John Podesta is head of the Center for American Progress.

Which runs this site.

He’s also in charge of Obama’s “first 100 day agenda”.

Like I told you, Obama’s liberal agenda is in good hands.

Now please, for the love of the god of your choice, shut THE fcuk up.

Good stuff !!

¶ AIO

I can’t wait for them to get behind Bill ORielly’s “War on Christmas” this year.

It was a landslide election in case some of these republicans weren’t paying attention.

By the Way,
George Bush and Dick Cheney are not Center Right..!
And neither was the republican controlled House and Senate in their rubber stamp sheepish following Bush into war profiteering and animal house economics.

“CANTOR: This was not some kind of realignment of the electorate, not some kind of shift toward some style of European social, big government type of philosophy.”

Big government?

After the neo-con Republicans doubled our federal deficit from $5 Trillion to $10 Trillion over the past eight years, after being handed a budget surplus by President Bill Clinton’s administratin?

After the Republican-controlled House and Senate increased “ear marks” every year they were in charge?

After the Republicans started a “war of choice,” not one of necessity, which has cost hundreds of billions of dollars, with hundreds of billions more to be charged to U.S. taxpayers?

After the Republicans relaxed home-lending regulations that had been in place for decades, protecting not only potential home buyers but also lenders from shaky mortgages, a lax Republican policy leading to the recent market meltdown?

After the Republicans rammed Paulson’s “bail-out” plan through Congress, a plan that sounds like something Herbert Hoover would be proud of, but will not stop our nation’s fall into an even deeper recession, possibly one bordering on another Great Depression?

After Republicans gave up the Patriot Act and Homeland Security which has vastly expanded the government, leading to illegal intrusions into the privacy of American citizens in the process?

“Big Government” was okay with these culture of corruption, deceit and greed Republicans…as long as they, and their crony Wall Street CEOs, defense contractors and religious fundamentalists were raking in the “big government” largesse…which is the same perverse lyrics sung by totalitarian thugs around the world.

But when these “big government” totalitarian thugs are tossed from office (and power over the purse) they suddenly turn into “small government” reformists. Go figure.

TP made the top 10 without a hall monitor. period.

Your constant whining about such adolesence is distracting from the thread, that is why you will be called a concern troll for your behavior.

You have posted maybe 50 times in the last two days and fully 35 of those posts have been about our bad language and the integrity of TP based on your opinion.

You seem to think that the trolls who drop by here calling us left wing loonies, etc. are just nice everyday people that you might speak to in the mall…….wrong.

freeman Says:
TP is gaining notoriety

Yeah, and that happened before you arrived with your saguine advice and it has been and is a rough and tumble place for discussions…..it’s for adults so don’t act like this is kindergarden and we have to all play nice, ok?

freeman Says:
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I have been told by several people who look at this site and the huff po as well that they no longer bother looking at the comments because of the rudeness ,expletives and generally adolescent behavior exhibited .
Think progress is an icon of the left and calling names and insulting other posters with personal attacks does nothing more than turn off those who are undecided or possible converts.Such behavior does this site and the progressive agenda in general a great disservice .

I just read every post on this thread and fail to see anything like what you describe. The worst thread as far as insulting has been yours so far.

If it were up to me I would be more reserved in the use of the word ‘mandate’ to describe the results of the election, however, if you want to add in the cumulative effects from 2006 Congressional elections to today (cheers, jurassicpork), you do have more credence to claim one. For myself, I prefer to wait four more years.

And tarazan; Majority of Republicans still believe that Sarah Palin will bring them the big victory next time in 2012. If Republicans do nominate Palin in 2012, they completely failed to learn anything from this election cycle… which should lead to Obama’s “mandate” (by my standards) in ‘08!

Finally, barfly, I am trying to equate the two elections. Yes, the issues were different in ‘04 to today. Yes, the electorate opted not to “change horses in midstream,” but that was the point I was trying to make. By opting not to change horses, Bush had a mandate to continue the war. I guess the parallel is not as clear cut as I was trying to make it?

I suppose my idea is, the main issue in ‘04 was Iraq, since Bush won, he had the mandate to continue. In ‘08, (recently) we have the economy, but more generally, the issue was 8 years of Bush. Since Obama won, I see it as a mandate to rebuke the Bush policies, if that is a mandate at all.

I appreciate the thoughtful responses.

I also see, from time to time,poorly worded and negative posts, but ……. have you ever gone to RedState?

It happens both ways.

OMG…..DO YOU KNOW WHAT SWEET MUSIC THAT IS TO MY EARS?