Rick Perry should thank Obama for Texas job growth
I listened to Rick Perry give his Presidential announcement speech today. He bragged about job growth in Texas and claimed it happened because he cut state government spending. That’s an interesting...
View ArticleDear Rep. Barbara Lee, Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Can We Talk?
As a constituent who resides in your district, I just want to weigh in on the hatred and political divisiveness that I hear and read about on the news and on the Internet. There are forces working very...
View ArticleWe All Have a Choice in the 2012 Election
YES, WE DO! My choice come November 6, 2012 will not be a surprise, as I will vote to re-elect the incumbent President, Barack Obama. The reasons why I will work hard to re-elect the President and try...
View ArticleMisinterpreting a Man’s Strength is Our Weakness, Not His
“The strength of a man isn’t in the weight he can lift. It’s in the burdens he can carry…” During a job interview, a question frequently posed to the job-seeker is, “What are your weaknesses?” That...
View ArticleOur Mission, if We Choose to Accept it…
I remember quite well the beginning of each Mission Impossible episode, way back in the day. There, on that miniature tape recording, in the phone booth with the handsome super secret agent leader, was...
View ArticleTo the Democrats Who Didn’t Vote in 2010
When my children–grandchildren–great grandchildren were going through their early years, before I was in my dotage, I constantly barraged them with slivers of wisdom I hoped would steady them in their...
View ArticleNeeded: One Christmas Miracle, Please
Recently a cousin left a comment on his Facebook that our troops fought and died “so we could say Merry Christmas.” I don’t know why the right finds it necessary to conflate patriotism and...
View ArticleArmistice Day
Breezily shrugging off United Nations’ weapons inspectors and the largest antiwar protests in history, George Walker Bush ordered the invasion and occupation of Iraq, a war crime and crime against...
View ArticlePresident Obama Announces Support for Marriage Equality
” I have to tell you that over the course of several years as I have talked to friends and family and neighbors when I think about members of my own staff who are in incredibly committed monogamous...
View ArticleVideo: The Plot Behind Mitt Romney’s Debate Strategy
Click here to view the video on YouTube. Transcript: Hello, my name is Steve Leser. I am a principal with Democratic Spring Strategies and a writer for Democrats for Progress and I am going to talk...
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