Author: glitterscale

from their email: GREENS CALL A NEW DIRECTION IN NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY: SINGLE-PAYER COVERAGE; REPEAL OF ABSTINENCE-BASED HIV AND HPV PREVENTION Greens identify the enemies of sound health policy: profit-based HMO, insurance,...

According to some reports on the radio, Morrison switched parties so that he had a better chance of getting to the general election.  It seems that for the primaries only the wing nuts with issues come out for the votes and the moderates wait for the generals.  If you are even half way close to being a moderate and you want to run against a nut like Kline, going dem was a smart thing to do.  Of course, people will be scratching their heads in KS but they have elected a dem gov and at least one dem rep so the fellow has a good shot at making his mark in the election.

However, just as Dkos has become more and more “conservative” it is possible that the dems will likely tinge that way if the overflow of “moderates” comes into our party.  And this country is already so far right it veers into fascism.  What is a progressive to do?

It may be possible that consumer confidence may be a better indicator than polls regarding Mr. Bush’s performance.  For one thing, we are still at war and a good segment may not want to badmouth a sitting president at...

Bush has been an obsession with me for at least 6 years now. So I decided to look at his life from his pov (although it is also through my filters): from Bush’s point of view: I was born to a wealthy family. My sister died...

[From the diaries by susanhu, with addition below.] After Hastert’s insensitive comments about bulldozing NO, he failed to show up to vote on the $10.5B aid package. Instead he was off to another of those incessant Repub...