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On one level, it isn’t really hard to understand, though it does require that one accepts the truism that people tend to believe what they want to believe, rather than genuinely evaluating a given situation into which they have poured a lot of emotional investment from a logical and dispassionate standpoint. It’s not like […]

I promise to get some serious posting to make up for my lack of posting later. Until then, enjoy!
Here in the soaked-red state of North Dakota, I am basically considered to be a hippy/ liberal freak. My friends, mainly moderate, apathetic, or conservative basically think I’m just a little bit to the right of […]

Disclaimer the first: I do not think that either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama will govern the U.S. in a manner distinguishable or necessarily preferable to that of a white male politician.
Disclaimer the second: Besides, I have a bet riding on a McCain victory, though it’s a bet I hope to lose.
Disclaimer the third: And […]

Dennis Kucinich declared he’s back in the game for 2008, in no small part because he wants our troops home yesterday:
The Cleveland Democrat said he plans to use his anti-war stance as a stepping stone to becoming the country’s 44th president. He said he’s launching his campaign out of frustration with his own party, which […]

…maybe now you do. [This is Liberal Democrats]
Looks like Emmanuel is pushing for some of the issues I mentioned earlier this morning, but for some reason he sees them as mutually exclusive from “liberals.” That’s ridiculous.

Yesterday I explained why I believe we need a group dedicated to promoting liberalism to voters and the Democratic party alike. A quick recap:
—Liberal ideas are already extremely popular. Overwhelmingly, Americans want environmental reform, health care coverage for all, and transparent governance.
—The language of liberalism gives voters a shorthand way to describe a […]

Liberals faced a pretty dark time when several Democrats voted for Bush’s torture legislation and effectively signed away habeas corpus. We felt deeply betrayed by the notion that _any_ Democrats would sign off on such a disgusting piece of legislation.
My anger prompted me to leak my idea for Liberal Democrats, and I […]

How ’bout that:
It seems U.S. Democrats are becoming a lot more comfortable with the L-word. And that could bode well for their hopes to take control of Congress in next month’s mid-term elections.
Being called a “liberal” has been an insult in much of the United States for decades, even when there was a Democrat in […]

Recently, Markos posted a lengthy essay at Cato Unbound on the rise of the Libertarian Democrat. He describes supporters of this idea thusly:
…there’s a whole swath of Americans who are uncomfortable with Republican/conservative efforts to erode our civil liberties while intruding into our bedrooms and churches; they don’t like unaccountable corporations invading their privacy, […]

Just a sample of how easy it can be to market our liberalism…
[Flicker photo used]

In the wake of the Democrats’ failure to put up a real fight against the legalization of torture and the ability to suspend the Writ of Habeas Corpus, two things about our party have become clear (if they weren’t before):
1) They are weak and rudderless.
2) They have abandoned their liberal roots.
Many staunch Democratic voters feel […]