Thanks to Rush Limbaugh (
[for those that don't know: Ditto Heads are Rush followers]
and FOX )we have a new 50 state strategy.
And it wouldn't be anywhere without Hillary.
[5-15-08: updated ]
The double-edged conspiracy actually works. Rush is not only covering for the "rats leaving the sinking ship" but in trying to get Hillary as the nominee, as the lighter of the two democratic candidates, gives us a more weighty candidate. Meaning do they really think that Hillary is easier to beat or just covering their bases if she wins? And do they really fear Obama as a candidate or do they think he would be the one to beat? In the end, the turnout is Confusionism. Not to be mistaken for confusing but more mama* nature and fusion. Maybe the con has backfired. But in the end there will be more registered voters, if they get counted.
Other sources: Is Limbaugh's Operation Chaos Working?
Anti-Hillary, Anti-Wright Takes Toll
* Confusionism: a more balanced nature than the heirarchy implied
! deluded Republicans (1st link, paragraph 2)
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
QCON: TruthOut
Quick Comment On the News or Question Context:
The following pieces deserve a more careful read, but for me, not yet.[*] TruthOut does a filtering of sorts, and I notice rather heavy reliance on the NY Times. Not that that is a bad thing, just not necessarily a liberal thing. The left, right and the middle can characterize a source as from a different perspective, but that should be the mark of good journalism. Again, not that they have hit the right mark, from our own perspectives.
While Super Delegates are an example of a problem that voters wish they could fix without being a part of the process, so are the choices of primary, or caucus, and financing and electoral college procedures. These are all complicated by the nature of our goverment, its three branches, a bi-cameral legislature, and the individual composition of state governments and their rights in relation to the federal government. And have I thrown in partisanship? This is not a civics lesson, but it would be nice if it were in schools.
For me this is the first time in 24 years I have not come out of my precinct caucus a delegate for some candidate. This year it was by design or rather lack of design. I was for Edwards. I ran the caucus as a PCO and was a decimal point or voter or two shy of ending up an uncommitted delegate. This is more than I intended to say today, but I guess it ties in. Because even if civics were in schools, the media and the voters would still have a very big job to understand what mechanisms are operating in each state. Did I mention partisanship? Not to mention the constitution? I won't go there, but too many feel that there is a conspiracy, and there is, only if you are not part of it.
What is represented in the following articles may very well be best efforts to represent reliable pictures, but that is not to say that other perspectives and sources do so well. [*] While some of the tactics candidates use are not appreciated by many, they are apparently working on some. And it must be remembered that we filter as well or poorly as the media or format we use.
I would like to close this comment with the feeling that it is hard to unite when the leader is still unknown, but it is better than being party to having a leader who will unite without knowing who the enemy is. If there is any obtuseness in this, maybe it is a riddle to solve.
In Two Battlegrounds, Voters Say, Not Yet
By Patrick Healy
The New York Times
Ballot Shortages Plague Ohio Election Amid Unusually Heavy Primary Turnout By Ian Urbina
The New York Times
A Clean, Fair Fight
The New York Times | Editorial
McCain Clinches GOP Presidential Nomination By Michael D. Shear and Peter Slevin
The Washington Post
[Update: Just as I put the finishing links on this post, breaking news on Thom Hartmann Show, about the Texas crossovers that Rush Limbaugh encouraged. (Guest David Sirota) Where in the primary, voters got their ballots, and if they were Republican and wanted to vote for Hillary, found that there were no Rebulicans on their ballot. Hmm. Who needs a civics lesson? Well, of course it seems wrong, but parties should be able to decide their candidate not a talk show host who wants a circus. Republicans were disenfranchised, by trying to vote for Hillary while not intending to support her in the general election. They could not vote for Hillary, and hope to influence their own party on local elections too. This "monkey business" is why the parties and the process is so complicated. It is further complicated by the electoral college process not to mention the winner take all nature of that delivery system. Independents and third parties are so hard to fit into this picture without major changes that themselves are so hard to bring about, but I really don't want to go there.(the link not the idea). Oh and that ploy by Rush Limbaugh may have hurt some local candidates and I won't hurt our heads by figuring that out, but it is a way to sort out some math.]
[*] I have yet to fully digest the four links above, but apparently the press have nibbled on some ribs. (Links, sausage, democracy: get it?) But I did scarf this down and indeed have had my own beach party.
The following pieces deserve a more careful read, but for me, not yet.[*] TruthOut does a filtering of sorts, and I notice rather heavy reliance on the NY Times. Not that that is a bad thing, just not necessarily a liberal thing. The left, right and the middle can characterize a source as from a different perspective, but that should be the mark of good journalism. Again, not that they have hit the right mark, from our own perspectives.
