Archive for September 6, 2006

this bunch of Republicans

York comes to this conclusion:

NR / Digital Article
Today, after years of drifting leftward, Democrats face a dilemma. They are the target of an angry, energized netroots movement that considers the mainstream Democratic party too centrist, too accommodating to Republicans, and insufficiently “progressive” for today’s politics. The farther Democrats move to the left, the farther their most passionate constituents prod them along.
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It is probably more accurate to say that Democrats consider this bunch of Republicans so far off the track, that Democrats that do (and have) supported this bunch, need to be replaced by Democrats with some starch in their shirts…or their brazier.

It may be that York is referring back to the Lamont/ Lieberman primary race and applying the issues in that race to the whole midterm election. We will see.

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A Father Lost

Beautiful:

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall
In the two weeks since my dad died I’ve struggled to know how to describe him to those who didn’t know him. I can see him in my mind’s eye. I can feel who he was. I remember the texture of his skin and all his unique gestures. I felt his hand on my shoulder the day after he died. But like a fish who can’t describe the sea, because he was so central to my experience, I find it difficult to know how to explain who he was, how to decide which details to pick out of the panorama of my life with him.

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