Today, President Obama came to my town to give an invite-only speech at the University of Texas. Lacking an invite, I wondered what people with invites had to say about the Afghanistan War. Here’s what I found: All the people who had tickets to the event who consented to be interviewed and who gave an [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Democrats’
The Thing About Glenn Beck Is
Posted: March 19, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: Congress, Democrats, Glenn Beck, health care reform, healthcare reform, Republicans, Steve King
…no matter how ridiculous he is, some things need a response before one can sleep. Beck and U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) went on a self-righteous rant about the upcoming vote on health care reform legislation this weekend, possibly on Sunday. Here’s the transcript: Speaking on the Glenn Beck show, King said a vote on [...]
Pro-War Caucus Running the Democratic Party Ditches the Masks
Posted: June 27, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, civilian casualties, DCCC, Democrats, Obama, Pakistan, war funding
Recent actions by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and House Democratic leadership reveal that the rationale under which the party solicits funds–electing more Democrats and defeating Republican incumbents–has taken a back seat to a radical, pro-war agenda. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s latest ad shows that Democrats now seek to wrap themselves in the [...]
Everybody’s a Sell-Out
Posted: June 17, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, counterinsurgency, Democrats, Republicans, war funding
Advocates of Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan Sell Out From a post I wrote on DailyKos: From the U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual: Long-term success in COIN depends on the people taking responsibility of their own affairs and consenting to the government’s rule. Achieving this condition requires the government to eliminate as man causes of the [...]
Pro-War Movement: We Sound the Same No Matter Who’s “In Charge”
Posted: June 14, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Democrats, Obama, Pelosi, war funding
Okay folks, I’ve about had it. I have never been a single issue voter, but the folks I’ve voted for lately have just about pushed me to that point. President Obama never claimed to be anti-war, just anti-Iraq-war, but even that stance should allow for some empathy (there’s a word we’ve heard a lot about [...]
Q: Where are the Americans Against Escalation in Iraq folks on Afghanistan?
Posted: March 30, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Americans Against Escalation in Iraq, Democrats, Obama
A: On Obama’s staff: CAP and the five million member liberal lobby group MoveOn were behind Americans Against Escalation in Iraq (AAEI), a coalition that spent tens of millions of dollars using Iraq as a political bludgeon against Republican politicians, while refusing to pressure the Democratic Congress to actually cut off funding for the war. [...]
