Coakley's defeat would be robots in disguise!

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Saturday January 16, 2010 · 4:13 PM PST

2010/01/16 · 16:13

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Friday January 15, 2010 · 8:44 AM PST

2010/01/15 · 08:44

In contrast to past statements from gay groups and administration officials that "there is a plan" with regards to the President's gay rights promises, including DADT, the secret meeting (and the Times article) both made clear that there still is no plan at all. Both the meeting and the Times article confirm that the White House has not even decided if it will push for the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, let alone what exactly it will push for for, if anything (as noted in the Times article, the Pentagon is even considering whether a "separate but equal" policy should be adopted).

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Thursday January 07, 2010 · 7:43 AM PST

2010/01/07 · 07:43

What did Digby do?

First, she noticed and brought to her readers' attention this tasty bit of schadenfreude from the McCain-endorsing Washington Examiner:

White House visitor logs dumped late in the week between Christmas and New Year's Eve show that Billy Tauzin, the top lobbyist for the prescription drug industry and once a favorite target of Barack Obama, visited the White House at least 11 times in Obama's first six months in office.

The White House's open door for Tauzin, whom candidate Obama attacked as the embodiment of the revolving door and the corrupt collusion between politicians and industry, further dismantles the myth of Obama as the scourge of special interests. It also bolsters the conclusion that health care "reform" has become a boondoggle for the health industry, especially pharmaceutical companies.

During the presidential primary, in the spring of 2008, Obama ran a campaign ad aimed directly at Tauzin, chief executive officer of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...

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"This is all going to be on C-Span" and other HCR lies

Joe Beese

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Wednesday January 06, 2010 · 8:40 AM PST

2010/01/06 · 08:40

That's what I will do in bringing all parties together, not negotiating behind closed doors, but bringing all parties together, and broadcasting those negotiations on C-SPAN so that the American people can see what the choices are.

http://www.cnn.com/...

Referring explicitly to one of Obama's campaign pledges, a reporter asked Pelosi whether C-SPAN cameras would be allowed to film the House-Senate negotiations.

"There are a number of things he was for on the campaign trail," she said, without addressing the question.

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Wednesday December 23, 2009 · 1:04 PM PST

2009/12/23 · 13:04

And she's teaming up with Grover Norquist to do it.

We believe there is an abundant public record which establishes that the actions of the White House have blocked any investigation into his activities while on the board of Freddie Mac from 2000-2001, and facilitated the cover up of potentially malfeasance until the 10-year statute of limitations has run out. ...

We both come from differing political ideologies. One of us is the conservative head of a transparency foundation, and the other is the publisher of a liberal political blog. But we make common cause today out of grave concern for the future of our country in the wake of corruption-riddled bailouts. These bailouts continue to rob Main Street to benefit Wall Street, and, because of that, we together demand the resignation of Mr. Emanuel, a man who has steadfastly worked to obstruct both oversight and inquiry into the matter. Rahm Emanuel’s conflicts of interest render him far too compromised to serve as gatekeeper to the President of the United States.

http://firedoglake.com/...

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"I didn't campaign on the public option" and other Obama lies

Joe Beese

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Tuesday December 22, 2009 · 1:37 PM PST

2009/12/22 · 13:37

President Obama rejected in an interview Tuesday the criticism that he has compromised too much in order to secure health-care reform legislation, challenging his critics to identify any "gap" between what he campaigned on last year and what Congress is on the verge of passing. ...

Obama said the public option "has become a source of ideological contention between the left and right." But, he added, "I didn't campaign on the public option."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/...

Really? Tell us another one, Mr. President.

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Thursday December 17, 2009 · 11:38 AM PST

2009/12/17 · 11:38

Centrist Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson (Neb.) said Thursday he won't vote to advance the Senate healthcare bill unless it is changed.

Nelson said more stringent restrictions on the use of federal funds for abortion must be included in the bill if it is to win his vote.

http://thehill.com/...

And what kind of restrictions does the gentleman from Nebraska favor?

Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) is charging ahead, and plans to introduce an amendment to the Senate health care bill in the spirit, if not the precise letter, of the controversial Stupak amendment.

"It's as identical to Stupak as it can be," Nelson told CongressDaily.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/...

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Wednesday December 16, 2009 · 11:53 AM PST

2009/12/16 · 11:53

It’s one thing to require a citizen to pay taxes–to pay into the commons. It’s another thing to require taxpayers to pay a private corporation, and to have up to 25% of that go to paying for luxuries like private jets and gyms for the company CEOs.

It’s the same kind of deal peasants made under feudalism: some proportion of their labor in exchange for protection (in this case, from bankruptcy from health problems, though the bill doesn’t actually require the private corporations to deliver that much protection).In this case, the federal government becomes an appendage to do collections for the corporations.

Mind you, not only will citizens be required to pay private corporations. But middle class citizens may be required to pay more to these private corporations than they pay in federal and state taxes.

http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/...

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Tuesday December 15, 2009 · 6:58 AM PST

2009/12/15 · 06:58

We're not talking what we really wanted - we really wanted single payer - so we already compromised from our position. I think the public option at this point is sort of our Waterloo, This is where we stand and fight.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

Is it, Markos? Or was that just a catchy sound bite for the cameras?

Is this where you stand and fight? Is today the day you use the front page of your blog to call for the defeat of the Lieberman Health Care Industry Profit Protection Act Of 2009?

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Monday December 14, 2009 · 1:22 PM PST

2009/12/14 · 13:22

Remember how Obama summoned the top banksters to Washington so he could pretend to lecture them on their responsibilities to the taxpayers who had just saved their miserable asses? Nothing the least bit substantive, of course. Just a little kabuki to shore up his tanking approval ratings.

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Tuesday December 01, 2009 · 8:26 AM PST

2009/12/01 · 08:26

I won't keep you in suspense. Here are what struck me as the central bits.

I have made it clear to Preisdent Karazi and Afghanistan's other leaders that America's commitment is not open-ended. If the Afghan government does not follow through on its promises, it will lose the support of the American people -- and it will lose the support of the Afghani people. Now is the time to act.

A successful strategy for Afghanistan goes beyond military operations. Ordinary Afghani citizens must see that military operations are accompanied by visible improvements in their neighborhoods and communities. So America will hold the Afghan government to the benchmarks it has announced.

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Wednesday November 25, 2009 · 10:38 AM PST

2009/11/25 · 10:38

In yesterday's front page diary, there were a number of comments like this:

I'm going to at least wait until he gives the address on this week. It's such a mess, I'm not sure what the best solution is to be honest.

And that comment got 4 recommendations - so it's clearly a sentiment with some support.

To those people supporting it, I say: What could the speech possibly contain that would make the slightest bit of difference to you?

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