While Super Delegates are an example of a problem that voters wish they could fix without being a part of the process, so are the choices of primary, or caucus, and financing and electoral college procedures. These are all complicated by the nature of our goverment, its three branches, a bi-cameral legislature, and the individual composition of state governments and their rights in relation to the federal government. And have I thrown in partisanship? This is not a civics lesson, but it would be nice if it were in schools.
For me this is the first time in 24 years I have not come out of my precinct caucus a delegate for some candidate. This year it was by design or rather lack of design. I was for Edwards. I ran the caucus as a PCO and was a decimal point or voter or two shy of ending up an uncommitted delegate. This is more than I intended to say today, but I guess it ties in. Because even if civics were in schools, the media and the voters would still have a very big job to understand what mechanisms are operating in each state. Did I mention partisanship? Not to mention the constitution? I won't go there, but too many feel that there is a conspiracy, and there is, only if you are not part of it.
What is represented in the following articles may very well be best efforts to represent reliable pictures, but that is not to say that other perspectives and sources do so well. [*] While some of the tactics candidates use are not appreciated by many, they are apparently working on some. And it must be remembered that we filter as well or poorly as the media or format we use.
I would like to close this comment with the feeling that it is hard to unite when the leader is still unknown, but it is better than being party to having a leader who will unite without knowing who the enemy is. If there is any obtuseness in this, maybe it is a riddle to solve.
In Two Battlegrounds, Voters Say, Not Yet
By Patrick Healy
The New York Times
Ballot Shortages Plague Ohio Election Amid Unusually Heavy Primary Turnout By Ian Urbina
The New York Times
A Clean, Fair Fight
The New York Times | Editorial
McCain Clinches GOP Presidential Nomination By Michael D. Shear and Peter Slevin
The Washington Post
[Update: Just as I put the finishing links on this post, breaking news on Thom Hartmann Show, about the Texas crossovers that Rush Limbaugh encouraged. (Guest David Sirota) Where in the primary, voters got their ballots, and if they were Republican and wanted to vote for Hillary, found that there were no Rebulicans on their ballot. Hmm. Who needs a civics lesson? Well, of course it seems wrong, but parties should be able to decide their candidate not a talk show host who wants a circus. Republicans were disenfranchised, by trying to vote for Hillary while not intending to support her in the general election. They could not vote for Hillary, and hope to influence their own party on local elections too. This "monkey business" is why the parties and the process is so complicated. It is further complicated by the electoral college process not to mention the winner take all nature of that delivery system. Independents and third parties are so hard to fit into this picture without major changes that themselves are so hard to bring about, but I really don't want to go there.(the link not the idea). Oh and that ploy by Rush Limbaugh may have hurt some local candidates and I won't hurt our heads by figuring that out, but it is a way to sort out some math.]
[*] I have yet to fully digest the four links above, but apparently the press have nibbled on some ribs. (Links, sausage, democracy: get it?) But I did scarf this down and indeed have had my own beach party.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Hard Work!
[* * * WARNING! THE FIRST LINK BELOW
AND ANY SO FLAGGED, MAY POSE DIFFICULTIES
FOR YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION
AND WHO KNOWS WHAT FUNNY BUSINESS * * *
* * * 8-20-07 CLICK IT AT YOUR OWN RISK * * * ]
Wake Up America!
* * * NOT! * * *
This is the least I can do to retract my impression which I did not really hang much on anyway.
Nevertheless, the "hard work" may need to be done but it seems that any [* * * SAME WARNING CLICK AT OWN RISK! "Truthboating" * * * ]of Hillary is a job that we must face, as well as Hillary with the truth. I am sure there is a lot in here, but then it may be part of the "vast Right Wing conspiracy", not that there is not one, nor is it any excuse.
AND ANY SO FLAGGED, MAY POSE DIFFICULTIES
FOR YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION
AND WHO KNOWS WHAT FUNNY BUSINESS * * *
* * * 8-20-07 CLICK IT AT YOUR OWN RISK * * * ]
Wake Up America!
* * * NOT! * * *
This is the least I can do to retract my impression which I did not really hang much on anyway.
Nevertheless, the "hard work" may need to be done but it seems that any [* * * SAME WARNING CLICK AT OWN RISK! "Truthboating" * * * ]of Hillary is a job that we must face, as well as Hillary with the truth. I am sure there is a lot in here, but then it may be part of the "vast Right Wing conspiracy", not that there is not one, nor is it any excuse.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Air of Inevitability?
I do not wish to imply that it SHOULD BE, Clinton versus Thompson.
Only that if it is, that it BE a rehash of Watergate.
They both have their baggage from that era.
