I'm heading to the Clinton Global Initiative for a few hours before going back to DC for the debate. One thing to note is just how wankerous the Democratic leaders including Obama are being in this crisis. I'm glad McCain and the House GOP blew up this deal, and frankly, the notion that Obama is acting like an adult by wanting to give $700B to Wall Street is nauseatingly stupid. Note that Democratic leaders are all equally angry that McCain pulled out and praising Obama for being 'serious'. It's just more evidence that Obama's people represent zero change from the Democratic status quo. Even with the $700B number completely pulled out of thin air and an election in 40 days, these fuckers can't bring themselves to control their obviously showing boners at a possible bipartisan deal and let the voters make a damned decision for once. This crisis has been good for Obama's electoral chances and all the downticket Democrats, so you'd think the Democrats would play this for all its worth.
Nope. They hate politics. They hate it and wish it would just go away so they can cut a deal without those pesky voters. It's really pathetic. They also won't realize that Republicans don't agree with us on most stuff, as Sirota noted in his post yesterday. They aren't interested in solving this, they are proudly racist and selfish and want a monarchy built on those values. They need to be fought. Why do Democratic leaders keep extending a presumption of good faith to this faction of illiberalism? They don't believe in good faith, they think Democrats are evil chumps.
So watch, again, as Lucy puts the football down for Obama to kick.
The pistol-packing Sarah Palin is the party's new housewife saint, a cross between Annie Oakley and Joan of Arc. If elected, she will be a heartbeat from the presidency. One of McCain's old friends in Washington told me the senator has serious but so far undisclosed ailments. Americans had better think hard about President Palin from Alaska.
A friend who works on broadway told me you don't spend $5000 on makeup without getting prosthetics in there. This is a very serious story that isn't getting attention.
The progressive wing of the House Democratic caucus reacted angrily Thursday evening to the news that Barack Obama opposes attempts to add bankruptcy reform to the Wall Street bailout bill.
Obama is backtracking on this, I hear. But we'll see.
I'm hearing there are lots of IE ads in the works, but the money's not there yet. Surprise surprise, Democratic big dollar donors are acting like the selfish narcissists that characterize the rest of the party. Republican donors wouldn't tolerate the shit Obama would force them to eat, they'd tell McCain to go fuck himself and spend the money anyway on defining his opponent and Congressional challengers. Merkley is facing $500k of Freedom's Watch money, Darcy's facing some Chamber cash, Shaheen's getting pounded, etc. With no pushback from our side. Thanks, Democracy Alliance! Great job structuring all your money to be c3 driven, I bet you saved a lot by taking tax deductions. On the other hand, having no political money lets the Republicans screw up this bailout, so you probably lost a lot more of it as the dollar and the markets tank.
Why aren't Democratic candidates being harder edged on the bailout? I learned last night that it's because a lot of their donors have money in the stock market, and a lot of them are afraid that if there's no bailout their constituents will lose jobs.
Democrats Mike Capuano an Bob Brady continue to be morons about letting House members use youtube.
Here's Gore playing armchair revolutionary.
Hey Al, why not actually work with the people willing to engage in these kinds of actions instead of throwing contracts to the Glover Park Group? Oh wait, that would require you going outside your politician comfort zone and changing your own behavior. God forbid anyone ask Gore to change his behavior, it's up to civilizations to change, not Al Gore.
Yes, I'm in a rabble rousing mood and not particularly inclined to be nice about it. As the Cunning Realist, a Wall Street guy, asks, "is the ballot box part of the solution?
Hell yes, it is. The solution starts with the voters. With us. With democracy. And it shouldn't a surprise that online, which is a democratic medium, the pushback against this piece of shit deal has been ferocious.
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