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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Obama's Choice

Posted by on Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 4:13 PM

More brilliantly brilliant political analysis from Lee Stranahan:

Got it from Americablog who got it from Pam's House Blend.

 

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emma's bee 1
Succinct, and brilliant. Thanks for reposting.
Posted by emma's bee on September 8, 2009 at 4:46 PM
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Except for one thing. There's this thing called the Senate and in it you need 60 votes and so you need the blue dogs and so convincing Americans isn't how you get stuff passed it's convincing those blue dogs. And to do that you have to go into blue dog country and change their voters' minds. Are those voters stupid, crazy, misguided? Sure. Is telling them they're stupid and crazy and misguided how you change their minds?

Nope.

You have to go THERE and make your case. so dear president obama, please please please go to stadiums in La AR MT SD ND and ME and have big rallies and answer 1000 questions and mobilize your on the ground support there. And threaten, cajoke, reward, and persuade those blue dogs. Fuck man, give fucking Olympia Snow a fucking ambassadorship to Canada for all I care. Tell Max Baucus he'll get a primary opponent, hey that guy Schweitzer might do the trick. And for Arkansas get big old Billdawg downt here with you and cross the god damned state and explain to those dogpatchers why medicare choice for all is good for them and goddamit it is socialism and they'll love it the way they love
medicare
VA
libraries
the services
schools
roads
govt. research creating the internet
govt. made lakes and river controls
social security
govt. bialouts of their s and ls that screwed up

in fact, tell them iwhen it comes to taking money, and handing it out, why that's exactly what govt. does best, and why would you let an insurer charge a profit?

And ohmygod you might even have to put on stage a crippled kid who didn't get an operation and a Walmart manager who went banktrupt becuase of his two heart attacks and their shitty copay requirements.

Yes, you might have to actually target votes and do what FDR and LBJ did.

What's wrong with this ad is convincing US isn't enough you have to convince VOTERS IN BLUE DOG STATES. So you can tell those blue dog senators they're gonna NOT get reelected if they don't vote for medicare choice for all.

Pls. make a note of it.
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Posted by PC on September 8, 2009 at 4:51 PM
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this guy's other videos are great, too: http://www.youtube.com/user/Stranahan
Posted by cranky on September 8, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Will in Seattle 4
The Senate is unpopulated America's way of sticking their dirty America-hating finger in the West's eye.

Washington should break into three states (Seattle, Ecotopia, and Lincoln), Oregon should break into two states, and California should break into five states.

That would show them.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on September 8, 2009 at 5:23 PM
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How many states should you break into, WIS? And will any of them be remotely coherent?
Posted by Massive Attack on September 8, 2009 at 5:48 PM
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The Senate is unpopulated America's way of sticking their massive veiny throbbing Hipster-hating cock in the West Coast's ass.
Posted by Spread'em on September 8, 2009 at 6:16 PM
givesgoodemail 7
Say, we've had a whole string of wimpy presidents lately. Weak-kneed Obama, "I'll-do-whatever-Unca-Dick-tells-me-to-do" Bush, stick-it-in-a-government-intern Clinton, "no-more-taxes" Prince George the Elder, "okay-mommy" Reagan, "dirty Jews" Carter, and Mr. Ford (the king of wimpy presidents).
You didn't have to like Johnson, but by Bog he got things done.
Posted by givesgoodemail http://www.givesgoodemail.com on September 8, 2009 at 7:46 PM
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George B senior was no wimp.
Posted by kungfujew on September 8, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Lord Basil 9
HAH! This BS at it's core.

The polls he cited were in April-June. Rassmussen's most recent poll put support of the public option at 24%.

What a lying liberal pot smoking pro-homosexual Marxist treasonous traitor!
Posted by Lord Basil http://lordbasil.blogspot.com/ on September 8, 2009 at 10:04 PM
memorex 10
Viscount Oregano. . . . Way to Rawk Out!!!!
Posted by memorex on September 9, 2009 at 2:29 AM
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Just FYI, Lee Stranahan posts regularly over at Bob Cesca's blog.

http://www.bobcesca.com/

Posted by iLLogicaL on September 9, 2009 at 7:28 AM
STJA 12
@ PC-

Senate doesn't NEED 60 votes. If they don't have 60 votes, the Republicans have to filibuster. so fucking MAKE THEM FILIBUSTER. MAKE THEM READ THE PHONE BOOK. MAKE THEM PEE THEIR PANTS.
Posted by STJA on September 9, 2009 at 8:01 AM

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