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Another sign of socilism -– one idea, one way of thinking -– tax those who work and give a "fair" share to those who won't work.

This isn't news – its propaganda.

They must have a lot of money the way they are calling that guy out like that. That is awesome the way the people are holding his ass accountable. This is going to be a good one to watch.

Republicans keep repeating that "without business there will be no jobs" truism. Give it a rest. We all know that with business comes jobs. Where we differ is that you seem to believe corporations should not respect American workers. These same companies that practice the wholesale exportation of American jobs, paying local workers poorly while paying obscene salaries to upper level employees, are put on a pedestal in the name of capitalism? The current struggle is not between capitalism and socialism so much as between democracy and feudalism. The corporate execs take more and more, while we accept a diminished portion of the pie. They become lords while we become peasants.

This is ridiculous! Moderates, in both parties, are what are needed to for sane government! There are only two GOP moderates left in the Senate ... and they have huge targets on their backs ... and now the Democrats are jumping on the GOP bandwagon!

Its up to the voters: vote for moderates – if Rush and the NRA don't like them .... that is a positive recommendation!

Oh what a joke, the inner fighting of the Democrates, more JOKES.

Why not just have the President step in like he is doing in NY?

The Repubs lost BIG in 2006 and 2008–they are a shrinking party, appealing only to the wealthy whom they protect, the religious fundamentalists, and the ignorant , racist fringe whom they exploit and mislead.

The right-wing can't stand that this is happening to their party– that's why they're trying anything and everything to regain power, including lies, fear, and hate-mongering.

But, in case you didn't get the message last November, Repubs–mainstream America no longer supports your extremist policies. The Times They Are A-Changin'..........If you can't change with them, your party will fade into oblivion.

The left are beyond stupid. Anti business. Where do they think jobs come from, the government? Sadley that is exactly where liberals think that jobs come from. When they are done, all the private sector jobs will exist in other countries and the big bad corporations will no longer exist along with any wealth the US used to have. Everyone will be equal. Dirt poor and without a job.

Jack,

I live in reality–apparently you do not. Bush ran this country into the ground–why do you think several red states went for Obama and Democratic Congressional candidates? Obama and the Dems could not have won with just their liberal base–independents and Republicans voted for them too. These are facts–do some research instead of listening to Beck and Limbaugh all of the time.

I think we should oust anyone that dares to disagree with this perfect president. yay yay hope yay change!! Wooo!

Is Cooper a Blue Dog or just an ignorant Southerner? Whatever. Get rid of him. President needs loyal Democrats to move his agenda forward. Perhaps Cooper would be happier as a Rethug.

omg liberals are silly. Scared of opposition and it's hilarious to watch.

This is a good reason to fight for Pres Obama's /Kennedy's health care reform.just got this in my inbox from teh Tennessean. Go online sunday to read it and then you Republicans decide if your next in line because of your senator or Congress person is kowtowing to the Corp Health Ins Titans.
Many Americans, both insured and uninsured, are facing collection suits, wage garnishments, and in some instances, jail all due to medical debt. Meet three people it's affected in the Nashville area and could you be next?
Find out more in Sunday's Tennessean

The Blue Dogs are banking over 1.2 m from the Health Ins Corps for their next run .Its time we asked ourselves do we bend down for these Huge Corps or do we force our elected officals to work for us and do what is right for this country no matter if it means One Term and not 40 yrs of elite perks from us taxpayers.

TCM – We do not have liberals running either the White House or Congress. We have corporate owner, centrist (but to the left of the far-right Republican party) Democrats running things. There are liberals/progressives in the party, but they are clearly not running the show. If they were, a single payer health care system would have been on the table from day 1 and a public option would be a "slam dunk" compromise that would have passed by now.

Those corporate, centrist Democrats want to keep others like them (ie. Jim Cooper) in power. The party does not care if he votes how his constituents want (and multiple polls have shown that Jim Cooper does not vote how the people want him to) , they care if he votes how the party leaders want. That makes it very tough for anyone to challenge him in a Democratic primary and it is what necessitates a group like Accountability Now to step in and try to offset the money and influence that the national party holds.

The Democrats are creating a disaster??????????????????????

The GOP needs to wake-up! YOU do realize that the Great Recession was created by George W. Bush, that he was warned in 07 about the impending crisis and did nothing!

45, 000 Americans die each year from lack of healthcare, and the GOP is JUST FINE WITH THIS!

Leave the man along.He is doing just fine.We don't need anymore far left Democrats in congress.

Why is it impossible for repubs to believe dems can turn on each other? or why it's even a bad thing? It's called DEMOCRACY. If you are doing a bad job and need to be kicked out of office you should be! That's what democrats believe... we don't back an idiot for 8 years and act like nothing is wrong... cough W cough...

Good luck with that one. I bet that whomever they hand pick will NOT get elected.

