On finding common ground
DJ comments As long as we let the talking heads put words in our mouths, we will perceive the two “sides” to be diametrically opposed, when it fact we are on the same side and it is the talking heads…
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Defeat MAGA
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Defeat MAGA
Tag teabaggers
Ray Stevens. We The People. Anthem of the Teabaggers
As I’ve been saying until I’m hoarse, the teabagger movement is real and growing. This is is their apparent anthem. Rather than sitting on the sidelines snidely guffawing about what a bunch of goobers teabaggers are, I suggest liberals, progressives,…
Teabaggers are not the enemy. Common ground does exist
Crooks and Liars says teabaggers are a construct of right-wing operatives, dangerous loonies, and any talk of engaging them or joining together on common issues is idiotic. They want jobs for sure, but they think that any government which is…
Liberals alternately scared of and mocking teabaggers
AmericaBlog, who I often admire, like other liberal blogs just can’t decide whether to ridicule, ignore, or be scared of teabaggers. So they hyperventilate instead. This is an actual trailer for a new documentary about the Teabaggers. This isn’t a…
If the left does not make an effort to organize populist anger then the right will grab it by default
The Blue Voice ponders Jerry Brown, radical politics on both sides of the spectrum, civil liberties, and more in a thoughtful post. They quote from an interview Jerry Brown did with The Progressive in 1995. Brown makes a crucial point,…