Politically Direct Sunday 10-12-08 The Attack of the Killer B's!
It's The Killer B's this week on Politically Direct as Bender is joined by Begala, Brock and Bobby Kennedy in our countdown to the Big Vote. Author and political strategist Paul Begala ("Third Term: Why George Bush Loves John McCain"), Media Matters for America founder and CEO David Brock and Ring of Fire's Bobby Kennedy, Jr ("Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s American Heroes: Robert Smalls, the Boat Thief") will all BE here to share their views about the campaign in general and Republican John McCain specifically. We will also talk to Variety Magazine's Editor at Large Ted Johnson and legendary rock and roll artists David Crosby and Graham Nash will be here so don't miss this weeks Politically Direct!
helpful links:
Progressive Accountability mentioned by David Brock on today's show.
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- October 11, 2008
Yes and no
Yes, the landscape is truly very different now.
Yes, David Bender's phraseology on this was unfortunate. Using the abstract "they" in sentences like "Will they kneecap him before he even gets a chance to take office?" is silly. We need our comentators [like David Bender, who ROCKS by the way] to tell us... who is they? what power do they have? what are the realistic possibilities? what can we do about it?
In 1992 a sceptical public reluctantly elected Clinton and mostly thought about who he was sleeping with. Limbaugh was still funny, because he and O'Reilly and Hannity hadn't actually brainwashed large sections of voters to support incompented wacko right bozos with a ultra rich get the cash while we start the wars agenda.
Times have changed. We now believe that "Yes, WE can"... and huge numbers of us now believe that "Now, we must and we will"
The wacko right has been so thoroughly discredited. [I am about to describe why the Limbaughs can't kneecap anybody] and now with McCain's smear campaigns turning off the independents and the undecideds, if we progressives just stay on message and stick with being politically active we can get real things done in the next 10 years... not just energy independence, but also universal health care... Electing Barack Obama is only the first step in a long journey, but I am ginned up. and I am not the only one.
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By TlapajsOctober 13, 2008 - 9:23am