Obama the Compassionate Compromiser

August Pollack nails it: The 2012 Republican nomination race seems to be a battle over which candidate has the most proven record of being horrible to people. Thankfully, the president feels that we can reach a compromise and only kick people in the head instead of the balls. I am so ready to win the [...]

Obama on the Debt: Weaker Than Weak

Boehner walked away from debt talks with Obama.  Given how insanely far Obama has bent, this is madness.  Or maybe just good strategy. Obama has ruled out the simple answer, the constitutional option.  However that, coupled with how this damning quote (emphasis mine), slams home the reality that our President wants to sabotage his own [...]

Obama Says Gay Couples Deserve Rights, Just Not Right Now

Obama gingerly endorsed the rights of gay people, if they’d only wait a few more years or like a decade or two tops.  I’m pretty sure this is verbatim you guys: With cat-like tread, President Obama praised New York state lawmakers who were debating landmark legislation to legalize gay love and Jesus (to be balanced). As expected [...]

How Obama is Working Hard for President Huckabee or Romney

When President Obama was elected he had several key things going for him: He wasn’t the Republican heir to George W Bush He represented a party that stood for economic issues near and dear to the vast majority of the voting public He promised to cut down on lobbying and corruption He was a brilliant [...]

Interrogation Buddies: Cheney, Bush and … Obama?

Well this is a nasty surprise.  Cheney apparently likes parts of Obama’s record: “Cheney has kind of backed away lately, largely because Obama has met Bush and praised him when it comes to things like Afghanistan, the use of drones and interrogation,” said Bruce Buchanan, a political scientist at the University of Texas. Cheney and [...]

Obama to Get Even Cozier With Corporations

Via Digby the incredibly disheartening news that all signs point to Obama  pushing further towards the right as he approaches 2012: the White House will be strongly focused on better relationships with business over the next two years to ease the community’s fears about regulations. He’s off to a great start, tapping model corporate citizen [...]

Obama: Campaign Promises vs Actions

Clarence Jones has a thoughtful piece over at the Huffington Post on whether Obama has lived up to his campaign promises.  My friend Marco asked me to take a look at it, and a rather long email turned into this post. The article itself suggests Obama’s achievements with the stimulus, health care reform, and DADT [...]

Democrats Aren’t Democrats

Hahahha, time for a dose of reality dear readers! From the daily WTF pile over at Digby’s residence: Quick question for those who believe that criticism of the the president and the Dem leadership is what’s depressing the Democratic base: is this criticism a problem? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is giving Democratic candidates a free [...]

On Obama, Gay Marriage, and Prop 8

A Quick Hit: The parents of the President-Elect of the United States couldn’t have married in nearly one third of the states of the country their son grew up to lead. Now their son opposes Gay Marriage.  Prop 8 has been struck down, but this battle brings the fight to White House.  Obama must weigh [...]

Depressing Corporate Shit

Hello Dear Readers.  My my, its been a while since my last post.  How about something thoroughly soul crushing? Our Supreme Court has gone against the grain and showed us the appointment of Roberts and Alito won’t always lead to pro-corporate rulings by issuing a fucking ridiculous pro-corporate ruling: Exxon needn’t pay up for its [...]

Will We Get a Public Option?

That depends on you, dear reader. It looks like the White House really does oppose it (Majikthise). This sounds far more credible than I find comfortable. So what to do? Via Pandagon, Bitch Ph.D. has some suggestions: Lookie here: the Blue Dogs have a handy little “contact us” page. One imagines that if they, like [...]

Health Care Reform in a Nutshell

The Republicans are engaging in fascist tactics to repress town hall Democracy while spitting out the most vicious and fearful lies they can think up. The misnamed center straight up wants to kill health care reform. The Democrats are working to ensure whatever reform exists will have as little meaning as possible, keeping the control [...]

Health Insurance Denied

I’ve been denied health care coverage (Blue Cross and Celtic), for the crime of having prior conditions.  It is therefore with bitter attachment I watch our government fight over health care reform.  If they wanted to, Republicans and Democrats could join together and pass a simple bill: Insurers should not be allowed to pick and [...]

Why Sotomayor is the Perfect Obama Nominee

In an excellent post one 10 Things You Should Know (about Sotomayor), number 7 is quite revealing (Huffington Post): Sotomayor’s record on two key hot button cultural issues is thin. But, quite notably, her sole opinion regarding abortion was in line with the anti-abortion movement’s position. … That said, pro-choice groups hailed her nomination, with [...]

Obama’s GM Gaffe

Obama’s strong words on GM may come back to bite him (BBC): “Our auto industry is the foundation for economies all across the Midwest,” Mr Obama said. “Had we allowed GM or Chrysler simply to liquidate that would have been a huge anti-stimulus on the economy as a whole, and could have dragged us even [...]