Vote all Blue Dogs out, they are all Republicans pretending to be Democrats. They are only good for the GOP.

TCM:

You're suggesting that a liberal activist should go to Kentucky and meet the same fate as the consensus worker who was found hanged? And you have the audacity to say it's the liberals who are "creating dangerous situations?" You belong in a padded room with all the other right-wing lunatics. .

Blue Dogs, Blue Dogs...come out from wherever you are.

We're coming after you. You will be replaced by a real Democrat.

Well that's the deference between dem's and repub's. Repub's in their eyes NEVER do wrong, party unity and what not. Dem's however realise that they are human and can do wrong. When they do... they proptly oust the problem. So you tell me, which should be in government? one who admits wrongs and fixes them? or one who in their eyes could never be wrong?

For Tired of Right Wingers – What universe do you live in?

Maybe it is time for a major third party to arise. The leftys can split out and just call themselves for what they truely are – communist.

That would be stupid, none of the other liberal Democrats representativves and Senators are in step with their constituents. Why change the current norm.

The gop cant win running far right wingers,when 2012 gets here its going to be 24yrs since the gop got more then 300 electoral votes,the reason for that is simple the minority vote.the gop is going to have a tough time beating obama in 2012,the minority vote is going to be 29% which means the gop have to get 65% of the white vote to win,and i dont see any gop nominee getting that because the gop is to far to the right on issues these days,obama is going to win and a landslide once again,the gop have to realize the demographics have shifted tremendously in favor of the democrats,i just dont know how the gop is going to win in the future,the numbers for the gop is just not there,obama can have approval ratings in the 30s in still win in 2012,because the gop just dont have the numbers anymore its that simple.

libs are "creating" a disaster tcm? you're insane just like glenn dreck. its dems who've had to come in and clean up the mess of the single most incompetent moron to ever disgrace this country, youre hero w the dimwit/warmonger.
its a new day (finally) and you rethuglicans who've so far failed to evolve (guess it makes sense you dont believe in what you've never experienced) are gonna have to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century like it or not.
dems got right idea, they just should have picked another corrupt dem who cant take his mouth off the corporate teat.
just ANOTHER reason ALL congressional races should be 100% publically funded. then we'd have no reason whatsoever to believe that congressman are virtually all corrupted by excess contributions (read bribes) paid by corporations and the filthy rich.

One would think that the voters of his district are fully capable of deciding how in or out of touch he is without a liberal wingnut group meddling.

Tom–

What "disaster" are the Democrats creating? The disasters were created by the Bush administration: Trillions in deficits, a failed and costly war in Iraq, the worst economy since the Depression due to Republican de-regulation, Katrina, illegal spying on American citizens, America's deteriorated standing around the globe–the list goes on and on.

The Democrats are trying to FIX these Republican disasters. The Repubs don't have a clue how to handle money–Bush destroyed the surplus created by Clinton, and left Obama with trillions in deficits due to borrow-and-spend policies.

Clinton was left with trillions in deficits due to 12 years of Reagan and Poppy Bush's mishandling of money. So let me repeat: THE DEMS DID NOT CREATE THESE DISASTERS, BUT THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO FIX THEM.

If you don't get rid of corporatists you will never have lobby reform and you will soon have corpoations running this world!

Mark my words

I love me some "Dem-on-Dem" hate!!

TCM-

I presume by your post, that you think that the murder of a census worker in Kentucky is good. You are such a republican! It is effin morons like you that continue to drag your insignificant party down. The problem is that you also drag the country down as well.

the trouble with wash. the politicans work for party not country.

It's time to take back our Country.
We need to get national PACs, 529s, and other politicians out of our local and state business.

We need all Congressman and Senators to only be able to raise money from within their districts.

Advertising can only be done by individuals or pacs if they them selves are located with in the distrci.

Remember what happened when they ganged up on Liberman.

The Blue Dogs need to be called Republican Lite..

Some of the Blue Dogs and Republicans are bending over backward to protect the Insurance Company profits – time to stop.

Profits: $12 B in 2008 – $2 B in 2000 – That's TOO MUCH. And people are not getting what they are paying for. TOO MUCH PROFIT.

Now the lib's are starting to turn on their own. I have never seen more hate from a party in my life. Keep fight among your selfs and see what it gets you. The man simply see's a bad thing and is doing what he thinks is best for his district. IM sure that he has heard from the people and they have told him to say NO. He works for the people who voted him in and now the dems want him out. Good luck kool aid kids keep throwing your tamtrum's, I get a kick out of it.
God Bless All

We need to get together across the country. Our elected representatives have to, just have to stop having affairs with big business. How many millions of dollars does it take the rich to live on a year; why is income tax not paid by people making over one hundred ten thousand a year. At least children from birth to eighteen should have health care,everyone should have access to health care. We need real DEMOCRACY,

Lacrosse Mom,

please change your screen name so as not to sully the great game of lacrosse.

