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Kos:Time for Dems to Play Hardball
September 15, 2008 9:23 AM
Kos says it's time for the Democrats to get down and dirty.
"To all the concerned people e-mailing me about 'being played,' don't waste your time. I'm not about to revert to writing puff pieces about Obama thinking that his magic 'new politics' bulls--t will carry us to victory. He may or may not believe that crap, but I don't. We're going to win this thing the way campaigns are won -- by playing hardball. Politics is a blood sport. Republicans understand this and never flinch from flinging the sh--. We won't win until we learn to fight back in kind. And I'm more than happy to get down in the mud with our friends on the Right so Obama doesn't have to.
"Recent history vindicates the 'tough and aggressive' path," Kos continues. "We went toe to toe against Rove and his machine in 2006, and our math beat his. I have no doubt we're in for a two-peat this year, and it'll happen because we won't back off from exposing the GOP for the den of lies and corruption it has become."
Kos also refers to this excerpt from a recent column by Robert Novak:
"I asked one of the Republican Party's smartest, most candid heavy hitters last week whether John McCain really has a chance to defeat Barack Obama in this season of Republican discontent. 'No, if the campaign is about McCain,' he replied. "Yes, if it's about Obama.'"
"'Nuff said," writes Kos.
Of course, Republicans would argue that the liberal blogosphere has been engaged in hardball for quite some time -- witness the comments about Bristol and Trig Palin.
- jpt
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Obama will lose by a landslide. If only for one reason:
Obama thinks he is better than you.
And I do mean you. YOU. Anyone reading this. It doesn't matter which party you are supporting. Obama thinks he is better. Than you.
The majority of Americans don't dance to that tune. Never will. Palin only underscores that fatal flaw.
Dissections of tax policy won't help. This was over long ago- when the American people met Obama. And understood.
Posted by: puma_purr | Sep 16, 2008 12:48:45 AM
Most normal americans think Markos is a real nasty guy. These liberal organizations are bad for democrats and bad for america. But the first amendment says that can be a vile and hateful as they want.
Posted by: gmcc | Sep 16, 2008 12:34:40 AM
I thought a candidate declares they are running for the presidency, go out there and campaign, and millions of people know how the process works, because they actually get out of their houses and go out there and vote. I didn't know the party actually "crowns" somebody, I guess you learn something new everyday. Shame on all of you millions of people who voted for Obama, and failed to see his vacousity among other things. HA!
Posted by: morrigan | Sep 15, 2008 11:51:02 PM
Mewzikman - what's so wonderful about our country now? Because of the last eight years of wonderful Bush and wonderful Cheney the economy's shot to hell. People are getting kicked out of their homes. Many thousands of jobs have been lost. Health care is unaffordable for many. Schools are crumbling. Our kids are dying in a war that was waged only to satisfy our wonderful president's personal agenda and if they somehow make it home alive they wind up killing themselves. Our rights as citizens of this wonderful country have been chipped away at so badly and we're so oblivious we won't see it until it's too late. We have a weak, old, sick man running for president and we call him a maverick. His running mate is a lying, reactionary bully who will set women's rights, among others, back a century. So, tell me, what's so wonderful about our country now?
Posted by: counting crows | Sep 15, 2008 10:23:32 PM
Its gonna be Obama vs Maccain.
Republican drama is over. Most people are realizing that Palin is just a Nuisance.
Posted by: Y | Sep 15, 2008 9:21:44 PM
If this nation is foolish enough to elected the two most liberal senators in Washington (#1, #3), you will see this wonderful country drown in a sea of socialism. Remember, Obama is an apostle of Saul Alinsky, the radical socialist, and will follow his teachings to the letter; that taxes should be used for the re-distribution of wealth.
Posted by: Mewzikman | Sep 15, 2008 8:37:24 PM
Hah! Quoting the dailykrud. If the Dems would have only listened to him before the last election....oh wait they did.
