Thom Hartman.....Hackett Not Fit To Be........

[rsmith6621]

a politician/statesman.........."He's a Loose Cannon"


Agreed??????


I wonder what Randi Rhodes and Ed Schultz will have to say on this....they seem to have a lot of regard for him.....

[Bluzmann57]

1. The Democratic Party, and America, need a "loose cannon".

Thats why a lot of people were supporting him. He spoke his mind and refused to back down.

[SteppingRazor]

2. Agreed. As I said on another post...

Hackett had the politically unacceptable tendency to tell the blunt, unvarnished truth. So, he wasn't fit to be a politician. He was too good for it.

[Touchdown]

3. Is that his opinion, or is Thom reading a statement from another?

He sometimes paraphrases people, and uses irony in his commentaries. I just want to know if it's him saying this, or mocking someone else.

[datadiva]

4. By whose standards?

Seems to me we need some loose cannons. Somebody who speaks their mind and is not afraid of doing so. Let the name calling begin. :eyes:

[DemNoir]

5. He is very Green

This is going to be a high profile national type Senate race.I think somebody with more experience is needed.Hackett should have run again in his Congressional district like the party wanted him to.

Sherrod Brown annouced his candidacy first. Also, his positions overall are more progressive than Hackett's

Everyone is in love with Hackett's tough talk and pithy comebacks but don't really know anything else about him.

[400Years]

6. a "Loose Cannon" that tells it like it is, can't have that now can we?

[Stanchetalarooni]

7. They are a couple of loose cannons themselves.

Hackett is a populist, albeit, an anti-war populist.
There is no place in the Senate for a Peoples candidate.
Peoples candidates function best and most effectively in the House.
And loose cannons don't function anywhere well at all.

[Vickers]

8. Better than a "loose shotgun" huh?

:spank:

[shance]

9. Absolutely. Democrats need more trained monkeys.

God forbid someone speak the truth lest he/she be labeled a "loose cannon".

[Totally Committed]

10. I do not agree with that assessment...

not at all.

TC

[WildEyedLiberal]

11. God, is that the one and only issue that matters?

"Tough talk?" Calling Bush an SOB?

Please. I think all DU wants is someone who will call Bush bad names on Sunday morning talk shows. That appears to be the single overriding litmus test for one's worthiness for public office around here.

[bvar22]

12. Gawd Noooooooo!

He would Rock the Boat, and might even Upset the Applecart!
Whatever happens, we MUST protect the MoneyMachine.

Hackett HASN"T EVEN served time in the House, so he can't possibly have learned the Nod Nod...Wink, Wink of Washington Two Party Only Politics!!!!


In recent polls by the Pew Research Group, the Opinion Research Corporation, the Wall Street Journal, and CBS News, the American majority has made clear how it feels. Look at how the majority feels about some of the issues that you'd think would be gospel to a REAL Democratic party:

1. 65 percent say the government should guarantee health insurance for everyone -- even if it means raising taxes.

2. 86 percent favor raising the minimum wage (including 79 percent of selfdescribed "social conservatives").

3. 60 percent favor repealing either all of Bush's tax cuts or at least those cuts that went to the rich.

4. 66 percent would reduce the deficit not by cutting domestic spending but by reducing Pentagon spending or raising taxes.

5. 77 percent believe the country should do "whatever it takes" to protect the environment.

6. 87 percent think big oil corporations are gouging consumers, and 80 percent (including 76 percent of Republicans) would support a windfall profits tax on the oil giants if the revenues went for more research on alternative fuels.

7. 69 percent agree that corporate offshoring of jobs is bad for the U.S. economy (78 percent of "disaffected" voters think this), and only 22% believe offshoring is good because "it keeps costs down."