Crooks and Liars Book Chat

by: Mike Lux

Fri Feb 06, 2009 at 13:00

I'm chatting about my new book, The Progressive Revolution, with Nicole Belle over at Crooks and Liars right now (1 PM EST) for the next hour. Nicole tells me she's worked up some really challenging questions about the lack of progressive leadership in Congress, the legacy of Tom Paine, "post-partisanship", and more.

Stop on over and say hi.

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Watching CSPAN (0.00 / 0)

John McCain just came out and railed against "spending" and the bill and how it's too much spending and whatever.

...and applause exploded from up in the galley...not from other Senators...but people watching.

Why the hell would anyone applaud that? Are there seriously people out there who think we shouldn't spend any money? What is wrong with this country?

by: NFR83 @ Fri Feb 06, 2009 at 12:04:52 PM CST

who cares about what the senate gallery did? (0.00 / 0)

by: The Big Hurt @ Fri Feb 06, 2009 at 12:22:22 PM CST

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the media probably (0.00 / 0)

I wouldn't be surprised to see them use it as a way to spin that the public hates spending.

They've been doing it all week.

by: NFR83 @ Fri Feb 06, 2009 at 12:25:19 PM CST

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then you develop a better communication strategy (0.00 / 0)

keep saying things like

'education spending isn't wasteful spending'

'infrastructure spending creates jobs'

'tax cuts proposed by the gop will be stashed away'

also keep hammering that

Public Support for Stimulus Package Unchanged at 52%'
http://www.gallup.com/poll/114...

the spending multipliers paul has written many diaries on

if you stay silent, the public can only start going against you

by: The Big Hurt @ Fri Feb 06, 2009 at 13:02:01 PM CST

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We need to get on the air first (0.00 / 0)

We need to attract attention, like Krugman did today by titling his article "On the Edge"...it got him airtime.

Slightly OT: Is anyone watching John Kerry on the floor of the Senate...where the fuck was this guy in 2004?

by: NFR83 @ Fri Feb 06, 2009 at 13:12:42 PM CST

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I think what we ultimately need is TV channel like the Rs (0.00 / 0)

by: The Big Hurt @ Fri Feb 06, 2009 at 18:34:28 PM CST

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