Comments on: Post-Election Thoughts http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/08/post-election-thoughts/ In defense of the sanctimonious women's studies set. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:44:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: CBrachyrhynchos http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/08/post-election-thoughts/#comment-74627 CBrachyrhynchos Thu, 09 Nov 2006 20:11:02 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/08/post-election-thoughts/#comment-74627 Well, I think Progressives now need to pick up a lesson learned during the Clinton Administration. Don't treat Democrats as progressives. The Party will play to progressives when it to their advantage, and then abandon them when the heat is on. These battles are not going to be won in the Congress, and a Democratic president is not going to be eager to fight them either. They will be won on the streets, in the churches, in the clinics and in the hearts and minds of your neighbors. Take this bit of breathing space for some good old-fashioned radicalism. Well, I think Progressives now need to pick up a lesson learned during the Clinton Administration.

Don’t treat Democrats as progressives. The Party will play to progressives when it to their advantage, and then abandon them when the heat is on.

These battles are not going to be won in the Congress, and a Democratic president is not going to be eager to fight them either. They will be won on the streets, in the churches, in the clinics and in the hearts and minds of your neighbors.

Take this bit of breathing space for some good old-fashioned radicalism.

]]> By: Tyler LePard http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/08/post-election-thoughts/#comment-74594 Tyler LePard Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:58:33 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/08/post-election-thoughts/#comment-74594 More coverage of the late-term abortion cases, from the pro-choice side, at RH Reality Check. Including guest blogs from Nancy Northup of the Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood affiliates, NARAL and others. Also, the personal story of a woman choosing to end a pregnancy in order to protect her health and a doctor who provides safe medical procedures. http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/tag/supreme-court More coverage of the late-term abortion cases, from the pro-choice side, at RH Reality Check. Including guest blogs from Nancy Northup of the Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood affiliates, NARAL and others. Also, the personal story of a woman choosing to end a pregnancy in order to protect her health and a doctor who provides safe medical procedures.

http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/tag/supreme-court

]]> By: Chicklet http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/08/post-election-thoughts/#comment-74555 Chicklet Thu, 09 Nov 2006 17:45:10 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/08/post-election-thoughts/#comment-74555 Darn it! The link button didn't work! Let's try this again... http://static.flickr.com/113/292689509_ab27dd9638_o.jpg Darn it! The link button didn’t work! Let’s try this again…

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]]> By: Chicklet http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/08/post-election-thoughts/#comment-74554 Chicklet Thu, 09 Nov 2006 17:44:32 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/08/post-election-thoughts/#comment-74554 Okay, I'm evil. But this little despair.com-esque poster featuring soon-to-be-Ex-Senator Santorum cracked me up: <a href="http://static.flickr.com/113/292689509_ab27dd9638_o.jpg" rel="nofollow"></a> Okay, I’m evil. But this little despair.com-esque poster featuring soon-to-be-Ex-Senator Santorum cracked me up:

]]> By: Feministe » Calling All Progressives http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/08/post-election-thoughts/#comment-74537 Feministe » Calling All Progressives Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:53:06 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/08/post-election-thoughts/#comment-74537 [...] Calling All Progressives Posted by Jill @ 11:52 am Amanda says what I hinted at yesterday. Where do we start? Ideas? [...] [...]
Calling All Progressives
Posted by Jill @ 11:52 am

Amanda says what I hinted at yesterday. Where do we start? Ideas?

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]]> By: KnifeGhost http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/08/post-election-thoughts/#comment-74520 KnifeGhost Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:05:45 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/08/post-election-thoughts/#comment-74520 <blockquote>I just wonder how much the Democrats think they will actually get done with a gridlocked Senate and a President hostile to their agenda.</blockquote> Ignoring the debate over whether a 51/49 Senate is "gridlocked", here's what you do with control of the House and a hostile President. You pass popular legislation that you know he'll veto. You do your damnedest to get good things done, things that people want done, and you let the President shit all over it. In 2008, you have a laundry list of things you did your best to do for the country, and they'll be clamoring to get rid of the fuckheads who got in your way. In theory. Tonight, I have just enough hope to believe they can do it.

I just wonder how much the Democrats think they will actually get done with a gridlocked Senate and a President hostile to their agenda.

Ignoring the debate over whether a 51/49 Senate is “gridlocked”, here’s what you do with control of the House and a hostile President.

You pass popular legislation that you know he’ll veto. You do your damnedest to get good things done, things that people want done, and you let the President shit all over it. In 2008, you have a laundry list of things you did your best to do for the country, and they’ll be clamoring to get rid of the fuckheads who got in your way.

In theory. Tonight, I have just enough hope to believe they can do it.

]]> By: mk http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/08/post-election-thoughts/#comment-74513 mk Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:38:37 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/08/post-election-thoughts/#comment-74513 Uh, Kyra, when the Senate is 51 49, with a fair number of more moderate repubs (as in, the repubs who might be more likely to reach across the aisle) out, it's a pretty tight margin. Uh, Kyra, when the Senate is 51 49, with a fair number of more moderate repubs (as in, the repubs who might be more likely to reach across the aisle) out, it’s a pretty tight margin.

]]> By: ballgame http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/08/post-election-thoughts/#comment-74504 ballgame Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:55:11 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/08/post-election-thoughts/#comment-74504 Committees. Investigations. Subpoenas. The 'good times' for the now-minority Rethuglicans may just be starting. Committees. Investigations. Subpoenas. The ‘good times’ for the now-minority Rethuglicans may just be starting.

]]> By: Kyra http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/08/post-election-thoughts/#comment-74502 Kyra Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:42:49 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/08/post-election-thoughts/#comment-74502 <blockquote>I just wonder how much the Democrats think they will actually get done with a gridlocked Senate and a President hostile to their agenda.</blockquote> We don't have a gridlocked Senate. It's ours.

I just wonder how much the Democrats think they will actually get done with a gridlocked Senate and a President hostile to their agenda.

We don’t have a gridlocked Senate. It’s ours.

]]> By: Isabel http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/08/post-election-thoughts/#comment-74496 Isabel Thu, 09 Nov 2006 01:27:25 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/08/post-election-thoughts/#comment-74496 I went to Spitzer's high school :) And when Britney kicked K-Fed out, I knew things were going our way. It was a sign that yesterday was a day for kicking assholes out of houses. Especially assholes that like to spend money that isn't theirs. And don't respect women. Heh. I went to Spitzer’s high school :)

And when Britney kicked K-Fed out, I knew things were going our way. It was a sign that yesterday was a day for kicking assholes out of houses. Especially assholes that like to spend money that isn’t theirs. And don’t respect women. Heh.

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