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President Obama's First Week
January 27, 2009Mark debates Republican strategist Mike Lane on President Obama’s first week on the job.
Republicans Declare War on Obama!
January 22, 2009Less than 24 hours after being Inaugurated, the Republican Party — from self-proclaimed “moderates” like Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania to the Leader of the Idiocracy (Rush Limbaugh) — made clear their determination to buck the 82% of America that approve of Obama and want him to succeed.
Specter was the first to lay down the gauntlet. In a move unprecedented in American history, Specter referenced an obscure committee rule to delay one week a hearing on the nomination of Judge Eric Holder for Attorney General. The real concern of Republicans: that Holder would prosecute ex-Bush officials for their flagrant breaches of the U.S. Constitution.
Meanwhile, Rush Limbaugh made clear his determination that Government of the People, by the People, and for the People must fail, lest Obama’s success be proof that Government can actually be a force for goods. “I hope he fails,” said the rotund drug addict revered by the few unthinking dittoheads remaining in America.
Those of you who support the President need to let Republicans know NOW that their attempts to obstruct the Will of the American People will not be looked at kindly. You can start by calling Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter’s office and tell him how angry you are that he has declared War on Obama. Specter has said he supports Holder. So why the hold-up? Because Republicans want to make sure that the lawlessness, shredding of the Constitution, and war crimes of their friends in the Bush Administration are never prosecuted. They want to ensure their unqualified cronies, illegally chosen for political reasons for their demonstrated loyalty to the President over and above the Constitution, remain in power to subvert the will of President Obama and the American People. If Republicans have their way, it could weaken Holder and set a fine precedent for the invulnerability of future American tyranny. Let’s begin protests outside Specter’s office and demonstrations across Pennsylvania. Republicans may hate the Constitution. But We the People believe it is We, not They, who are in Charge.
Inauguration Day
January 20, 2009Our eight-year reign of error, incompetence, and malice is over.
No tears shed today for Bush or wheelchair-bound Cheney.
Congratulations to President Obama.
Our hopes and dreams are on your shoulders.
But have we put too much weight on the shoulders of a strong, capable, sensitive, but ultimately imperfect human being?
Will the Obama Era, which begins today with such promise, lead to an inevitable let-down when we realize that he cannot be all things to all Americans?
I’m tempted to ignore my fears for the future today as I attend the Inauguration of President Obama. Ah, the powerful Audacity of Hope….
Fulfilling the Dream: From MLK to Obama
January 19, 2009Guest: Phyllis Randall, Chair of Political Action for the NAACP Northern Virginia
Congress Shaping Up
January 15, 2009Congress is finally shaping up. Things that were hard before are now suddenly easy:
Vote Today on Second Half of Financial Bail-Out (TARP)
Vote Soon on Stimulus Package
Senate Confirmation Hearings for Attorney General, Treasury Secretary, and Head of EPA
Good-bye to Biden and Clinton
Votes on SCHIP, stem cells, and DC statehood
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