Comments on: Contest Semifinals Day II: Vote for Member Who Just Won’t “Walk the Talk” http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/17/ontest-semifinals-day-ii-vote-for-member-who-just-won%e2%80%99t-%e2%80%9cwalk-the-talk%e2%80%9d/ Politics for liberal newsgeeks Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:37:02 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: FreeDem http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/17/ontest-semifinals-day-ii-vote-for-member-who-just-won%e2%80%99t-%e2%80%9cwalk-the-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-46507 FreeDem Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:22:04 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/17/ontest-semifinals-day-ii-vote-for-member-who-just-won%e2%80%99t-%e2%80%9cwalk-the-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-46507 <p>I am amazed. Did you think Obama was “the Answer” and now you are disappointed? So now you will sit on your hands and await the the next usurper who will save Bush from being the Worst Ever by being worse yet?</p> <p>Yes, when it was safe to do so I did vote for next worst option to send a not very coherent squeak, to bray my disapproval, but I knew then as now that if that person had actually won, the situation would have been little different than what we find now, especially as the Congress would be no different than now.</p> <p>The fight will never go to the folk not on the battlefield and the real battles are all but over by the November ballot. If you are not in the trenches where the fight is you are part of the problem. Ridding the Democrats of corporatist subversives is the fight and you can’t do that outside the party.</p> I am amazed. Did you think Obama was “the Answer” and now you are disappointed? So now you will sit on your hands and await the the next usurper who will save Bush from being the Worst Ever by being worse yet?

Yes, when it was safe to do so I did vote for next worst option to send a not very coherent squeak, to bray my disapproval, but I knew then as now that if that person had actually won, the situation would have been little different than what we find now, especially as the Congress would be no different than now.

The fight will never go to the folk not on the battlefield and the real battles are all but over by the November ballot. If you are not in the trenches where the fight is you are part of the problem. Ridding the Democrats of corporatist subversives is the fight and you can’t do that outside the party.

]]> By: ershaffer http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/17/ontest-semifinals-day-ii-vote-for-member-who-just-won%e2%80%99t-%e2%80%9cwalk-the-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-46387 ershaffer Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:16:17 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/17/ontest-semifinals-day-ii-vote-for-member-who-just-won%e2%80%99t-%e2%80%9cwalk-the-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-46387 <p>Jane, this is fun. But Americans already think politics is always about money. Sometimes it’s also about politics. And wee’re not engaged in enough of it. Waxman? Get serious. He’s successfully fought or negotiated away both pharma and tobacco. The reason Harman is holding the line on the public option - and I thought Thompson was too - is because constiuents have been targeting her in meetings in her office and demanding that she do it. We’re never going to beat the insurance industry when it comes to $ (the real problem on this issue; there will always be drugs; health insurance, not so much); I hope everyone voting here is also calling, writing and visiting their member of Congress and Senator.</p> Jane, this is fun. But Americans already think politics is always about money. Sometimes it’s also about politics. And wee’re not engaged in enough of it. Waxman? Get serious. He’s successfully fought or negotiated away both pharma and tobacco. The reason Harman is holding the line on the public option – and I thought Thompson was too – is because constiuents have been targeting her in meetings in her office and demanding that she do it. We’re never going to beat the insurance industry when it comes to $ (the real problem on this issue; there will always be drugs; health insurance, not so much); I hope everyone voting here is also calling, writing and visiting their member of Congress and Senator.

]]> By: SomeGuy http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/17/ontest-semifinals-day-ii-vote-for-member-who-just-won%e2%80%99t-%e2%80%9cwalk-the-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-46375 SomeGuy Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:55:48 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/17/ontest-semifinals-day-ii-vote-for-member-who-just-won%e2%80%99t-%e2%80%9cwalk-the-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-46375 <p>I vote for Harman. I think it is a toss up between Harman and Waxman.</p> I vote for Harman. I think it is a toss up between Harman and Waxman.

]]> By: SomeGuy http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/17/ontest-semifinals-day-ii-vote-for-member-who-just-won%e2%80%99t-%e2%80%9cwalk-the-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-46374 SomeGuy Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:17:05 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/17/ontest-semifinals-day-ii-vote-for-member-who-just-won%e2%80%99t-%e2%80%9cwalk-the-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-46374 <p>I would pick Harman or Waxman. I think she has a more conservative voting record than the others. I think Waxman might be good because he could help very much if he changed his mind or wanted to prove something. I think Clyburn will never go against President Obama. If he could spin it as the cost of backing President Obama I think it might even help him.</p> I would pick Harman or Waxman. I think she has a more conservative voting record than the others. I think Waxman might be good because he could help very much if he changed his mind or wanted to prove something. I think Clyburn will never go against President Obama. If he could spin it as the cost of backing President Obama I think it might even help him.