Posted by: Mack | Sep 15, 2008 6:58:25 PM
notafool,
I make a good living so no i don't want anyone else s money. I do want a growing economy and i do want to know my kids will get a fair shake! That middle and lower America should get a leg up as apposed to the rich getting handouts they dint ask for and don't need!
Posted by: Deb | Sep 15, 2008 5:56:49 PM
The debates between McCain and Obama will decide it all.
No one trusts the press, but they can see, compare and size up with their own eyes who is the better candidate when they go one-to-one in the debates.
Posted by: Zank | Sep 15, 2008 5:50:48 PM
Greenspan: "Barack Obama's plan will lead to economic recovery and growth"
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Ah, yes: Andrea Mitchell's hubby. Bet he didn't say that TODAY, and that he won't say it tomorrow -- besides, Bush-lite Obama ALREADY rescinded his tax proposals.
Now, with the only national-ticket candidate who's from OUTside the Congress (whose corruption has finally crashed the economy) McCain looks way better.
Posted by: Belle Starr | Sep 15, 2008 5:17:39 PM
Deb,
Just come out and say it.You want other ppeople's money to spend on yourself.
40% of taxpayers not only pay no taxes....they get 3.8% of the taxes paid to THEM from the taxpayers who actually do pay.
It's income re-distribution plain and simple
Now for some cipering...hmmm....if 40% pay NO taxes, how can 95% get a tax break.
Can you say BRIBE.
Posted by: notafool | Sep 15, 2008 5:17:27 PM
So I take it the Kos is admitting Obama's "new politics" is empty rhetoric.
At least we agree on something.
Posted by: JA | Sep 15, 2008 5:08:10 PM
Any senior earning under $50,000 a year pays no tax under Obama's plan.
Greenspan: "America Can't Afford McCain's Tax Plan"
Greenspan: "Barack Obama's plan will lead to economic recovery and growth"
Posted by: Deb | Sep 15, 2008 4:53:36 PM
Deb,
Did your model mention that Obama’s "plan" would increase taxes on retirees? That 75% of all jobs in the US come from the group of people whom Obama would levy a tax? That "simple math" would clearly show that such a tax would create disincentive to expand and or hire?
Stacey,
"there are people in the world that are smarter than most, that doesn't make them elite". That statement is not elitist, that's just pompous ignorance.
Tungsten
Look in the Democrat mirror.
Jiffy,
Wow you R that Stoopid.
Liberal dims are justed PO'd because they got faced again...
Posted by: Can they be that stoopid? | Sep 15, 2008 4:06:24 PM
They're crazy. That's why they lose.
Posted by: John | Sep 15, 2008 3:53:31 PM
Seems to me this started when Obama falsely claimed McCain said he wanted a 100 year war in Iraq months ago and never stopped repeating it.
Posted by: kari | Sep 15, 2008 3:40:12 PM
For the life of me I don't understand why Democrats let the two percenters of America, the moveon & daily kos types, run the party into the ground after claiming they bought and paid for it two years ago!
Posted by: mary | Sep 15, 2008 3:36:30 PM
Obama admits his Pakistan policy is the same as Bush's
Obama wants US troops out of Iraq in 16 months instead of McCain's 20
Obama's Iran policy relies entirely on hope that his charisma will bring nuclear peace to the mideast
Obama's policy on pre-emptive strikes is the same as Bush's
Obama opposes the war in Iraq under any and all circumstances, but if he's President expects us to support it
Nah, I'm not buying it anymore. I'm a Democrat, and would rather vote for McCain than a repeat of Bush's foreign policy with a D next to the name.
Posted by: Scott Malensek | Sep 15, 2008 3:24:33 PM
I don't want a Bush 3rd term, but I would rather have that than a Carter 2nd term.
Posted by: Molonlabe28 | Sep 15, 2008 3:18:15 PM
Anyone who thinks the Democrats have been playing anything other than "gutterball" since last year, is an idiot. Simple as that.
O! is looking weak and stupid because, well, he IS weak and stupid. Outside of "fullfilling my own personal ambition," what has he accomplished? Zero.
Posted by: ginsocal | Sep 15, 2008 3:09:24 PM
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