LOL !!! - I Love Being A Democrat... It's So... Compelling... Anybody Want to List...

[WillyT]

people who we used to consider on our (Dem/Progressive/Liberal) side, and because they've dared speak truth to power, are now on the outs with many Dems???

I'll start...

Paul Krugman

Keith Olbermann

Glenn Greenwald

Just to name a few that get blasted from time to time.

Anybody else?

:shrug:

[joshcryer]

1. LOL, Krugman is an interesting one. Thrown under the bus during the primaries...

...then embraced wholeheartedly after Obama's very first appointments. :rofl:

[Taverner]

5. How's that working for you?

That whole 'blind allegiance' thing?

I mean, I like Obama and all, but he is not without his flaws

That being said, I still think he's the best chance we are going to get now - despite EVERYTHING

[joshcryer]

7. What blind allegiance?

Read carefully what I wrote. Krugman awesome, under the bus, awesome, under the bus! All in the span of 2 years!

[Taverner]

10. Oops - sorry - I misread

Totally sorry

Make nice?

[sudopod]

2. They should be easier to see now.

I had that damn bus towed and sent to the crusher.

[Taverner]

3. Definitely Krugman

Hell, even Robert Reich is on the outs because he speaks truth to power

[OneGrassRoot]

4. I don't know but can you do me a favor, please?

Yours is the first thread at the top of the page just now, so -- tag -- you're it, WillyT.

I've been trying to find out if anything definitive has happened today with regard to the debt ceiling talks.

I can't tell a THING by perusing DU. Either I'm extra dense or the comments are more scattered than usual. I can't tell if people are responding to what happened two days ago, yesterday, or if something happened this morning. Haven't found anything definitive at news sites either.

Could you, or someone, please give me a Debt Ceiling Talk Update For Dummies?

:hi:

[alsame]

11. Here's a good summary:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/07/23/2327913/white-house-debt-talks-get-nowhere.html

Also, Boner wants a deal by tomorrow (Sunday) so the Asian markets aren't shaken up when they open.

[OneGrassRoot]

12. Thanks much, alsame! :) n/t

[WillyT]

14. Latest One I Could Find That Addresses Your Question, And Doesn't Require A Subscription...

Link: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/59733.html

:shrug:

:hi:

[OneGrassRoot]

16. Thanks...

:hi:

[Kaleva]

6. My guess is that many Dems don't know who Krugman, Olbermann and Greenwald are.

[Swede]

8. Didn't they sing "Kumbaya"?

Good times.

[Luminous Animal]

15. Yes. Krugman of the NY Times is unknown to many Dems.

[Kaleva]

25. He probably is unkown to many Dems

If not for his being talked about and quoted here at DU, I wouldn't. I've watched Keith O's show on occasion but I have no idea who Greenwald is.

[WillyT]

17. If That's The Current State Of The Democratic Party... We're In Bigger Trouble Than I Thought...

:wow:

:scared:

:shrug:

:kick:

[FLAprogressive]

9. Jane Hamsher, Dennis Kucinich

[alsame]

13. Cenk Uygar, Cornell West, Tavis Smiley. nt

[emilyg]

18. ....

[muffin1]

19. Anthony Weiner

I don't know how DU reacted - I was taking a break when that story was all the rage. Many Dems in Congress and POTUS sure as hell ran from him.

[Jackpine Radical]

21. Oh, we hung Weiner

by his wiener.

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[ThomWV]

22. Bernie and Reverend Sharpton

[ThomWV]

23. Elizabeth Warren

[Blue_In_AK]

24. Well, Jane Hamsher, of course,

and I would say Mike Gravel, too, since everyone considers him a crackpot, even though he speaks more sense than most other politicians I can think of.

[jwirr]

26. You forgot Dennis Kucinich, Robert Reich, Bernie Sanders and

Alan Grayson.

[Bluenorthwest]

27. Peter DeFazio

Bill Maher

[EFerrari]

29. Harry Belafonte.

[in_cog_ni_to]

28. Kucinich, Michael Moore, Matt Taibbi, Jon Stewart, Cornel West, Ralph Nader,

Lynne Woolsey....this is my running list from DU. People who have been hated on DU in posts I have read. :(

[cwydro]

30. I'm afraid I won't be a Democrat much longer.

Yellow dog for my entire life and I am not young.

But sadly, I am giving up on this party...I keep looking for a reason to stay.

But I only find reasons to leave.

[in_cog_ni_to]

33. It's really sad, isn't it?

The Democratic Party of today is NOT the Democratic Party I joined 38 years ago. :( NOT EVEN CLOSE.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

31. Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Robert Scheer, John Pilger, Julian Assange.

[EFerrari]

32. Robert Fisk, Brad Manning and David House. n/t

[cheri010353]

34. Van Jones

But he'll probably do a lot more good from under the bus than on it.