[ITSALLABOUTMEMAN] Re: Go big, Mr. President

 

Dear Ms. vanden Heuvel,

I gave you the same advice (http://mattlove1.blogspot.com/2014/11/itsallaboutmeman-re-president-obama.html) I gave the folks at Credo who seem to want more the same thing - Obama to pour out his awfulness on our nation. My advice is "give it a rest." He's done enough damage already, and he hasn't listened to you for 6 years, and he won't listen to you for the next 2, he's going to be doing as much harm as he can to poor and working people, and as much favorable actions he can for his fellow rich people.

Of course, your once worthy publication, like Mother Jones, has become a mouthpiece for the Democratic  Party. It's times like this I most miss Alexander Cockburn. He would have had some choice things to say about your ridiculous letter.

On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 10:05 AM, The Nation Magazine <emails@emails.thenation.com> wrote:

On election night, Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel challenged President Obama to "draw the line in the sand this week. "As soon as the results were clear, she posted this piece: "The Democrats Lost Big Tonight. Why Obama Should Double Down." "The Obama administration should act right away to use its executive powers to take steps to deal with long-ignored issues that need to be dealt with for the good of the nation." While mainstream media coverage was buying into GOP talking points and writing the president off as a lame duck, The Nation offered up an independent dose of reality. "Sixth-year setbacks are common for presidents. And Obama need not let this one define him." "President Obama should embrace good progressive public policy while expecting—indeed, hoping for—a massive outcry from the wing-nut section of the GOP," vanden Heuvel wrote. Among her prescriptions were to "act big—and act fast": start with serious immigration reform; go up to the edge of normalizing relations with Cuba; cancel the Keystone XL pipeline; nominate a diverse set of progressives to fill every judicial vacancy at every level; nominate Tom Harkin to the Federal Reserve Board; and embrace a good jobs initiative. "Pick a fight with Rick Perry and/or Jan Brewer, if need be, and be glad that you're in a high-profile fight with them. Let the right wing come unglued—which they will!—and don't back down when Steve King and Louie Gohmert and Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin start calling for impeachment." The Nation stands apart from other publications in our willingness to expose abuses wherever we see them, and take on a rigged system which is shafting hard-working Americans and privileging America's 1 percent. But we can't do it alone. We need your support. Please consider a low-cost digital subscription to support our journalism. Thank you. Your support makes our work possible.

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[ITSALLABOUTMEMAN] Re: President Obama

 

Hey Becky and Michael,

I don't even know where to start  to respond to your imbecilic email. You want Obama to start showing leadership now before it's too late. I think we pretty much know what he's up to already (partial list attached below) and I don't think we know any more of it. We're going to see more and more of that Obama magic in the next two years, as he can do what he is naturally inclined to do and claim he's just a victim of those rough-housing Republicans. It's a perfect setup for him, and the interests he serves, and I don't see how appealing to a better nature he does not possess, politely or aggressively, is going to change one thing.  There are way better places to take the fight.

And by the way, the phrase is "toed the line" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toe_the_line) and you used it completely incorrectly. Why don't you hire me to proof read your appeals before you send them out?  I can root out the pidgin english phrases, and add useful comments such as "it's useless to expect anything other than more of the same service to the wealthy from the scum sucking neoliberal in the white house. Join us in the streets, comrades!"

Obama's Betrayals:  A partial list.

Dropped bombs in 6 other Muslim countries.
Said, "I believe in American exceptionalism with every fiber of my being."
Bragged about his use of drones - I'm "really good at killing people".
Deported a modern-record 2 million immigrants.
Signed the Monsanto Protection Act into law.
Started a new war in Iraq.
Planned $355 billion for a nuclear weapons program.
Initiated, and personally oversees a 'Secret Kill List'.
Pushed for war on Syria while siding with al-Qaeda.
Backed neo-Nazis in Ukraine.
Supported Israel's wars and occupation of Palestine.
Drastically escalated the NSA spying program.
Deployed Special Ops to 134 countries - compared to 60 under Bush.
Did a TV commercial promoting "clean coal".
Signed the NDAA into law - making it legal to assassinate Americans w/o charge or trial.
Given Bush absolute immunity for everything.
Pushed for a TPP Trade Pact.

