Comments on: Total eclipse of the smart? Why the left wing can’t get off the ground http://10tonfunk.com/frog/2010/01/26/total-eclipse-of-the-smart-why-the-left-wing-can%e2%80%99t-get-off-the-ground/ heavy as hell Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:23:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: fred dintenfass http://10tonfunk.com/frog/2010/01/26/total-eclipse-of-the-smart-why-the-left-wing-can%e2%80%99t-get-off-the-ground/comment-page-1/#comment-416 fred dintenfass Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:20:12 +0000 http://10tonfunk.com/frog/?p=799#comment-416 Thanks dude. I just do not get it and it's my complete inability to comprehend the logic, not the ideological leanings (or lack thereof), of the Dems that blows my fucking mind. 1 Prez, 59 Senate seats, 78 seat advantage in the House. It just don't add up. Hope to see more reviews up on <a href="http://mesostics.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Active Mesostics</a>. Art and the compulsion people still feel to create cheers me up immensely. That and food. Let's combine the two, holler at me. Thanks dude. I just do not get it and it’s my complete inability to comprehend the logic, not the ideological leanings (or lack thereof), of the Dems that blows my fucking mind. 1 Prez, 59 Senate seats, 78 seat advantage in the House. It just don’t add up.

Hope to see more reviews up on Active Mesostics. Art and the compulsion people still feel to create cheers me up immensely. That and food. Let’s combine the two, holler at me.

]]> By: Matt Turner http://10tonfunk.com/frog/2010/01/26/total-eclipse-of-the-smart-why-the-left-wing-can%e2%80%99t-get-off-the-ground/comment-page-1/#comment-415 Matt Turner Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:09:50 +0000 http://10tonfunk.com/frog/?p=799#comment-415 You nailed it. I could rattle off a list of policy (in)decisions that the Obama administration has either perpetuated or just waffled on, but it suffices to say that for many, many of us who would be considered “leftists,” the Obama administration has demonstrated itself to be a disappointingly smug coterie (even Krugman's recent editorial seems to agree, as far as economics are concerned: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/opinion/25krugman.html?em). Why does it seem plain as day to me and my so-called leftist friends that if all the Obama administration can do is draw out Republican strategies to a null point, they won't be elected again by a populous that is more or less center-right, but at least willing to give a guy a chance if he can do a good job? Why can't they do a good job? After rewarding the banks and fudging health care in the name of a lame bipartisanship (for starters), it really is their sole responsibility to pick up the pieces. You nailed it. I could rattle off a list of policy (in)decisions that the Obama administration has either perpetuated or just waffled on, but it suffices to say that for many, many of us who would be considered “leftists,” the Obama administration has demonstrated itself to be a disappointingly smug coterie (even Krugman’s recent editorial seems to agree, as far as economics are concerned: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/opinion/25krugman.html?em).

Why does it seem plain as day to me and my so-called leftist friends that if all the Obama administration can do is draw out Republican strategies to a null point, they won’t be elected again by a populous that is more or less center-right, but at least willing to give a guy a chance if he can do a good job? Why can’t they do a good job? After rewarding the banks and fudging health care in the name of a lame bipartisanship (for starters), it really is their sole responsibility to pick up the pieces.

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