Thu Mar 27, 2014, 07:18 PM

In Support of a Great DUer

William Pitt and I don't always see eye to eye. And calling the President a "used care salesman" isn't my style.

But I will say:

1. Nobody on DU knows more about the Iraq War than Mr. Pitt. Nobody. When Mr. Pitt speaks, we should listen.

2. Mr. Pitt has done more than you or I to advance the Liberal cause. He's been in the trenches, fighting the good fight, since long before it was fashionable.

3. To call Mr. Pitt racist, or a right winger, is simply absurd and awful.

Look around: do you think things are getting better in America? Are the 99% better off than 30 years ago?

Many of us answer both of these questions with a thunderous NO!, and we want change, real change. No more one step forward and three back. We don't think that more hungry and homeless children, in exchange for the wealthiest still paying hyperlow taxes is shared sacrifice, or that ending Medicare is a serious proposal. We think these things are feeding a cancer.

We see deepening pain, and deepening desperation, on our streets and in our homes. We see a generation of children adrift, who've never known economic security. We see an America that's a sad shadow of the highly-imperfect but marvelous country we knew as children, an America that marched, day by day, towards a future of shared prosperity.

Sometimes we dreamers get emotional and say stupid things. Especially me. But to doubt the sincerity of our cause... particularly for a person who has done so much, so publicly, as Mr. Pitt... is a shame.

Please.

In Support of a Great DUer

1. Okay n/t

2. Well, anger is his gift n/t

3. "And calling the President a "used care salesman" isn't my style"

6. Readers will need to judge my words for themselves, I suppose

38. Of course you have and your more

298. Manny, I have judged your words to be of fine quality.

357. Actually, readers will need to judge all words written on DU for themselves..they usually do. nt

14. he does say things were better 30 years ago when Reagan was Pres

52. The good old days of St Ronnie!

164. Technically, the top of a cliff is always the high point

21. You always bring up that same comment. Can you not forgive Manny a single transgression?

72. Really??? Like when he blamed President Obama for a law passed 16 years ago?

90. That's your case? Really?

103. Using a Fox News poll on Benghazi, claiming an ACA raise but refusing to provide proof, blaming the

156. oh brother

182. This isnt jr high. nm

338. The TPP is being pushed to be passed NOW and by Obama (NOT 16 years ago!)

221. You said the OP's contention that he'd like to see the 2008 election overturned was

37. :) nt

194. LOL! You must view that comment 10 times a day. Hilarious.

224. Everything Manny writes should be viewed through the prism of that post...

282. Thanks for your advice, I'm sure everyone will give it all the consideration it deserves.

270. Jesus fucking Christ

271. I wouldn't call any US President a used car saleman, even when I disagree

288. Not my style either, probably people don't like my style because I prefer to focus on facts. And the

331. This post sums up a lot of feelings.

350. The 'reaction' is intended to distract from what is going on re Ukraine. Once again we are about to

371. Excellent analysis. Especially the last paragraph.

383. Thank you. I see a lot of support here now for Republican policies.

389. Nothing surprises me anymore..

390. Hi freebrew, I'm glad you decided to post. Most of us who went online during the early Bush era are

391. No thanks necessary...

336. 10 points for using the word "conflagration"

382. LOL

4. Was he a war reporter? I don't know much about him.

20. He has been fighiting the good fight

26. Thank you.

27. You welcome

33. You always will with me.

36. This place has become very strange

41. Or a "cesspool"

306. Next thing you know, she'll be running around saying this place needs an enema.

257. Yes, it has become very strange.

264. Well, there *is* an election coming

284. That roly poly laughing guy seems to be a favorite of theirs.

341. Microcosm

39. Or me

283. You're not the only thinking that way. Quite a few others are looking at this site and don't

255. because he writes books?

22. Will Pitt co-authored a book detailing the lies leading up to the Iraq War

24. You mean the history of the war?

42. The book was released shortly before the war started

46. Thank you. I did not know this.

29. most of the people attacking him now, were not even members of DU back then

34. You noticed that too

35. While I'm not "attacking" him

102. I agree that the first post was distasteful

158. This is more in tune with your haute sensibilities:

346. actually

44. does this include the ones who own the site ?

127. they are not attacking him

76. Just so you know I was just asking and not attacking.

117. I didn't think you were

126. Thanks.

128. Don't you just love it when people who've been here a year or two call decade-long members trolls.

290. Pitt was the most prestigious poster DU had & drew many to the site.

356. I was!

104. Well then he knew the future Presidents position then....

193. If you are curious,

195. I never knew any of this.

243. Why him being disapointed with those statements made in Brusels is not shocking

253. One of the few times I actually agree with you.

314. Liberal and partisan

226. Haven't heard much from Scott Ritter in a while...

247. isn't he in prison for trying to have sex with underage girls ?

316. Seems to be something of a pattern among prominent critics of the deep state

351. Ritter was DEAD RIGHT about the War Criminals. Btw, what are THEY doing these days? We HAVE

339. He has a wikipedia page.

342. Thanks for the info.

264. Well, there is an election coming