{"id":21480,"date":"2010-01-18T14:06:17","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T19:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=21480"},"modified":"2011-09-24T16:12:19","modified_gmt":"2011-09-24T20:12:19","slug":"making-common-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/by-judith-gayle-2\/making-common-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Common Cause"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Judith Gayle<\/strong> | Political Waves (the Planet Waves politics blog)<\/p>\n

Please allow me a moment for a tizzy fit and to point you in the direction of this generations great challenge to American liberty.<\/p>\n

Liberal agenda, liberal agenda<\/em> — jeez, I’m tired of hearing that screamed from the rooftops like the echoes of aluminum-foil hat paranoids babbling away at the television.<\/p>\n

We’re so far to the right side of the political spectrum in this nation that handing out bottles of water to suffering Haitians is considered a “liberal” indulgence that “plays right into Obama’s hands,” if you listen to Rush Limbaugh, which you probably do not. Like good compliant serfs, the folks lost in their list of grievances and easily led by hucksters are working tirelessly to keep their free market feudalism and get us back in the herd.<\/p>\n

Let’s get this straight. Ted Kennedy, liberal lion of Congress and champion of the little guy for almost forty years, may lose his Massachusetts senate seat to a Tea Bagger that thinks Obama may be illegitimate<\/a> and agrees that Martha Coakley deserves a curling iron<\/a> up her bum.<\/p>\n

It isn’t ideology that separates the men from the boys, here. It’s uninformed tantrum. What kind of political savvy and life script is this:<\/p>\n

“I’m really furious that Obama’s emergency spending didn’t make its way into my pocket so I’m going to vote for the guy who doesn’t think government should do diddly for me and wouldn’t piss on me if I was on fire. Yeah, that’ll show ’em.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Methinks the Universe is trying to get the progressives up off their complacent ass and mobilized for the change they want. The only way to\u00a0impact the situation on the ground is to project a BETTER idea over the outmoded one and allow its success to shift the zeitgeist. If we aren’t doing our part to get that new piece in place … we’re doing theirs. They’ll win by default.<\/p>\n

If we’re still invested in Martin’s dream, we’d better get busy.<\/p>\n

Jude<\/p>\n

Issues in the Senate race<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Stephanie Ebbert, Boston Globe<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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