Leaving Obamaland

August 27 2009 by archivist39 in AMERICAN BRAINWASH, LIBERALS & FAUX LEFT |No Comments

Leaving Obamaland–none a moment too soon, but delusions remain Dateline: 08/26/2009 – 10:29 By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Democrats could accomplish nothing during the Bush years, they told us, for the first six years because they were a minority, and during the last two because Republicans could filibuster.  Now, with both houses of congress, [...]

Obama health care overhaul based on cost-cutting and deficit reduction

August 27 2009 by archivist39 in AMERICAN BRAINWASH |No Comments

CROSSPOSTED WITH THE World Socialist Web Site Council of Economic Advisers analysis Essentially a conservative proposal, the Obama health care overhaul is based on cost-cutting and deficit reduction (“affordability”), not the principle of free access to all who need medical services. By Kate Randall 26 August 2009 Appearing on conservative talk-show host Michael Smerconish’s radio [...]

Ted Kennedy and the decay of American liberalism

August 27 2009 by hijabella in CAPITALISM & SOCIALISM, U.S. POLITICIANS |7 Comments

PHOTO: TED KENNEDY IN THE EARLY PART OF HIS CAREER.

A tragic figure who meant well, but who incarnated the very real limits of Democratic party politics and American centrists in general, the death of Massachusetts Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy on Tuesday marks the end of the Kennedy family’s role as a major force in American politics. Ted Kennedy, who succumbed to brain cancer at age 77, served 47 years in the Senate. He was the last significant political representative of a family that loomed large in American political consciousness for more than half a century.

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