Republicans I Respect
I like to think of myself as having the capacity to appreciate and respect people that I disagree with politically. John McCain used to be one of those people. Every once in a while he would throw a...
View ArticleJohn McCain: Ill-advised, Stupid, or Insane? w/ Poll
This morning John McCain appeared on National Public Radio, and five minutes into an interview he uttered this jaw-dropper:Senator Obama has no experience whatsoever. NPR story and audioListen to the...
View ArticleBelievers Can Believe Again
I think I keep writing essentially the same diary over and over again. It’s not that I’m trying to make a point that can’t be accepted—it’s more like I’m trying to comprehend for myself (and anyone...
View ArticleSign me up for a 12-Step Program
I created an account on DailyKos just before the 2004 election, but didn’t post much. I’m user # 27,556. After the election, I was so disheartened that I didn’t log in for months. I drifted away to...
View ArticleThere is no such thing as a low information voter
Let’s face it, and lets quit lying to ourselves and others in a charade that tries to make us feel better. There is no such thing as a "low information voter." If people have the capacity to access...
View ArticleI'm Feeling Very Old
I’m 46—just a few years above the median age on DailyKos—but I’m feeling mighty old these days.When Bill Clinton became the first Democrat elected President in 16 years in 1992, I was 30 years old. I...
View ArticleConservatism Never Fails
In late 2005, just a few months after the horror of Katrina and the GOP’s absurd contortions to try and place the blame elsewhere, some of America’s most astute political analysts finally began to sort...
View ArticleI Consider Myself Lucky: An Unemployment Story
One Friday morning when I went into work in August 2002, a rarely used office near the entrance of my company’s suite had the light on and the door open. That was unusual. As I got a little closer, I...
View ArticleThe Right Person at the Right Time
I woke up this morning to NPR laying out all the pitfalls and parochial political interests that were awaiting Barack Obama in his dealings with the international community on his first foreign trip,...
View ArticleThey Took Their Swing, Now It’s Our Turn at Bat
The Republican media machine-- supported by the full weight of Fox News, Talk Radio, conservative bloggers, and word of mouth of the 28%ers—tried to take their best swing against Obama, Progressives...
View ArticleDamn You, Obama!
"Damn you, Barack Obama! You’re not Clark Kent with a tan! You’re not gay! You’re not Bernie Sanders!! You’re not an idealist with 10 or 12 rigid, unyielding progressive positions that you’re...
View ArticleThe Can-Opener Gourmet
A few years ago I thought about writing a cook book based on my travels and living with a chef from a major Chicago restaurant. The idea never came to fruition in print. During a prolonged period of...
View ArticlePreying on Tycoon Fantasies
Whenever someone asks me, usually with a voice filled with frustration, "Why do so many lower-middle class whites vote against their own economic self interests by supporting Republicans?" I have...
View ArticleMidwest High-Speed Rail
The following diary includes sections that were submitted as a Letter to the Editor to the Bloomington-Normal PantagraphIt’s long past time for the citizens, press, politicians, and business leaders of...
View Article"Tweeners Like Me
I was only about seven years old, but I remember as clear as day a miniscule moment from a weekend that I spent with my step-father some time around 1969. Me and my half-bother (my step-father’s son)...
View ArticleDéjà vu all over again
You know the vague, haunting feeling that you’ve been through something before? The nagging sense that everything going on around you is a re-play of some hazy memory, experience, or...
View ArticleAmerica the Ungovernable
Of the top three dozen or so industrialized nations of the world, the United States stands alone in its refusal to provide health care to its citizens through some sort of government intervention. We...
View ArticleNew Health Care Poll: We're Losing!
The absolutely non-partisan polling firm of Anecdotal & Hearsay, Inc.* have released a revealing new poll that sheds light on Americans’ feelings about the health care debate. This poll was...
View ArticleAn Obamabot View on Next Week
I am an Obamabot. I sip Kool Aid all day, listening to recordings of his best speeches, mouthing the words. I recommend all the diaries that show glitzy pictures of his unbelievably cute family. I...
View ArticleDaily Dish Gives The Perfect Analysis
A Daily Dish reader wrote, and Andrew Sullivan printed one of the most perfect summations of the 2009 Republican Party that I've read anywhere. I don't know who the reader is (Sullivan doesn't credit...
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