Sold $30 billion of weapons to the dictatorship in Saudi Arabia.
Signed an agreement for 7 military bases in Colombia.
Opened a military base in Chile.
Touted nuclear power, even after the disaster in Japan.
Opened up deepwater oil drilling, even after the BP disaster.
Mandated the Insider Threat Program which orders federal employees to report suspicious actions of their colleagues.
Defended body scans and pat-downs at airports.
Signed the Patriot Act extension into law.
Launched 20,000 Airstrikes in his first term.
Continued Bush's rendition program.
Said the U.S. is the "one indispensable nation" in the world.
Waged war on Libya without congressional approval.
Started a covert, drone war in Yemen.
Escalated the proxy war in Somalia.
Escalated the CIA drone war in Pakistan.
Sharply escalated the war in Afghanistan.
Assassinated 4 US citizens with drone strikes.

On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 9:27 AM, Becky Bond and Michael Kieschnick, CREDO SuperPAC <act@credoaction.com> wrote:

President Obama must take executive action. Dear Matt, In the wake of Tuesday's electoral defeat, what happens now is going to depend a lot on what President Obama is willing to stand up and fight for. That's not a comforting thought. But it's also up to us and how far we're willing to go to pressure the president to do the right and necessary thing. In his press conference on Wednesday, president Obama towed the line between a willingness to push forward with progressive priorities if congress was unwilling to take action, and offers to look for so-called middle ground with the extremist Republicans who will control the Senate. We don't know how far he's willing to push - or what he's willing to give up. But we know that the landscape in Washington DC just got worse. Much worse. It's up to us to quickly pivot to the key fights we know are coming as a result of Republican control of the Senate. And to push President Obama to do everything in his power to break through the coming Republican blockade. Tell President Obama: Here are the ten things you have to do immediately now that Tea Party Republicans control both the House and the Senate. Here are 10 things President Obama needs to do immediately -- and 10 things that aren't likely to happen if we don't make him do it. No deals on cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Strengthen the power plant carbon rule to make it your boldest action yet on climate. Immediately suspend deportations of millions of aspiring Americans until comprehensive immigration reform can be passed. Don't commit ground troops to Afghanistan, Iraq or Syria. Reject Keystone XL, and apply the climate test to all federal decision making. Save the Internet by making Net Neutrality the law of the land. Empower your Federal Election Commission to enforce election laws and limit money in politics. Fill all federal judicial vacancies before the end of this Congress. Fight back against the Republican war on women with NO compromises. Use federal powers to end abusive, militarized and biased policing targeting African Americans and Latinos. Tell President Obama: Here are the ten things you have to do immediately now that Tea Party Republicans control both the House and the Senate. It's worth noting that progressive base turnout was down in this election in part because President Obama has been far too reluctant to use his executive power to deliver victories on key progressive issues from climate to immigration to economic justice. To make matters worse, the Republicans now in control of the Senate and House will do everything in their power to advance their Tea Party agenda – including what Democrats refused to do, like getting rid of the filibuster for legislation, using reconciliation to pass bills with only 51 votes, and continuing to refuse to compromise in the face of Democrats all too willing to cave preemptively. President Obama can no longer credibly suggest that there is a bipartisan path to progress – though his advisors may urge him to do just that. He needs to take executive action. He must refuse to cave to Republicans. He cannot waste time negotiating with bad faith partners who have no intention of compromising ever. Tell President Obama: Here are the ten things you have to do immediately now that Tea Party Republicans control both the House and the Senate. Thank you for everything you do to work for progressive change. Becky Bond and Michael Kieschnick CREDO SuperPAC Add your name: Share on Facebook Post to your wall Tweet this Post to Twitter Paid for by CREDO SuperPAC, www.credosuperpac.com, not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. © 2014 CREDO. All rights reserved. To change your email or mailing address, please click here: https://act.credoaction.com/me/update/?t=13&akid=12156.7132934.2nPpCf To remove yourself from this list, please visit our subscription management page at: http://act.credoaction.com/cms/unsubscribe/unsubscribe/?t=15&akid=12156.7132934.2nPpCf

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