]]> By: cbl2 http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/17/ontest-semifinals-day-ii-vote-for-member-who-just-won%e2%80%99t-%e2%80%9cwalk-the-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-46368 cbl2 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:51:34 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/17/ontest-semifinals-day-ii-vote-for-member-who-just-won%e2%80%99t-%e2%80%9cwalk-the-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-46368 <p>hey firedogs,</p> <p>remember that sinking feeling you had when you saw that Barbara Boxer hiding in the candy store video ?!?!- well here we are . . . writ effin large. so many deserving candidates</p> <p>I vote for Eshoo. I haven’t read the comments yet, are there some constituents here ? surely they’d tell you how well regarded she is in the district - as Boxer is in Marin. she is thought of as a progressive. lots of friends in Palo Alto would be shocked by an overview of her record - and not just her love of all things AHIP, Med, & BioTech, - she’s been a real good friend to corporate Silicon Valley</p> <p>Crouching Progressive, Hidden Weasel</p> hey firedogs,

remember that sinking feeling you had when you saw that Barbara Boxer hiding in the candy store video ?!?!- well here we are . . . writ effin large. so many deserving candidates

I vote for Eshoo. I haven’t read the comments yet, are there some constituents here ? surely they’d tell you how well regarded she is in the district – as Boxer is in Marin. she is thought of as a progressive. lots of friends in Palo Alto would be shocked by an overview of her record – and not just her love of all things AHIP, Med, & BioTech, – she’s been a real good friend to corporate Silicon Valley

Crouching Progressive, Hidden Weasel

]]> By: pastfedup http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/17/ontest-semifinals-day-ii-vote-for-member-who-just-won%e2%80%99t-%e2%80%9cwalk-the-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-46363 pastfedup Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:08:42 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/17/ontest-semifinals-day-ii-vote-for-member-who-just-won%e2%80%99t-%e2%80%9cwalk-the-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-46363 <p>Voted for Eshoo. Something in the description of her tells me she’s a slimeball. Waxman was a close second, though. He seems to always talk big, then not deliver. He’s been there awhile and has accumulated some power; maybe it’s better to take down someone like him as a warning to others.</p> Voted for Eshoo. Something in the description of her tells me she’s a slimeball. Waxman was a close second, though. He seems to always talk big, then not deliver. He’s been there awhile and has accumulated some power; maybe it’s better to take down someone like him as a warning to others.

]]> By: shaw53 http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/17/ontest-semifinals-day-ii-vote-for-member-who-just-won%e2%80%99t-%e2%80%9cwalk-the-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-46357 shaw53 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:57:08 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/17/ontest-semifinals-day-ii-vote-for-member-who-just-won%e2%80%99t-%e2%80%9cwalk-the-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-46357 <p><strong><br /> ….POPO….</strong></p> <p>Promises Of a Public Option.</p>
….POPO….

Promises Of a Public Option.

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/17/ontest-semifinals-day-ii-vote-for-member-who-just-won%e2%80%99t-%e2%80%9cwalk-the-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-46355 SouthernDragon Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:49:09 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/17/ontest-semifinals-day-ii-vote-for-member-who-just-won%e2%80%99t-%e2%80%9cwalk-the-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-46355 <p>Right on!!! (((Baz)))</p> Right on!!! (((Baz)))

]]> By: oldtree http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/17/ontest-semifinals-day-ii-vote-for-member-who-just-won%e2%80%99t-%e2%80%9cwalk-the-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-46354 oldtree Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:48:12 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/17/ontest-semifinals-day-ii-vote-for-member-who-just-won%e2%80%99t-%e2%80%9cwalk-the-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-46354 <p>It is disgusting to think that Waxman would take money from scum when he will be reelected until he wants to quit. Waxman.</p> It is disgusting to think that Waxman would take money from scum when he will be reelected until he wants to quit. Waxman.

]]> By: TarheelDem http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/17/ontest-semifinals-day-ii-vote-for-member-who-just-won%e2%80%99t-%e2%80%9cwalk-the-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-46353 TarheelDem Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:33:27 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/17/ontest-semifinals-day-ii-vote-for-member-who-just-won%e2%80%99t-%e2%80%9cwalk-the-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-46353 <p>Eshoo</p> Eshoo

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