tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816158.post8425611189795110904..comments2023-11-03T05:04:36.051-05:00Comments on Musings & Migraines: When all the KoolAid is gone...Lenorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057280296153171740noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816158.post-53192084323415461232008-08-30T00:39:00.000-05:002008-08-30T00:39:00.000-05:00Professor - actually, from reading this blog and f...Professor - actually, from reading this blog and from personal communication with Red Rabbit, the vitriol seems to have a lot to do with Obama himself, not just the left's response to him. I share sam44's lack of understanding of this "bile."Regina Rodriguez-Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02955444956174150055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816158.post-63931351297025790152008-07-22T14:15:00.000-05:002008-07-22T14:15:00.000-05:00Hayden and vanden Heuvel would praise a ham sandwi...Hayden and vanden Heuvel would praise a ham sandwich if it were the nominee. For good and for ill, they are attached to Democratic "reform" politics.<BR/><BR/>Acknowledging that Obama has run a good campaign with a catchy --if trite-- slogan is not the equivalent of an endorsement, my friend (as J. McCain would say). And, like it or not, it is silly to dismiss the idea of Obama as a seemingly Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816158.post-81451293721377533532008-07-22T11:33:00.000-05:002008-07-22T11:33:00.000-05:00sam44,Excuse me for not giving Barack enough credi...sam44,<BR/><BR/>Excuse me for not giving Barack enough credit for being the featured product in David Axelrod's latest hoodwink.<BR/><BR/>Do you really think Tom Hayden and Katrina vanden Heuvel would embrace so completely a candidate who has always clearly been seen as "a standard-issue moderate Democrat?" And I mean to the point of redefining "progressive" for him?<BR/><BR/>"An excellent red rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03196549064327898424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816158.post-82283791118410145492008-07-21T13:18:00.000-05:002008-07-21T13:18:00.000-05:00As I see it, the vitriol has less to do with how O...As I see it, the vitriol has less to do with how Obama has behaved than with how the so-called left has jumped in his bed without even bothering to insist he first buy them a drink. Electing local lefty candidates is indeed a preferable alternative, but the real problem is the candidate-centered left politics we're mired in that ends up producing centrists at all levels because the real-politik Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816158.post-86330037029978726862008-07-21T09:00:00.000-05:002008-07-21T09:00:00.000-05:00The Democratic Party is an inherently moderating f...The Democratic Party is an inherently moderating force in politics. Again, I see lots of fulminating here, but to what end? So, some saw Obama as a "progressive" force? So what. Did you yourself believe this? So, some see McCain as a "maverick" with an independent streak. Have you ever really believed this?<BR/><BR/>Again, lot of energy talking about "koolaid" and "Obasms," but what did he Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816158.post-57590953584959100932008-07-17T16:05:00.000-05:002008-07-17T16:05:00.000-05:00angelle, I understand there's a scarcity of Obama ...angelle, I understand there's a scarcity of Obama jokes and punchlines. Sounds like an opportunity, doesn't it?<BR/><BR/>sam44, um...people are expending energy talking about betrayal because they feel betrayed. I'd say the Kossacks and the huffpo regulars didn't expect this. Josh Marshall used to wet himself whenever Barack cleared his throat. He hasn't had to wear a diaper since early June.<BR/red rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03196549064327898424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816158.post-86275516116262942662008-07-17T01:16:00.000-05:002008-07-17T01:16:00.000-05:00I agree with Reed wholeheartedly, but who was exac...I agree with Reed wholeheartedly, but who was exactly expecting Obama to behave in any way other than a standard-issue Democrat? It seems lots of energy is expended talking about how Obama will betray or is betraying us, but again, who didn't expect this. There is a long history of this in the party.<BR/><BR/>I look at it this way: Vote for him and then work to elect true lefties to local and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816158.post-67920105444265370942008-07-16T23:34:00.000-05:002008-07-16T23:34:00.000-05:00Great post. Professor Reed's piece needs a stu...Great post. Professor Reed's piece needs a study guide attached so it can be posted up on Facebook for all of the young liberal lotus eaters to see :)<BR/><BR/>Greg and I were talking about what Obama described as his ideal district (UofC in the heart of the Gold Coast) and we found it so funny that his most unflinching supporters are those outside the HP borders of 47th & 57th. <BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com