Archive for September 5th, 2009

I’m a Former Obama Campaign Staffer, and I Want the President to Lead Like He Promised Us

I’m a Former Obama Campaign Staffer, and I Want the President to Lead Like He Promised Us Posted by Mike Elk, Campaign for America’s Future at 3:59 PM on September 4, 2009. This former Obama camp staffer is organizing the rest — to pressure his candidate for health-care reform. I just joined thousands of others, [...]

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3 Things Obama Must Demand From Congress on Health Care

By Robert Reich, Robert Reich’s Blog. Posted September 5, 2009. To get anything meaningful through this session of Congress, the president will have to give congressional Democrats far more leadership and more cover. Congress returns next week to one of the fiercest and most important debates in recent memory — whether and to what extent [...]

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The Psychology of the Right-Wing’s Anti-Government ‘Death-Panel’ Delusions

By Michael Bader, AlterNet. Posted September 5, 2009. Calling people brainwashed, racist or stupid feels good but doesn’t really explain the heart of their irrational fear and hatred of government. A lot of heavyweight thinkers have offered explanations of the irrationality of modern political behavior — you know, behavior like Medicare recipients at town halls [...]

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