The exodus from DailyKos – blackwaterdog is chased out, starts new blog

i'd like to see a no-confidence referendum on this administration. send him a clear message. he's shown no cajones and surrounded himself with the usual suspects. i expected this result when he was constructing his cabinet. change? not a chance.

What's funny to me is the “self-importance” that the bloggers sometimes have of themselves.

DailyKos and FDL seems to think they are the end all and be all of the universe. Just as we ridicule the “teabaggers” for their delusions of grandeur that they are that influential, so too should the extreme left take care that they don't become much bigger than the cause of progress.

really? you expected “better”? this blog, and especially me, have been shamelessly in the tank for Barack from just about day one. if you expected anything less, you need to work on your reading comprehension. we've got his back. ain't gonna change.

you should have kept your illusions in check, mv. this problem of high expectations was identified as such in real time. i suspect you'll be coming around. some of us have been around this block a few times…..

my advice is to hold your fire, and see how this looks in a couple years. barack plays a long game. he's no huckster, and if you think he is, take your seat in the back with the teabaggers.

if you have no hope, than you're reading the wrong blog, commenting on a post written by the wrong blogger, proving my point in every word you write.

but as i said, i'm glad that the internet has allowed for pressure from the left, because there wasn't any prior to the internet. so keep pressuring. but you're off in loonie land right now, where the only other people around you are the same people in my youtubes.

yes, you are off in loonie land. you just advocated for an invasion of the country. there are other blogs for that crap, i'm sure you'll be welcomed there, most of them are populated by the likes of pam geller.

and i'll see your 2012 bet, and raise you an electoral landslide. whether or not you participate in it, at this point, i don't actually care.

“any progressive change will come to america by force due to external circumstances, such as the rest of the world deciding enough is enough with this pig-headed country.”

sounds like advocating an invasion to me.

I am mad at both Dailykos and Huff. post
I am glad to join you. i will post comments as soon as i get enough time. But i will be here, and I will have barack's back. I will give constructive critism when due but ALSO GIVE CREDIT WHEN DUE.

well, i've gone from elated (complete with fireworks) on election day to hopeful on inauguration day to disappointed over the first ten months to downright pissed off now. we've been had by a huckster. i'll change my opinion if he gives any reason to do so, but trust me, i won't be holding my breath, or my illusions when the next prez election rolls around.

i've been around this block of holding out hope for the dems more times than i can count. the largest truly progressive segment of the democratic power base, organized labor, has been successfully decimated over the last few decades. all that's left to the dems now is a mealy-mouthed faux intellectualism (e.g. human rights) that falls into the hands of bankers, insurers and all the other multi-national corporations every time. i have no hope for america. any progressive change will come to america by force due to external circumstances, such as the rest of the world deciding enough is enough with this pig-headed country.

if you think it's i who is off in loonie land, wait for the 2010 election results and then for the absolutely devastating capper, 2012. the dems could have avoided this outcome by behaving in a progressive manner. it's what the people wanted, even if most are unable to put such a label to it. what are they getting? guano. your youtubes will then be known as a quaint relic from a period of false hope.

oh, so it's okay for america to invade countries without justification and then whine when the people of those countries dare to fight back. where does this american exceptionalism come from, tim? loonie land, that's where. besides, i never advocated any such thing. there's a difference between predicting and advocating. maybe you should brush up on the reading comprehension you oftentimes accuse others of lacking.

there's that reading comprehension problem again on the face of it, tim. but i'll play along. how about economic force? how about diplomatic isolation? how about abandoning capitalism entirely? would any of those things force change in america, progressive or otherwise? all of this is beside the fact that the only reason america has avoided invasion to this point is its geographical isolation. despite the fact that canada has amassed 90% of its population along our borders, i don't think they pose a serious threat. something might be brewing from the south in the not-too-distant future, however. one never knows.

I miss blackwaterdog terribly, and am excited to find another place to view her inspiring photos.

The Daily Kos has become what that phony Markos always hoped for – a site to dismantle the Democratic movement.

And the trolls over there! Obama = Chamberlain = Nixon = Stalin = GOP Talking Points.

We don’t live in that world yet Flintz. For African Americans this is HUGE. for America this is HUGE. We just don’t realize it yet. This could be the start of race not mattering 50-80 years from now. We have a generation that will grow up and the earliest memory of a president will be a black man. That will forever change how they look at African Americans; and as such could make a paradigm shift in race relations in this country. this all has the potential to elevate us back to a super power because we’re finally taking advantage of EVERYONE’S intellectual power.