The Change They Believe In | 152 comments (152 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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" ...who voted for the stumping obama, and if they had had a crystal ball would possibly have stayed home."

And would have found themselves impoverished and wary of Blackwater guards in Sarah Palin's America - or, for many of them, in Iran patrolling the streets.

"Pressure" and "vituperative attacks on the morals and character of a reformist President" are not the same things. What Dr. Davis means by pressure is something else.

by rootless2 on Fri May 11th, 2012 at 01:00:34 PM EST
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what is 'something else'? petitions, letters to congress, blogging, OWS, general strike?

The power of knowledge is in mortal combat with the knowledge of power. It really is that simple... That's the Edenic apple we are all munching on.

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri May 11th, 2012 at 04:05:43 PM EST
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Strikes, marches, elections of lower officials, boycotts, propagandizing, ...

Here in my state, Tea Party has gone from marches to winning primaries. "Left" is writing letters to The Nation.

by rootless2 on Fri May 11th, 2012 at 04:07:28 PM EST
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