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Tonight Steve Hynd and I welcome our new co-host, Keith Boyea, who blogs about national security, veterans issues, and current affairs. (Josh Mull, who had the original idea for the podcast had to drop out due to work commitments. Big thanks to Josh for getting this started and rolling!) Show topics tonight Steve says, [...] “While it may be tempting for liberals to write this statement off as mere right-wing positioning, prominent liberal writers agree,”says Washington’s Blog, in a long, detailed post about Obama’s continual alliance with Wall Street Democrats against the rest of us. Obama never was on the liberal / progressive side. That’s the key point. He has [...] Carville unloads on Obama It’s pretty remarkable that the next election is going to boil down to a competition between the 2008 Republican presidential candidate and his vice presidential nominee. Obama being the 2012 Democrat equivalent of McCain and the Republican challenger being someone like Palin. It’s not that Obama is a socialist [...] Flickr rnyk If you’ve been watching the recent controversy over Cornel West’s statements that Obama is “a black mascot of Wall Street oligarchs and a black puppet of corporate plutocrats,” among other things, you have been witnessing an interesting phenomenon. What you are seeing – perhaps most prominently from West’s Princeton colleague Melissa Harris-Perry, [...] Obama just said the assassination of Osama is “one of the greatest intelligence and military operations in America’s history,” a statement which is patently false and trivializes the horrendous battles US military have been through. For someone who prides himself on being “No Drama” Obama, it appears our president has jumped the shark. [...] Ian Welch details how Obama without fail sides with the rich, making sure they get huge and unjustified bailouts while the rest of us get screwed. He concludes Obama must lose in 2012, whether in the primary or the general election. If President Teabag gets in after 4 years of Obama, the US will be [...] Obama has continually “revised” our reasons for being in Libya. Now it’s about regime change with the predictable result of another endless war with no exit strategy. Too many Democrats who vehemently protested the Iraq War when Bush was president are of course totally ok with what Obama is doing. Their hypocrisy and craven self-interest [...] While the two parties have genuine differences on issues like abortion, the environment, and a safety net, they are in complete agreement about foreign policy (American exceptionalism rules) and corporatism (Hey Wall Street, want more money? can we ignore more laws for you?) The DFH’s, as well as many liberals and progressive, miss this, [...] Josh Mull and I will ponder the growing split on the Left between those who enjoy being punched in the face by the White House and those who believe we need to form real alternative parties and movements. Ok, you can probably guess from that where I stand. The podcast is hosted on BlogTalkRadio. [...] Progressives and liberals – DFH’s for short – are emulating battered wives: “I should leave him but he’s so sexy when he talks like that and promises me next time will be different.” But then there’s just another punch and “where’s my dinner and did you re-elect me yet?” I mean, sure the Republicans are [...] |  | ||||
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