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Joy-Ann Reid Commented on The CNN torture echo chamber by Joy-Ann Reid

2009-04-27T12:04:46Z

Agreed on Fareed. Love his show.

Joy-Ann Reid Commented on As "Morning Joe" misses the point on torture by Joy-Ann Reid

2009-04-24T22:55:56Z

Cheers all. The funny thing is, Scarborough keeps insisting that his opinions are down the middle, and that fellow Republicans hate on him because he "refuses to be a shill." Go figure...

Joy-Ann Reid Commented on Advantage: Blago by Joy-Ann Reid

2009-01-04T02:05:52Z

Who knows what they're up to, but as many people have said on this thread, Harry is the same guy who sat in with the "group of 8" who consented to Bush's torture and domestic spying schemes, and he is the same guy who pretended to be outraged by Lieberman, and then let him keep his gavel. Reid has been at best, a weakling, and at worst, a quizzling stooge for the White House. Burris should be seated, because his nomination is legal. Reid should be bounced as Senate leader because he's utterly useless.

I'm embarassed to share a last name with the guy.

Joy-Ann Reid Commented on Advantage: Blago by Joy-Ann Reid

2009-01-02T21:55:28Z

Yep, yep, and yep, David, GC and CVille. How much would I love to see Harry Reid bounced as leader? A whooooole lot.

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2008-12-23T07:18:14Z

Joy-Ann Reid Commented on Rick Warren and the Elionization of Everything by Joy-Ann Reid

2008-12-24T01:10:47Z

"favorite treatment for depression..." love that. Well said.

Joy-Ann Reid Commented on Rick Warren and the Elionization of Everything by Joy-Ann Reid

2008-12-23T16:13:02Z

Good points, except that had Obama chosen a Catholic priest to give the invocation (or a Unitarian minister, or a Methodist, or a mainline Presbytarian, etc., etc., etc.,) he STILL would have wound up, in all probability, with someone who opposed gay marriage. It's simply a majority view, especially among the clergy.

I do agree that appealing to the evangelical movement (or co-opting it, if you like) is a political choice, but I also think that it's a good one. Barack Obama is building himself a firewall with the American people, wherein his "base" will be so broad, and comprise such a large majority, opposition to him will be rendered "fringe" by default. That's smart, and as someone who has long believed that eventually, we would need a president who commands the respect of most of the American people, I think it's long overdue.

Joy-Ann Reid Commented on Rick Warren and the Elionization of Everything by Joy-Ann Reid

2008-12-23T05:08:14Z

thanks stillidealistic. I appreciate it. And I expect to be blasted (already have been) :)

Joy-Ann Reid Commented on Rick Warren and the Elionization of Everything by Joy-Ann Reid

2008-12-23T05:06:57Z

... except that Rick Warren is no foaming at the mouth anti-gay marriage crusader. Gay marriage isn't even one of his signature issues. Did he support Prop 8? Yes. He and millions of other people did, including people who are foursquare for civil unions. I'm no evangelical, nor am I a Warren devotee, but it's clear that the man has spent the last several years crusading about other things: poverty, global warming and AIDS on the African continent -- while the Falwell-Robertson-Focus on the Family crowd was obsessing about gays and abortion. Warren simply isn't the ogre he's being painted as, and he's being turned into a much bigger foe than he actually is. He, like most evangelicals, took a position on Prop 8. End of crusade.

By the way, Melissa Etheridge agrees with me about the futility of going to war with Warren:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/melissa-etheridge/the-choice-is-ours-now_b_152947.html

Joy-Ann Reid Commented on The LieberSham: Email to DiFi and BoXer by JohnMcCSF

2008-11-19T16:32:40Z

I think Clearthinker has made some very valid points here, and I agree that there were probably very tough negoatiations in that closed door meeting designed to make Lieberman "heel." However, I am with those on this thread who seriously doubt that a) Lieberman has any intention of following through on any commitments to up his voting percentage to 100 percent Dem (particularly on issues involving his neocon obsession: Iraq) or that 2) Harry Reid has the power, after yesterday's vote, to force him to do so.

The worst thing a majority leader can do is show weakness in the face of mutiny. Reid blinked, and now Lieberman holds the trump card, not Harry.

I doubt that Nancy Pelosi, who actually has the cojones that Reid lacks, would have stood for such a slap in the face. By the way, one thing that Clearthinker missed is that Lieberman also bought those 42 votes by donating big to the DSCC.

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2008-09-15T23:58:51Z

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2008-09-10T20:01:10Z

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Joy-Ann Reid recommended Questioning McCain's Judgment and His Leadership by Purple State

2008-09-02T12:15:29Z