Thompson just noted
Hillary here:
TimesOnLine
TheStar.com
[Posted at the listed time, but continued immediately with the noted pause below]
GuardianUnlimited
TheVastRightWingCon
I am just trying to be "fair and balanced", so I must note that I have not digested all of these sources, and should warn of the potential for food poisoning on the last item. But just [the teaser] of the just prior one is intriguing (paused to read that piece):
Hillary brought to book Watergate veteran Carl Bernstein talks to James Silver about the Clintons, George Bush, and the state of the American press
Having now read it, it is recommended highly.
Just what is the difference between the "vast right wing conspiracy" and the so-called "liberal press"? Only the label. Just what is the difference between trying to rewrite the rules of impeachment and the constitution? Apparently the party and getting away with it.
[Finally concluding approximately 1 hour from original post time: normally I do not note when a post is developed in this manner.(in a sitting) But I also now proceed and borrow from the top link that:
I would change that to SHOULD!]
[Updated Presidential Profile: 9:20 AM - Noting that I have not put much attention to the ratings of the candidates, I now update without comment, but with an aversion to inevitability.
Kucinich
Edwards
Obama
Clark
Richardson
Clinton, Dodd, Biden
Gravel]
Only that if it is, that it BE a rehash of Watergate.
They both have their baggage from that era.
Thompson just noted
Hillary here:
TimesOnLine
TheStar.com
[Posted at the listed time, but continued immediately with the noted pause below]
GuardianUnlimited
TheVastRightWingCon
I am just trying to be "fair and balanced", so I must note that I have not digested all of these sources, and should warn of the potential for food poisoning on the last item. But just [the teaser] of the just prior one is intriguing (paused to read that piece):
Hillary brought to book Watergate veteran Carl Bernstein talks to James Silver about the Clintons, George Bush, and the state of the American press
Having now read it, it is recommended highly.
Just what is the difference between the "vast right wing conspiracy" and the so-called "liberal press"? Only the label. Just what is the difference between trying to rewrite the rules of impeachment and the constitution? Apparently the party and getting away with it.
[Finally concluding approximately 1 hour from original post time: normally I do not note when a post is developed in this manner.(in a sitting) But I also now proceed and borrow from the top link that:
The 2008 Race could not only rehash accountability but the media's role
I would change that to SHOULD!]
[Updated Presidential Profile: 9:20 AM - Noting that I have not put much attention to the ratings of the candidates, I now update without comment, but with an aversion to inevitability.
Kucinich
Edwards
Obama
Clark
Richardson
Clinton, Dodd, Biden
Gravel]
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Carry On Comment!
Borrowed from an AM1090 caller to one of the afternoon talk shows, the interesting dilemma of Karl Rove is his confessing apparently...
that he has no diary or record of his work with the administration.
This with his apparent plan to write a book, means...
either he has a very good memory or it will be in the fiction section.
Actually I just rearranged the caller's comment to my own taste in my usual way.
His point was that it takes "I don't recall" and all it's variations "off the table" when it comes to congressional investigations.
I would add
the only alternative
is straight to "the pen".
More lines of investigation on Rove history
For later read, not that I have read the above.
"...who know what"
Democrats vow...
political fighter
Picking Bush's Brain ?
...avoid Capitol Hill
WaPo editorial
[pause]
Clinton, Rove's candidate in '08
U.S. Attorneys
First Read
Divider
[Having just read the last one first, it is a reminder that his nickname "turd blossom" is something that survives in a field of fertilizer.]
[Second thoughts on First Thoughts from First Read: There should NEVER be another Karl Rove. It is a cheap shot and a Vast Right Wing Conspiracy to promulgate such a character [italics and link added 8-15-07]by looking for the next one.
At least they admitted that "they" (the media) create them (the turd blossoms), but of course there will be, on the Right, as several of his (Rove's) proteges are distributed amongst the Republican candidates. But on The Left there is too much distribution of brains to get away with anything like what the administration has so far distributed. Genius should be about what works, and nothing much has, with this administration, except accumulation of ruin and power. * [it.a.l.a. 8-15-07]
Shame on MSNBC for such work. There is some good news on the new Hillary ad, but to follow with a piece on Rove? And while running the bottom line, "the next Karl Rove" under "her inner Bill".]
* [8-15-07 Re: David Frum link "and power", reminiscent of Lakoff where he points out that the difference between Democrats and Republicans is that the former run to govern, and the latter govern to run. That may say as much about governing as running, and as much about the left as the right, but rather than looking for a third way in the middle of any political spectrum, maybe the perspective [way to see it] is from above the plane, while a plane requires a third perspective that is not in line.]
[ bold italics added 3-12-08]
that he has no diary or record of his work with the administration.
This with his apparent plan to write a book, means...
either he has a very good memory or it will be in the fiction section.
