>
> That was a very interesting video there. Hard to outdo that.
>
> Republicans have devoted a lot of resources to the smearing of
> liberals, but Eric Alterman is not going to let them get away with it.
> He has a mission to correct misconceptions spewed by conservatives and
> regurgitated by mainstream media. ...many others shy away from the
> word because it has been corrupted by conservative political
> activists. Because of the clever, dishonest conservative campaign to
> discredit liberal programs, far too many in the electorate dismiss
> liberal political candidates as unpatriotic, elitist, atheistic, free-
> sex, reverse-racist, murderous (a.k.a. pro-choice) wimps.
>
> Alterman labors mightily to erase the myths and bury the lies pushed
> by antagonists such as Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter and others. The
> trouble is that defining liberalism is a difficult matter, which makes
> Alterman’s polemic anything but laser-like. ...conservatives are
> frequently as elitist and hypocritical as they claim liberals to be.
> Despite the presence of George W. Bush in the White House, Alterman
> claims opinion polls prove overwhelmingly that the majority of
> Americans prefer the liberal agenda.
>
> “Alterman spends a lot of time clearing away the falsehoods spread by
> both right-wing and mainstream media figures, but the core of the book
> is a vigorous defense of liberalism as a credo—a credo, Alterman
> argues persuasively, that most Americans actually subscribe to in its
> constituent parts. Acknowledging that liberalism is notoriously
> difficult to define, he nonetheless provides an extensive and nuanced
> analysis of its substance.”
>
> Thanks to the machinations of the right, there is no dirtier word in
> American politics today than “liberal”—yet public opinion polls
> consistently show that the majority of Americans hold liberal views on
> everything from health care to foreign policy. In this feisty,
> accessible primer, bestselling author Eric Alterman sets out to
> restore liberalism to its rightful honored place in our political life
> as the politics of America’s everyday citizens.
>
> In Why We’re Liberals Alterman examines liberalism’s development and
> demonstrates how its partisans have come to represent not just the
> mainstream, but also the majority of Americans today. In a crisply
> argued though extensively documented counterattack on right-wing spin
> and misinformation, Alterman briskly disposes of such canards as
> “Liberals Hate God” and “Liberals Are Soft on Terrorism,” reclaiming
> liberalism from the false definitions foisted upon it by the right and
> repeated everywhere else. Why We’re Liberals brings clarity and
> perspective to what has often been a one-sided debate for nothing less
> than the heart and soul of America. Why We’re Liberals is the perfect
> election-year book for all of those ready to fight back against the
> conservative mud-slinging machine and claim their voice in the
> political debate.
>
>
http://www.amazon.com/Why-Were-Liberals-Political-Post-Bush/dp/067001...
*** i only came across the vid due to liking the song by cake. ***
this is not cakes vid and has very few views..
i think you'll find the democratic mud-slinging machine is way
superior to that of the republicans and always has been. you're
deluding yourself if you think otherwise; you therefore must be
projecting what you want us to beleive in order to further your cause
unless you're truely less intelligent. the mainstream media is OWNED
by the democratic party. they just happen to fuck things up everytime
with their well meaning bullshit by putting these losers forward. also
the problem is that the majority of the US people are not the
*intellectual* middle class citizens..
and god only knows why you want to be behind any of these political
causes.. reminds me of toolys raging against the machine when at the
end of the day all he wants is a partner to fuck and love in a
conclave of his brothers. how is achieving that difficult?
we're born to whine and to strive for meaning to increase
reproduction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG3sS8RBdms
