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Moral Values: an Illustrated Comparison

The Republicans are supposedly the party of faith-based initiatives. 1000 points of light. Private charitable giving helping out the poor and needy, rather than mandated income redistribution by...

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Save the Estate Tax (w/flyer & Talking Points)

click here for .PDF fileThe President likes to talk about how 9/11 changed everything. So do congressional Republicans.But it hasn't changed their thinking.Republicans have continued to cut taxes for...

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Getting Biblical on Bush

I got an email from Doug Muder, better known around these parts as Pericles...Somebody at jumpingfish did a poem on the fall of Bush and I was inspired to mix and match a few translations of Isaiah 14....

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Conason Eviscerates Bush

At the moment I'm writing this, the top Recommended Diary is titled "Newsweek Castrates Bush". I feel like Crocadile Dundee: "You call that a knife? This is a knife!":Four years after 9/11, we know...

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What a piece of work is Mehlman?

On Sunday's "Meet the Press", while waiting for someone with a lick of sense to appear, I was treated to the spectacle of the Chairman of the GOP, Ken Mehlman as he attempted to apply a wide range of...

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Howard Dean's Holiday Radio Address

From Democrats.org Washington, DC -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean delivered this weeks Democratic Radio Address. In his remarks, Dean extended holiday greetings and offered the...

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Progressive Values (A work in progress)

At one of our formative DFA steering committee meetings, months ago, we had just created our mission statement, which is: Sonoma County Democracy for America's mission is to develop and sustain a...

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The Next Howard Dean

I'm not here to sing the praises of Howard Dean. Chairman Dean has garnered plenty of adoration around these parts. This diary is all about the next Howard Dean. Republicans and Democrats embody...

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Talking Points for Beginners

I don't know about you, but I'm getting tired of hearing GOP talking points coming from the media only to be met with impotent responses from our leaders. It's especially damn frustrating when they buy...

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Crashing the Gate: The Motion Picture

For some reason, I've got the movies on my mind. And it's clear that in spite diminishing box office, the movies are "where it's at". Nobody reads anymore - you can tell that by the way Americans vote:...

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Thoughts of Mexico on Passover

Passover began on sunset last night, and although I'm not a devout Jew, this is a holiday that always resonated with me because it is a tale of liberation. But it's also a story of not forgetting one's...

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Wherein Malacandra responds to Swami Beyondananda

A few weeks ago, Steve Bhaerman, better known in some parts as Swami Beyondananda, proposed in an article posted on OpEdNews.com an action  he called "Empty Envelopes for Empty Promises", the gist of...

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Bush: "It's like a tax"

I was just driving home from a late lunch, listening to my local news radio station when they played a clip from President Bush, who had just made some remarks at Cisco Systems in Palo Alto today.  The...

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My California Democratic Convention Report

I wish every Democrat or progressive could attend a California Democratic Party convention.  CDP delegates come in every ethnicity, religion, height, weight, gender and economic class. The convention...

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They'll take me to jail tomorrow.

Tomorrow they're coming for me, at 10:00am.  There will be a knock on the door (my doorbell hasn't worked in years). I'll slowly, tentatively open the door... and offer my wrists to them. I'm going to...

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CA-06: Progressive Champion in Congress in Danger

One of the most progressive voices in Congress is fighting a primary challenge from a very regressive "DINO" who is being very well funded by Republican donors. You may not hear much about...

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Bush Is Over! (If you want it) - Going Viral on Impeachment

Yes, I know... we're never going to get Bush impeached while there's a Republican congress. And I know... Bush is just a symptom of the greater problem of right-wing ideology in this country. But in...

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We Band of Bloggers

This story shall the good man teach his son;     And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,     From this day to the ending of the world,     But we in it shall be remembered-     We few, we happy few, we...

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Republicans: The Party of Cut and Run

Karl Rove recently tried to smear Democrats as wanting to "cut and run" in Iraq. The Republicans can't own up to how poorly this war was conceived and executed, so a "cut and run" libel is all they've...

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Hold Bush Accountable: Act Now to Stop Specter's Bill.

This diary is cribbed from FireDogLake because it deserves the attention and action of all Kossacks. It's crucial. It may be the most important political action you can take this year, and it's just a...

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Dick Cheney: Malevolent Clown

It's long past time to fully recognize Dick Cheney for what he really is. A Clown. A malevolent clown to be sure. A scary clown. A clown of the "Can't Sleep, Clowns Will Eat Me" variety. But...

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Howard Dean - "Playing Offense"

The DNC emailed out a new fundraising appeal and it's highlighting something that I think we've all been noticing over the few days: Democrats on the offense. Speaking out more forcefully against this...

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They're trying to sell us a tiger

I was working at my computer in the back room when my two dogs started barking like crazy, which is typically how I know that someone has arrived at my front door. I sprinted to my door and was...

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Democrats warn Republicans of GOP Website Flaw

I haven't seen this written about here, and I find it kind of amusing because it's a microcosm of American politics, in general... THE US DEMOCRATIC National Committee has written to its opposite...

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Republicans: Unsafe at any Speed

One of the most persistent myths of this administration is that they are strong on national security. In 2004 they brazenly suggested that if John Kerry was elected, the terrorists would strike again....

