Onward to why Democrats in general on a national basis — Mr. Jacoby. Yeah, you may want to lick a napkin to get that taste out. In any case, Jeff Jacoby believes that Americans really don’t like the the elimination of lifetime coverage limits, “free” immunization for children, and the elimination of co-pays for mammograms and other preventive care, going on to complain about “the new law’s requirement that such plans must also cover children who are seriously ill.” I can’t help but notice that Dick Cheney isn’t a jerk toward gays (his daughter is gay) and that Nancy Reagan supports stem cell research (which may soon cure Alzheimer’s disease, from which her husband President Ronald Reagan suffered). I don’t know if Mr. Jacoby has children, but even if it would help him come around to see that sick children ought be cured in America, I still won’t wish that his children suffer.
In today’s Globe news and opinion we are reminded that we want Democrats nominating SJC members, how losing the US Senate will result in a committee chair who thinks a Nobel Prize winning economist doesn’t know enough about the economy to be on the Fed, and if we don’t elect folks like Bill Keating, we might lose Speaker Pelosi who has managed to ensure that the US House is always putting out legislation more progressive than the US Senate.
Let’s win the battle of the blogs, but how about you heading over to Act Blue: BMG to drop some coin, then head over to DevalPatrick.com to sign up to do some work today. Live near Cape and Islands? Get to work for Bill Keating, pronto. Live up near Lynne somewheres near the New Hampshire border? Go north young BMGer to work for the Paul Hodes for Senate campaign. Let’s get to work.
I’d add that even when we’re feeling frustrated about the pace of reform either here in the Commonwealth or nationwide, that we think seriously about the consequences of Republican control. The more seats that Republicans and the Tea Party win in November, the closer the likes of Jim DeMint and Michele Bachmann are to the levers of power.
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p>This is what sends shivers down my spine. I know progressive legislation won’t stand a chance with Republicans who believe that the minimum wage “is an archaic system that never worked,” that climate change is nothing more than “a mantra of the left,” or that seriously compare President Obama to Osama bin Laden.
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p>There are only a few weeks left before Election Day. This year, the choice is stark. The tea-flavored Republicans have moved far to the right, and they threaten not only the accomplishments of this Congress, but the accomplishments of progressive leaders dating back to FDR. Let’s keep pushing for change, and let’s get to work in these days before November 2nd.
I’ll raise you some money for a bus trip. Say oh 10/30-11/2
a reverse-psychology double-dog-dare?? YOW! I’m so confused …
Thanks for this! 🙂
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p>Just a reminder that the majority opinion of Goodridge was written by Margaret Marshall who was appointed to the Court by Bill Weld and nominated Chief Justice by Cellucci.
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There does seem to be a relationship:
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