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by Citizen Rat
Cross Posted at Daily Kos (but also since edited.)
So far, as I have read through multiple diaries on Daily Kos and especially on Open Left, there seems to be a significant current of opinion that Obama and the Democratic leadership have already caved on the bailout-though no one has offered any real evidence that that has happened. There are indeed problems with the current structure of the bail out (which I discuss below). There are also significant risks and opportunities. What I would like to happen-Bernie Sander's Plan (also reference Daily Kos is not going to happen-at least not in totality. That isn't to say some elements of it couldn't be enacted. I discuss below the fold. Read more... (905 words in story) by Citizen Rat
Update: Thanks of course for the recs. Also, MSNBC's Keith Olberman and Rachel Maddow were apparently blacked out last night in Southern Ohio. Obama's interview was not aired. It is hard to believe this was a coincidence.
Also posted last night on Daily Kos but since modified and updated.
I just watched John King's five minute "hit piece" on Scioto County Democrats and on Appalachians. If you haven't heard, or didn't see the piece, Scioto County Ohio is right on the bottom of Ohio, about 90 miles due south of Columbus on the Ohio River. We are-as many people keep telling us-right in the thick of it. In 2004 Kerry won Portsmouth and lost the county-but the margin was surprisingly close. Hillary won the primaries here in Appalachian, Ohio by huge margins-and Bill Clinton carried the area twice. Yesterday, John King came to Ohio and constructed a carefully planned and executed propaganda piece on Portsmouth desigend to show that "white people won't vote for Obama" (at least not in Scioto county) and that therefore, Obama will lose Ohio. It was simply put, Republican agit-prop and a disgusting display of the lack of journalistic ethics. Follow me below the fold to learn about what is actually going on here in Scioto County. Read more... (1 comment, 1219 words in story) |
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