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9 thoughts on “My Party”
But spines just don’t focus group that well. Our consultants don’t like them.
Seriously, we need more ads like the MoveOn.org Petraeus ad, not fewer. Perhaps they can get Admiral William Fallon to do the next one.
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MoveOn was very mild. Petraeus’s boss, Admiral Fallon, was much stronger:
IPS News | September 12, 2007 05:28 PM
In sharp contrast to the lionisation of Gen. David Petraeus by members of the U.S. Congress during his testimony this week, Petraeus’s superior, Admiral William Fallon, chief of the Central Command (CENTCOM), derided Petraeus as a sycophant during their first meeting in Baghdad last March, according to Pentagon sources familiar with reports of the meeting.
Fallon told Petraeus that he considered him to be “an ass-kissing little chickenshit” and added, “I hate people like that”, the sources say. That remark reportedly came after Petraeus began the meeting by making remarks that Fallon interpreted as trying to ingratiate himself with a superior.
That extraordinarily contentious start of Fallon’s mission to Baghdad led to more meetings marked by acute tension between the two commanders. Fallon went on develop his own alternative to Petraeus’s recommendation for continued high levels of U.S. troops in Iraq during the summer.”
I admit to having to giggle every time I read that! Can you imagine the furor if MoveOn had used language like that!!! I have also read reports that say Petraeus would like to run for President in 2012. Whew!!!!
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The Democratic Party needs to RECOGNIZE A BACKBONE when it sees it; instead of relying on Moveon to speak for it!
The Democratic Party needs to Retake Control of The Democratic Party and start kicking ASS!
As with The Teamsters Union fighting right now to keep Mexican Suicide Trucks OFF our Interstates killing our citizens and driven by wide eyed drivers that play CHICKEN while driving on Mexican Highways!
The Union Movement was set on the back burner in favor of Move On created in the late 1990’s to defend Bill Clinton’s Scandals.
We Democrats of The Party of F.D.R. and J.F.K. need to say enough is enough to the Move On group and retake the Controls and inform Democratic Candidates to start getting a BACKBONE!
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Good thinking, Art. Very good, indeed.
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Francine…Of course the unions will be supporting the Democrats…for the same reason I’ll be voting Democratic. I’m not sure they’re much more optimistic than I, however. They’ve endorsed Edwards and not our most probable candidate, Clinton.
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Art, if the American Labor Movement knows which side of the bread the butter is on, they’ll be supporting Democrats. If you think you are unhappy with Democrats – just remember how miserable we were with a Republican majority!!!
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As I’ve commented over at The Data Port, I’ll be voting Democratic but that’ll be about it.
There is an alternative for Progressives that, although in a weakened state, is still in the trenches fighting the good fight: The American labor union movement.
That’s where this former Democrat will be volunteering.
But spines just don’t focus group that well. Our consultants don’t like them.
Seriously, we need more ads like the MoveOn.org Petraeus ad, not fewer. Perhaps they can get Admiral William Fallon to do the next one.
MoveOn was very mild. Petraeus’s boss, Admiral Fallon, was much stronger:
IPS News | September 12, 2007 05:28 PM
In sharp contrast to the lionisation of Gen. David Petraeus by members of the U.S. Congress during his testimony this week, Petraeus’s superior, Admiral William Fallon, chief of the Central Command (CENTCOM), derided Petraeus as a sycophant during their first meeting in Baghdad last March, according to Pentagon sources familiar with reports of the meeting.
Fallon told Petraeus that he considered him to be “an ass-kissing little chickenshit” and added, “I hate people like that”, the sources say. That remark reportedly came after Petraeus began the meeting by making remarks that Fallon interpreted as trying to ingratiate himself with a superior.
That extraordinarily contentious start of Fallon’s mission to Baghdad led to more meetings marked by acute tension between the two commanders. Fallon went on develop his own alternative to Petraeus’s recommendation for continued high levels of U.S. troops in Iraq during the summer.”
I admit to having to giggle every time I read that! Can you imagine the furor if MoveOn had used language like that!!! I have also read reports that say Petraeus would like to run for President in 2012. Whew!!!!
The Democratic Party needs to RECOGNIZE A BACKBONE when it sees it; instead of relying on Moveon to speak for it!
The Democratic Party needs to Retake Control of The Democratic Party and start kicking ASS!
As with The Teamsters Union fighting right now to keep Mexican Suicide Trucks OFF our Interstates killing our citizens and driven by wide eyed drivers that play CHICKEN while driving on Mexican Highways!
The Union Movement was set on the back burner in favor of Move On created in the late 1990’s to defend Bill Clinton’s Scandals.
We Democrats of The Party of F.D.R. and J.F.K. need to say enough is enough to the Move On group and retake the Controls and inform Democratic Candidates to start getting a BACKBONE!
Good thinking, Art. Very good, indeed.
Francine…Of course the unions will be supporting the Democrats…for the same reason I’ll be voting Democratic. I’m not sure they’re much more optimistic than I, however. They’ve endorsed Edwards and not our most probable candidate, Clinton.
Art, if the American Labor Movement knows which side of the bread the butter is on, they’ll be supporting Democrats. If you think you are unhappy with Democrats – just remember how miserable we were with a Republican majority!!!
As I’ve commented over at The Data Port, I’ll be voting Democratic but that’ll be about it.
There is an alternative for Progressives that, although in a weakened state, is still in the trenches fighting the good fight: The American labor union movement.
That’s where this former Democrat will be volunteering.
Love it.
Great cartoon.