Political Masochism: Punishing Ourselves With Republicans

By way of post mortems, alternative media and progressives have spent the years since heaping abuse and scorn on the Democrats for the timid campaigns they ran. Give the public some credit, went the refrain. Hew to the Democrat ideals which saw this country through a Depression and a world war. If you truly respect the Republicans, instead of appeasing them, emulate their rock-ribbed conviction. We haven't heard much talk like this lately, have we? Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Russ Wellen - Apr 18, 2008 - 6:45 AM PDT
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by Russ Wellen - Oct. 1, 2008

It's not just journalism, but analysis based on hunches not metrics. Why read it? It's original and exhibits fresh thinking on the part of the author (full disclosure: me)!

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