To the Steny Show

By: Leen

Leen — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:53:10 +0000

Rachel Maddow has far more power than “all of us” Showing the same damn clip of the Obama beer summit the same evening she could have at least given the Health Care Now Rally would not have been asking too much

TarheeDem ” I guess all of us have sold out” You might think about speaking for yourself.

I think Rachel sold out on being fair and balance on this one.

By: TarheelDem

TarheelDem — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:16:10 +0000

How much time have bloggers spent on the “birthers” and Gates/Crowley? And how much promoting the Healthcare Now March and Rally?

And didn’t the Congressional Progressive Caucus step on the story by having their press conference at the same time?

I guess all of us have sold out.

By: FrankPotato

FrankPotato — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:54:13 +0000

Doggett handled the scurrilous attacks in just the right way - use the nastiness to show how horrible GOP astroturfers are when it comes to caring for some of our most vulnerable citizens. Can you say “Jujitsu“

By: Leen

Leen — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:08:27 +0000

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/05/30-2
Still, single payer has been largely dismissed from serious discussion on the national level as politically infeasible.

“It’s off the table in Washington because of the politics,” said Laurence Baker, associate professor of health research and policy at Stanford University.

Health insurers and drugmakers have contributed millions of dollars to members of Congress. One of the top recipients of that money, said Consumer Watchdog, an advocacy group based in Santa Monica, was Sen. Max Baucus, D-Montana, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, who was running the hearings when the arrests took place this month. He accepted $413,000 in drug and health insurance campaign contributions during that time.

By: brendanx

brendanx — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:07:53 +0000

Thanks.

By: Leen

Leen — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:02:49 +0000

RAchel has clearly sold out. How much time has she spent on the “birthers” “beer summit”

They all missed that Health Care summit rally and then Matthews had the balls to ask “where are the folks from the other side” last night.(looking for the clip)

How in the hell did they miss this? They were just all too fucking drumk at the Obama beer summit coverage. Thank goodness for FDL and the blogosphere. If you were watching the MSM that day you did not hear a peep about this rally except for C-Span

http://www.healthcare-now.org/.....yer-rally/

By: Bluetoe2

Bluetoe2 — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:56:42 +0000

The Republicans along with their Blue Cross Dems have once again played Obama and the Dems for chumps. They’ve gamed the “system” a la the Brooks Brothers Riots knowing the media will give them favorable coverage as proof that the American public does not want healthcare reform. Only until the left takes the corporate media head on the right wing will continue drive the agenda and “policies.”

By: TarheelDem

TarheelDem — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:54:56 +0000

You were too well behaved. Or there were not 10 million of you.

And you mistake what Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, and Ed Shultz are doing and what their limits are. Unlike Lou Dobbs, they do not have totally free rein with their shows. They are obligated to put on wingnuts; Ed has his Tom Tancredo and Ron Christie and Michael Medved quota, for example.

Good behavior and only a thousand in DC do not drive ratings. It sucks, but it’s true. To elevate a few thousand well-behaved people pushing for real healthcare reform would not raise ratings, and putting on something that does not raise ratings would be criticized as propagandizing. We don’t have a FoxNews that we can go to.

By: TarheelDem

TarheelDem — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:48:12 +0000

One would have thought that they would have learned from the Iraq War vote. When you fold, you have a political target painted on you.

The Blue Dogs need to wise up and realize that if they pass something real and stand up against the money-brokers and the intimidation, they will start having a Democratic district instead of a marginal Republican one.

Political culture is not set in stone. Especially in swing districts. The Republicans know this; that’s why they are fighting tooth and nail to stop healthcare reform.

My prediction. After the 2010 election, Steny Hoyer either dramatically changes or is no longer leader of the Democratic caucus.

By: cbl2

cbl2 — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:30:17 +0000

have you gone over to the regional spots like Blue Virginia, or Not Larry Sabato ? you might want to try Moran’s facebook page as well and there’s always your local Precinct Captain

and back to Jane’s point about HCAN yesterday - this well publicized event is not in their ‘events’ database yet