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Sometimes I feel like one of the few remaining leftist progressives in Philadelphia. The consensus for Democrats in the city regarding political candidates, be they local, state or federal, is to just accept whatever political candidate is proffered, regardless of how anti-progressive they might be. Each time I have criticized President Obama for his right-wing [...]
It’s no longer political heresy to say it: No true progressive can vote for President Obama in 2012. The answers to the question “Why not?” are myriad. The answers are also acutely frustrating for those of us who waited eight years for a Democrat in the White House and worked hard to get one elected, [...]
What will it take for the Democratic establishment to understand that Sarah Palin is their biggest threat to maintaining the presidency in 2012? For two years now all I have heard from friends, the center-left blogosphere and the White House insiders is that Sarah Palin is stupid. Stupid, stupid, stupid. And when I have said [...]
I have been busy starting an independent publishing house for kid’s books and trying not to go crazy over what’s happening in the Gulf and what’s not happening in Washington. Then this morning I get an email in which a friend asks: Did you see the cover of Newsweek this week? “St. Sarah” (Palin). Scary as [...]
