Obama, it's time to LEAD on healthcare... if it isn't too late.

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Thursday September 03, 2009 · 10:21 AM PDT

2009/09/03 · 10:21

I'm sick and tired of "trial balloons."

We elected Obama to lead, and we and the congressional progressive caucus have only been following the lead that he presented during the campaign. He campaigned in support of a public option. Any backing-off on that option now represents a leader unwilling to lead.

I'm sick and tired of waiting for congress to craft "bi-partisan" legislation, when one of the parties has clearly stated, time and again, that they flat-out will not support the kind of legislation we actually need.

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Thursday July 02, 2009 · 12:19 PM PDT

2009/07/02 · 12:19

Yup! That'll solve all the GOP's problems... better commercials!

Some background & full disclosure -- I'm an actor, working (luckily) in Los Angeles. I've made my living mainly from commercials and regional theater for the last ten years. It's a profession that without union protection would be unfathomable in this day and age.

So imagine my surprise when I saw this posted on one of the casting sites (see below the fold):

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Monday June 01, 2009 · 11:11 AM PDT

2009/06/01 · 11:11

...judging from what he was actually doing at the time he was murdered. Serving (volunteering) in church is one of the tenets of the Christian faith.

(This diary started as a comment on another diary that was a response to Pastordan's diary. It got too long to remain a comment)

As a 5-year long Progressive Christian and a life-long liberal, I'm offended by the generalization of an entire faith. Frankly, that's the same thing Ashcroft did to Muslims after 9/11. There are serious debates and huge theological disagreements within Christianity, just as there is in any community, even here at DK (witness the recent banning of a popular individual).

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Saturday August 09, 2008 · 10:58 AM PDT

2008/08/09 · 10:58

I'm serious. It's a slam dunk.

There is probably no better-liked woman in the country right now than Elizabeth Edwards. She gets the votes for courage AND for sympathy. She has shown such grace and dignity in the face of multiple tragedies, and her statement here yesterday (still on the rec list) is proof of her profound integrity.

In addition, she may be the only female veep candidate that could quickly satisfy the Hillary hangers-on that still want Hillary and may see any other female choice as an insult rather than a testament.

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Tsunami

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Landslide

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Miracle

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The veep choice doesn't matter one bit

11 votes

Doesn't matter - The Republicans will steal this one (just like the last two) no matter what

23 votes

Ron Paul Interview - crazy!

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Thursday December 13, 2007 · 2:43 PM PST

2007/12/13 · 14:43

Alright, this isn't so much a diatribe for or against any particular candidate (I still haven't picked a horse in this fight - no one inspires me to go to work the way Dean did at the CA Dem Convention in 2003 - how I yearn for Gore), as much as it is a pointer to a very funny satirical take on Ron Paul over at Hawke and Dove. Considering the attention his lunacy is getting on the main page today, I thought it appropriate to bring your attention to this particular podcast.

Excuse the interruption if you're having a busy day.

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Tuesday May 22, 2007 · 12:08 PM PDT

2007/05/22 · 12:08

Over at C&L today, John Amato posted about an NBC story asking if Rush has gotten away with his racist parody, "Barack the Magic Negro." It seems he has. In fact, I wrote a song about it which you can hear here.

Not that we've had anything else to focus on... Comey's testimony, Gonzo's continued perjury, Iraq, Iraq, Iraq, but I think we really have missed an opportunity to imus our fat friend (I believe we can use imus as a verb now).

Rush himself warned reporters on his show that there is "nothing there," and that if they researched this story "they'd be sorry," presumably because the term "Magic Negro" was originally spoken in reference to Barack in an LA Times Editorial and the term itself supposedly derives from Spike Lee. But this argument is basically the same as "it's okay for me to tell a racist joke if I heard it from a black man."

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Monday May 14, 2007 · 6:46 PM PDT

2007/05/14 · 18:46

It was inevitable. I had to do it. You can hear the song and read my full post over at my homepage. Please don't link directly to the song - but rather link to my homepage so I can track everything. A really, really appreciative thanks.

Recently a kind of uproar resulted in the blogosphere when Rush Limbaugh kept playing a so-called parody song, "Barack the Magic Nego" over and over again on his radio program. It struck me that Rush, at some level, was actually jealous of the attention Mr. Imus' ill-themed remark brought him. It's no secret that Rush has seen his ratings tank recently, especially in markets where he went head-to-head against Al Franken and Air America.

I give you the song, "Rush, the Racist Bigot," hosted here, with more extensive comments.

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Thursday November 16, 2006 · 10:40 AM PST

2006/11/16 · 10:40

Seriously, James, what the fuck? Read More

The Wool is thick

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Tuesday November 02, 2004 · 11:05 PM PST

2004/11/02 · 23:05

I'm saying it now. The wool is being pulled over our collective eyes. Ohio and Florida were the states relying the most on electronic voting machines. The fix is in. Tonight represents the death of American democracy. Hope you enjoyed it while it lasted.

The question is, will the American public stand for being rolled over and lubed up?

Framing the lives lost in Iraq

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Wednesday September 08, 2004 · 2:43 PM PDT

2004/09/08 · 14:43

1,000 lives lost.

Zero Weapons of Mass Destruction found.

You do the math.

Open letter to a DLC Clone

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Friday May 28, 2004 · 2:36 AM PDT

2004/05/28 · 02:36

To the man that accosted me at the end of tonight's Kerry meetup:

I made one comment that some progressives were unhappy with Kerry's rightward drift since securing the nomination. Though it is my belief that this drift represents conventional wisdom at its worst, and is not the path to a Kerry victory in November, I did not express it. I merely brought attention to the fact that there are many disenfranchised, progressive Democrats out there that Kerry is not reaching out to. This does not constitute an "attack" on the candidate, it is an observation.

In your attack on my character for calling attention to a problem you would rather ignore, you revel in the tactics used by our enemies. When you tell me that I should "toe the line" and fall in with support for John Kerry, and that progressives should "stay home," you are advocating the very disenfranchisement that cost the Democrats the 2002 midterm elections.

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