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The GOP Calls in Sick on Tuesday

WASHINGTON - NOV 7, 2006 :  The Republican party requested medical leave from today's election, providing a note from its doctor.To whom it may concern, I am the family physician for the Republicans,...

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Howard Dean Must Go!

Now that the Democratic debacle of the 2006 election is behind us, it's time to take stock of our future as a party, look at what mistakes were made, identify those responsible, and hold them...

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Grassroots ChickenHawks

"Some of you in the DNC may see us as barbarians at the gate.Some of us see ourselves as the cavalry. The truth is, we are fresh horses."That was me two years ago, speaking to a room packed with DNC...

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A Note to Bush & Co on a Matter of Some Consequences

"In nature there are neither rewards not punishments--there are consequences."George, Dick, Alberto, Condi... and the rest of the Bush Administration,We here at the DailyKos have watched with keen...

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Exploding the "Partisan Witch Hunt" Frame

The investigations are starting... and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see how the apologists for the Bush administration are going to try to undermine the findings... or even the process of any...

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Don't Mourn: Organize

This will be the shortest diary I've ever written on dKos... but I think it warrants a diary rather than being a comment.The Senate vote on FISA is shocking and disheartening, but if we're standing...

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So, I called my lobbyist

At the Yearly Kos presidential forum, when John Edwards asked the crowd "How many people in this room have a Washington lobbyist working for you?", I was among the very few whose hand went up in...

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"Chemotherapy is off the Table"

Imagine this scenario:Patient: "Doctor, you know those "Seven Warning Signs of Cancer"? I've got five of them."Doctor: "OK, I'll order an extensive panel of tests... it's clear that something bad is...

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A Whiter Shade of Powell

We skipped out on Osama Looked to Baghdad for our war I was feeling trepidatious When the General took the floorThe press was clapping harder Opposition had no say Those who called for more inspections...

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A Brief Message to Democrats in Congress from the Base

Hi. I know you're very busy and important people, so we'll be brief.In 2006, Democratic activists in the netroots and grassroots collaborated to successfully oust Richard Pombo, a 7 term Republican...

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An "Old-Timer" Speaks in Praise of Daily Kos

This is a heavily edited expansion of a long comment I made, but I think it deserves its own diary.I just want to say something about the tone of Daily Kos. First, let me say that I'm not going...

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When Talking Points Fail

Today we've seen two pretty significant examples of Republicans being challenged on their use of the kind of rhetoric that's become predictably commonplace lately.The first instance took place on the...

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BREAKING: President Bush Does Something Right

I know you're skeptical... but I have proof.President Bush yesterday signed legislation into law that will bar health insurance companies or employers from denying or canceling coverage, hiking...

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Dear Nancy & Harry: Your Next Task - Revive the Sedition Act!

Most historians regard the Alien and Sedition Acts as among the most shameful travesties ever passed by Congress. This isn't the first time in American history that Congress was willing to ignore those...

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Cindy McCain's Speech to the GOP Convention (leaked)

Thank you!  Thank you very much! [wave] [remember to smile]  Thank you!I'm here because I want to tell you something about the man I love, the man who will be the next President of the United States,...

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Bush Administration to protect Vegetarians of Conscience

The Bush administration's department of Health and Human Services recently proposed a new regulation to allow health care workers who oppose abortion to deny legal services that conflict with their...

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The Content of His Character

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King...

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The Case for Dean as H&HS Secretary

There's a diary up about the case for Sebelius as chair of H&HS.  I'd like to make a counter-argument in favor of Howard Dean.Yes, Dean has been exceptional as chair of the DNC, and I was a very...

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What it's like to have a President who Inspires the World

We've seen the outpouring of support for Barack Obama internationally: the huge crowd he attracted in Berlin, the photos of people across the world celebrating his election. Dancing in the streets,...

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A Benediction for America

May we live in an America where preachers are more concerned with ending poverty than ending gay marriage. And where parishioners "defend marriage" by tending to their own.May we live in an America...

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A list of conservatives forced to resign because of Left Wing indignation

In the wake of the resignation of Van Jones, I think it would be helpful to look at historical precedents, so that we can keep this in perspective.Therefore, for your consideration, is a list of...

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A Solution to the "Debt Crisis": America Divorces the Wealthiest 5%

Sometimes when a relationship goes bad, there's nothing else to be done. America has given and given and given to the wealthy, and it just hasn't worked out.We want a divorce.  And as a result, we get...

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10 Years at Daily Kos

It was 10 years ago today that I first discovered the Daily Kos. I have this date documented because of an email I sent that day to a colleague upon discovering this place: it was an oasis during the...

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A Time Capsule Honoring the Dean Campaign's 10th Anniversary

For progressive Democrats, the 2003-2004 campaign of Howard Dean was a pivotal moment, and June 23rd, will be the 10th anniversary of his official campaign declaration. It is no understatement to say...

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Regulations and Their Horrible Detractors

I've been hearing Republicans denounce regulations for over 40 years. I virtually never hear Democrats defend them, which is too bad because it's not a hard case to make. And they really ought to:...

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