"Revenge of the Reality-Based Community" - Not the Party of Lincoln anymore

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Wednesday November 28, 2012 · 9:17 AM PST

2012/11/28 · 09:17

Upon following Sharon Wraight's recommended diary, "Revenge of the Reality-Based Community": must-read article by ex-GOP partisan Bruce Bartlett to the interesting subject article, I got inspired to weigh in from the perspective of someone who was also once on the inside, of the culture of the Southern Strategy, that is. I rarely make time to start a diary, but these thoughts have been on my mind for years, and Bartlett's cognitive dissonance finally prompted me to get this off my chest. I posted a long comment there, and then realized it might be worthy of it's own diary. Below the croissant is my reply to Bartlett.

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Thursday June 17, 2010 · 4:13 PM PDT

2010/06/17 · 16:13

The title says it all. This is our silver bullet, if we can figure out how to use it.

As an alternative to the current food-fight, I'd like to try to offer something constructive. Here's an idea that I haven't yet seen or heard discussed. Being overseas, I rely on podcasts for my media fix, so I'm usually half a day behind the flux. I was listening to last night's Rachel Maddow show on the way home today, and I had an epiphany while listening to her brilliant, but ultimately fruitless, revision of Obama's oval office address.

The thing we need to unite the folks who feel as Rachel and I do, is unified, good, consistent messaging. I'm not a genius at messaging, but I'm certain we could get a lot of mileage out of one simple, familiar message, repeated ad infinitum: "Deepwater Horizon changed everything." Follow me after the break if you're willing to be convinced.

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Friday January 28, 2005 · 8:46 AM PST

2005/01/28 · 08:46

Today's post on Larry Lessig's blog is a real inspiration to all of us in such need. Democracy is alive and well in the world, if not exactly here in the model of freedom and democracy for the world <cough>. The photo is worth as much as the words, so in the interest of expanding Lessig's readership, go check it out:

Lessig Blog

It helps to remember that it is precisely because of things like this that the fascists in power here dislike the incumbent administration in Brazil. We, and the good people of Brazil, must be watchful for any covert mischief that may be perpetrated to try to undermine the status quo in Brazil.

On 'rationing' of health care -- slap this down

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Thursday October 14, 2004 · 11:20 AM PDT

2004/10/14 · 11:20

I haven't seen this, and it didn't turn up in a search, so here I go with my very first diary... No breaking news or new conspiracy theories here, but people should be informed.

Last night, in rebuttal to the question about Kerry's health care plan, Bush took the opportunity to deliver one of his campaign's carefully crafted scare lines, that it would lead to "rationing". I've heard this same line several times already from his surrogates. This is on their hit parade and needs to be slapped down.

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On 'rationing' of health care -- slap this down