Month: August 2009

Republicans Need to Do Something Before…

In the summer of Bush’s first-year in office the lights were blinking red with threats from al-Qaeda. In the summer of Obama’s first-year in office, the lights are blinking red with the threats from our own...

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Paul Krugman on the Right’s Thuggery

Remember those scripted Bush town hall events, where you could get arrested for wearing the wrong t-shirt, and rarely if ever was a questioner permitted to speak without being properly vetted. Indeed, I remember most of them not...

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On These Protests

As many people on the Left have noted, progressive activists are hamstrung in their ability to advocate for health care reform because we don’t have a final product to point to and say “these are the good things in...

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Mob Violence at Tampa Town Hall

. h/t to lamh31 Protesters in Ybor City drown out health care summit on Obama’s proposal “Tell the truth! Tell the truth!”        “Read the bill!”        ...

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