Actually I just rearranged the caller's comment to my own taste in my usual way.
His point was that it takes "I don't recall" and all it's variations "off the table" when it comes to congressional investigations.
I would add
the only alternative
is straight to "the pen".
More lines of investigation on Rove history
For later read, not that I have read the above.
"...who know what"
Democrats vow...
political fighter
Picking Bush's Brain ?
...avoid Capitol Hill
WaPo editorial
[pause]
Clinton, Rove's candidate in '08
U.S. Attorneys
First Read
Divider
[Having just read the last one first, it is a reminder that his nickname "turd blossom" is something that survives in a field of fertilizer.]
[Second thoughts on First Thoughts from First Read: There should NEVER be another Karl Rove. It is a cheap shot and a Vast Right Wing Conspiracy to promulgate such a character [italics and link added 8-15-07]by looking for the next one.
At least they admitted that "they" (the media) create them (the turd blossoms), but of course there will be, on the Right, as several of his (Rove's) proteges are distributed amongst the Republican candidates. But on The Left there is too much distribution of brains to get away with anything like what the administration has so far distributed. Genius should be about what works, and nothing much has, with this administration, except accumulation of ruin and power. * [it.a.l.a. 8-15-07]
Shame on MSNBC for such work. There is some good news on the new Hillary ad, but to follow with a piece on Rove? And while running the bottom line, "the next Karl Rove" under "her inner Bill".]
* [8-15-07 Re: David Frum link "and power", reminiscent of Lakoff where he points out that the difference between Democrats and Republicans is that the former run to govern, and the latter govern to run. That may say as much about governing as running, and as much about the left as the right, but rather than looking for a third way in the middle of any political spectrum, maybe the perspective [way to see it] is from above the plane, while a plane requires a third perspective that is not in line.]
[ bold italics added 3-12-08]
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Still buried in the previous post.
I want to pull out some important pieces from the previous post.
"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" Consortium News
by Brent Budowsky
[ NOTE: the bold italics are sources for and serve to note the important items I pulled up]
One of the points also buried is that several talk shows are not broadcast live and hence the effect ("While I was lost...) that simultaneous work is corresponding even if I am not following them at the time. Hence the airing of Brent Budowsky as a guest on The Ed Shultz Show guest hosted by Tony Trupiano. The connection is in earlier writing of both of us, as well as the effort to get Democrats and Independents on the same page, in the most Unrovian way.
The War As We Saw It. NYT
I will tie in a few more buried pieces here as well as a new link to old matters.
"The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy" versus "The Liberal Media" could be another major thread. But I did stumble on a meme that may go down in history to describe our times and the Republican follies, if I may write it. The Bush Bubble.
(was that a segue?)
[paused to post and now insert links]
When the Issue Is War, Take Nothing for Granted. NYT
(see Unrovian - link above).
Under "Hardwork" I must google "Truth boating" with caution. (see versus link above.)
[result Billionaire Speculator... found ] in The Raw Story
But now the new links:FEC Complaint filed against Fred Thompson
The old matter?
Rove -> Hillary -> Media Job -> Political violations -> Justice -> Fred Thompson ->
Comment? The timing is interesting and Rovian.
The "hard work" is to follow this at all.
The job is to:
Help provide oversight
Is there any hope?
Cheney has wiretap documents.
Special thanks to News For The Left
"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" Consortium News
by Brent Budowsky
[ NOTE: the bold italics are sources for and serve to note the important items I pulled up]
One of the points also buried is that several talk shows are not broadcast live and hence the effect ("While I was lost...) that simultaneous work is corresponding even if I am not following them at the time. Hence the airing of Brent Budowsky as a guest on The Ed Shultz Show guest hosted by Tony Trupiano. The connection is in earlier writing of both of us, as well as the effort to get Democrats and Independents on the same page, in the most Unrovian way.
The War As We Saw It. NYT
I will tie in a few more buried pieces here as well as a new link to old matters.
"The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy" versus "The Liberal Media" could be another major thread. But I did stumble on a meme that may go down in history to describe our times and the Republican follies, if I may write it. The Bush Bubble.
(was that a segue?)
[paused to post and now insert links]
When the Issue Is War, Take Nothing for Granted. NYT
(see Unrovian - link above).
Under "Hardwork" I must google "Truth boating" with caution. (see versus link above.)
[result Billionaire Speculator... found ] in The Raw Story
But now the new links:FEC Complaint filed against Fred Thompson
The old matter?
Rove -> Hillary -> Media Job -> Political violations -> Justice -> Fred Thompson ->
Comment? The timing is interesting and Rovian.
The "hard work" is to follow this at all.
The job is to:
Help provide oversight
Is there any hope?
Cheney has wiretap documents.
Special thanks to News For The Left
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