Who thought ill of me for criticizing Joe Biden's official rejection of "populism"?

Does it perhaps turn out that the Democratic ticket's reticence -- and even disgust -- about progressive values and framing has turned out to be something of an issue? Whocouldanode?

Here's some more. If you've never handled guns before, take a class. And buy trigger locks, and a steel locker to put the guns in, and a lock for the locker, and then use all of the locks - no exceptions.

One disagreement; MF:

This Administration and Congress and Senate simply shouldn't try to reason with or deal with them. It's hopeless and senseless.

GET THE WORK DONE THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE, and FUCK the Republicans. Push the Bills through like they did to us.

Which would be fine, if the Democratic Party actually controlled Congress - but it does not. Just as in the 110th, the real power axis in both the House and the Senate is in an alliance between Republicans and BlueDogs. Until that alliance is pulled apart, they will continue to control the agenda.

The way to do that, IMHO, is to take to the streets and scare the living hell out of the BlueDogs. The demonstrations in Iceland's capital composed just 1% of the population, and after a couple of weeks the government collapsed. If 1% of Americans showed up in DC, 3,000,000 people, things in Congress would sure as hell start moving along.

his embrace of GOP rhetoric to attack Clinton pretty much defines the GOPs confidence in standing up to Obama. They know he is willing to sell out traditional Democratic values to win. They know he has neither principles nor backbone from the campaign. And his lack of principled behavior has edified their confidence. Obama was willing to split the Democratic party to come out on top. They know what he will do and where he will go. They know whose approval he craves (and it isn't the Democratic base) and they hold the key to it. Obama is both fearful and disdainful - they know how to push his buttons and will continue to do so.

This is why you don't elect an inexxperienced putz - even if he is charismatic. Obama has no history of accomplishment. He doesn't know how to get things done. He has never seen a social need, developed a solution and seen the solution through to completion - never even once. He doesn't know how to do it and the presidency is no place to learn. Now he is facing down the toughest motherfuckers with the nastiest lawyers in the world and he has no idea how to deal with them and when to call their bluff because he has never done this before.

I'm expecting him to be the worst Democratic president since Buchanan, and so far, it's looking like I may be right. Horrible. Disastrous. Avoidable.