If his war against working Americans was going well, he'd not be surfacing in public. Not his style.

Excelsior!

And we're just getting started!



And almost half of voters don't know who she is - yet. Wait until they do!

now!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024772982

Once again, we can see that the Liberals are WRONG about wanting filibuster reform.

Ok, so today's Supreme Court ruling was disappointing. We lost.

But, just think of the lesson it teaches us sensible Democrats. In the future, there might be a Republican President, and Republican majorities in Congress. Now suppose that a Republican President nominated a crazy ideologue to the Supreme Court. A real nut with a history of voting for corporate interests at every turn.

We Democrats would filibuster the bastard! Yes. We. Would!

So, even though the filibuster in its current form inconveniently prevents us from doing anything to stop the massive flow of cash from the lumpenproletariat to our deserving Job Creators, we desperately need to keep it so we can avoid SCOTUS rulings like we had today.

So chill, Liberals. I suggest that you follow my lead tonight and drown your misery in a few bottles of full-bodied Sauternes with truffle/duck pate and fois gras with cherry sauce. And make sure to do your part in GOTV by urging the household help to VOTE DEMOCRATIC!

Regards,

Third-Way Manny

Of course, like virtually every other DUer, I've been convinced of that since... forever.

We're not the problem. We vote. Liberals are particularly reliable at voting. For Democrats, and everything.

The problem is the folks in the "middle". They're the finicky ones without much political passion who stay home or vote for the other guys if the party in power doesn't Get The Job Done.

So we can have more posts that exhort us to vote. But, what Democrats really need in order to win, is to Get The Job Done.

And one more thing: from now on, each time I read about how Nader's to blame for Bush, I'll contribute $10 to Nader for President. Cut the #%^*.

As we should be critical of our President and other Democrats when appropriate, we should also praise the good stuff they do.

In particular, I'm feeling good about the way President Obama has handled the Russian takeover of Crimea.

The lead-up to the event was nothing to brag about, as far as I can tell. Western bankers and politicians were vying with Eastern oligarchs and politicians, both trying to scam the Ukrainian 99%'s cash through austerity of one kind or another. Ukraine was a sheep set upon by two wolves. The East won, the West didn't like it and helped fuel a revolution, the East grabbed Crimea and made noises about grabbing some more.

East and West both have dirty hands, but only one side made an overt use of force, and overt force is a huge problem. Not because Crimea is now in Russian hands (it seems that's what Crimeans wanted, anyway), but because of where it could lead.

As we all know, Nazi Germany started grabbing territories in the 1930s. It started by relatively bloodless annexation of German-speaking territories through bullying. As successes mounted, it grew to... well, we all know what happened.

More than ever, modern powers cannot afford war against one another, so it's critical to nip Putin's militarism in the bud. To be clear, Russia is not Nazi Germany: Nazi Germany was led by a rabid ideologue, while Russia is led by greedheads. Fortunately, greedheads are easier to deter than ideologues: take away their money, and they tend to behave.

President Obama took, I think, exactly the right approach. He made it clear that:

- There'd be no Western military response.
- There will be a price to pay, out of the wallets of the oligarchs.

Time will tell if this is the right thing to do, but for what it's worth, I think it is, and it's certainly a hell of a lot different than Dim Son, McCain, Romney, or another Republican would do.

Thanks, Obama.