Showing posts with label right-wing. Show all posts
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Saturday
I stand with Judge Sotomayor
Stand with Judge Sotomayor Against the Right-Wing Attacks
Sonia Sotomayor is an accomplished scholar, celebrated judge, and devoted public servant. But despite her impressive credentials, right-wing critics have responded to her historic nomination with thinly veiled sexist and racist attacks. Please join us in standing with Judge Sotomayor and urging the Senate Judiciary Committee to give her a swift confirmation. (Please sign it now!)
Tuesday
we are still at war- abroad and at home
a few things have occurred to me of late- one of the bigger ones being that the left is doing 'it' again. what is 'it'? screwing ourselves over. yep. the right declared war on 'big government' and 'libruls' decades ago and we just let it roll over us in our yuppie dash to riches, bigger houses, stuff to fill those bigger houses, etc. the war is still declared. we only have to listen to 'the other side' to hear it. it's like the southerners still fighting the civil war. and sadly, no, i am not kidding.
look, our jobs are not over simply because the left won one presidential election and a majority in congress. that's fleeting. the right is mobilizing it's twenty percenters to take back state and local governments again. that means our communities; our school boards; our state representatives; our governors; any elected officials. they are 'crossing over' to vote and they are masquerading as 'blue dog democrats.' and sadly, no, i am not kidding.
and what is the left doing? taking impatient pot shots at a man and his administration who inherited arguably the worst mess in the history of our country- and that is leeching out into the rest of the world. patience and practicality dictates that you allow the man to do his job- and that you direct your frustrations towards the people who deserve it- the congress.
it wasn't barack obama who led the charge and voted for the aig bonuses last september. nope. that would be nancy pelosi and harry reid and their devotees. our job as citizens is to hold their feet to the fire- we directly elect them. we make them hear our voices and represent us truthfully-- or we vote them out. the 2010 elections are next year. very quick. the rethugs are already gearing up to take back ground lost- and sadly, no, i am not kidding. just because you vote them out- or their administrations out- they aren't gone. they are lurking in the background designing more ways to seize power and money. they get it- we on the left are the ones who don't.
my thought is- sure, obama needs to be held accountable. but he hasn't even served 3 months of his first term yet and has done a heluva lotta work in a short time. pelosi, et al, have been in the majority since january, 2007- um... why is she still in office again? oh right. left wing folks in california voted her another term. makes me wonder why.
look, our jobs are not over simply because the left won one presidential election and a majority in congress. that's fleeting. the right is mobilizing it's twenty percenters to take back state and local governments again. that means our communities; our school boards; our state representatives; our governors; any elected officials. they are 'crossing over' to vote and they are masquerading as 'blue dog democrats.' and sadly, no, i am not kidding.
and what is the left doing? taking impatient pot shots at a man and his administration who inherited arguably the worst mess in the history of our country- and that is leeching out into the rest of the world. patience and practicality dictates that you allow the man to do his job- and that you direct your frustrations towards the people who deserve it- the congress.
it wasn't barack obama who led the charge and voted for the aig bonuses last september. nope. that would be nancy pelosi and harry reid and their devotees. our job as citizens is to hold their feet to the fire- we directly elect them. we make them hear our voices and represent us truthfully-- or we vote them out. the 2010 elections are next year. very quick. the rethugs are already gearing up to take back ground lost- and sadly, no, i am not kidding. just because you vote them out- or their administrations out- they aren't gone. they are lurking in the background designing more ways to seize power and money. they get it- we on the left are the ones who don't.
my thought is- sure, obama needs to be held accountable. but he hasn't even served 3 months of his first term yet and has done a heluva lotta work in a short time. pelosi, et al, have been in the majority since january, 2007- um... why is she still in office again? oh right. left wing folks in california voted her another term. makes me wonder why.
Friday
Swift-Boat This!
Via Media Matters
Dear Readers,
I'm sure you've heard some of the many lies about Sen. Barack Obama that have been circulating over the last year or so, both online and in the mainstream media. The truth is that Obama is a Christian, not a Muslim; he was born in the United States; he doesn't refuse to recite the Pledge of Allegiance; he wasn't endorsed by Fidel Castro; the list goes on and on. While many of the attacks on Obama are outright lies, other attacks are outrageous distortions with just a kernel of truth at their core.
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Dear Readers,
I'm sure you've heard some of the many lies about Sen. Barack Obama that have been circulating over the last year or so, both online and in the mainstream media. The truth is that Obama is a Christian, not a Muslim; he was born in the United States; he doesn't refuse to recite the Pledge of Allegiance; he wasn't endorsed by Fidel Castro; the list goes on and on. While many of the attacks on Obama are outright lies, other attacks are outrageous distortions with just a kernel of truth at their core.
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Many of these right-wing attacks have been spread in emails and reported in the echo chamber that is the mainstream media. While they may seem disconnected, the truth is that these attacks work together, like separate voices combining to form a chorus of fear and resentment. The claims that Obama is a Muslim or somehow foreign; that he represents a black radicalism more at home in the 1960s than today; and that he is a liberal elitist with a radical, even socialist agenda work to reinforce an overarching narrative that Obama is alien and threatening -- that he is "not one of us."
Click here to see how the right-wing narrative is being tailored to make you think Obama is "not one of us."
We saw what happened when the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth unleashed their dossier of lies about Sen. John Kerry in 2004 -- lies that were repeated ad nauseam in the media. We call the 2008 version "Swiftboating 2.0" not only because it is the latest model of a political smear campaign, but also because it shares features of "Web 2.0" sites like Facebook and MySpace, where significant portions of the content are generated by ordinary people and are spread from peer to peer.
You can fight back using the same channels of information. Talk to your friends and family about the information contained at mediamattersaction.org/swiftboating to fight the lies. When you see or hear media figures repeating these smears, call or send them an email to let them know you're watching and that they got it wrong.
The only way to keep this round of Swiftboating from succeeding is for everyone who knows the truth to stand up for media accountability and stop the smears.