You libs are dreaming....we have liberals in the White House, and in Congress...and look at the disaster they're creating...what we need are conservatives; both republican and democrats. It's been proven, time and again, that liberals just do not possess the mental capabilities needed to run a country.....heck, look at Plastic-face Pelosi...she's on a different planet...Obama, Reid, Dodd...all with their hand in the cookie jar...with the mortgage crisis...and you libs are crying that some dems aren't following the health plan? What plan? You mean they just don't fall at Obama's feet and grant his every wish....stupid liberals.

If he's out of touch with the voters of his district, then why are any outsiders needed to come in and tell those voters not to vote for him?

Obama got millions from drug companies.

I think Jane Hamsher should volunteer for Census duty and go to Kentucky...they seem to have a way of dealing with liberal malcontents that's pretty final. Far too many liberals have too much time running their mouths...and creating dangerous situations for the country.

Here! Here! I wish I lived in that state to vote. The only Blue Dawg I like is 'Blue' on Blue's Clues.

Ugghh!

One thing you can count on from the extremists on either the left or the right is that they feel justified in eating their young. Does this PAC live in such a fantasy world as to beleive that a candidate from left of Rep. Cooper is likely to oust him in the primaries...let alone win a general election in Cooper's district?! Further, do they actually beleive that the likely alternative to Cooper – any Republican – is going to be even remotely supportive of their political goals?

Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face!

Duh!

Liberals are anti American.

@ biased

If you truly think that the dems prosecuted Hillary, obviously you were not watching. Hillary was a great candidate, but it was just time for a change. And what a wonderful Secretary of State she is. I for one, salute both Obama and Hillary. We need more of them.

Yet another example of what a bunch of lunatics the democrat party has become. Democrats are going to get trounced in the 2010 and 2012 elections especially Dear Leader Obama.

So, waltinaz, you have talked to Copper, gotten his stance on bills and ideals, or are you just taking the “word” of some blog site as fact and gospel? Yeah, that is what I thought.

I don’t get it; they may have a shot in Tennessee with someone from the center. I find it hard to believe they think they can find a lefty to win in Tennessee.

Since the republicans purged their party of everyone that was not a wingnut (like Colin Powell, Arlen Specter), I would think that democrats be careful here and not do the same thing.

We need to call-out ALL the BLUE DOGS, and tell them that we will vote them out of office in 2010!

Any Democrat and any republican who does not support true
Health Care Reform and the Public Option should be voted out
of office.
Any politican who puts big business, lobbyists, campaign funding and personal gains and interests over the welfare of the American people must be voted out of office.
They are not representing us or our country.

Accountability Now like most liberal organizations is so out of touch with taxpaying Americans, I hope they spend all of their money and more trying to defeat Cooper and go out of business. Hopefully ACORN will be out of business by then too.

Hopefully, this sends a wake-up call to Rep. Cooper and others like him that the "status quo' is not acceptable. YOU ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS!!!

If we don't get the corporatists out of our government, it will no longer be "we the people." We're almost there as it is. Pay attention to these guys folks, Democrats and Republicans alike. They're not voting in favor of your best interests. They're voting for big business.

Nothing like taking down your own party members because they aren't liberal or far enough to the left for you. But then anything is possible after I watched half the dem party crucify Hillary Clinton and all her supporters so Obama could get the nomination instead of her.

The Dems need to replace the so-called Blue Dog Democrats who are DINOs (Democrats in Name Only). They are actually Republicans in disguise. Moles who want to destroy the Democratic Party. Out with them!!!

Watch as the dems tear their own party apart.

I agree. I live here in Tennessee and Cooper is not acting as a democrat but a republican. He never stands up to the terrible racism here in TN when it comes to the President. I say, remove all of them who ran on the Democratic and President Obama's platform and is scared to fight for the people. The corporations do not need any extra help, the republicans are all running to back stab all Americans.

Good. No more corporate kiss butts.

Its about Time! Thanks Jane! I sent Jim Cooper lots of emails plus phone calls to support Pres.Obama's Health Care Bill and not support Cigna/Blue Cross and other large Ins. corps here in Tennessee and his aide would"nt hear me. I'm in Coopers 5th DST.and its a very liberal area of Nashville and we want the Public Option that Cooper is against and I told him someone would be running against him and I would never vote for a Blue Dog again and I won't.I also told him how we as liberal/progressives worked hard to get him and every Democrat into office just for Health Care Reform and that we expected our Dems to act like Dems and not Republicans.

Sounds like a good idea to me. Let's get some real liberals in there so conservatives won't look so foolish with words like "radical" and "liberal" when describing a centered democrat. They can have the chance at actually calling a spade a spade, not metaphorically.

This country needs some progressives in charge, that way we might move forward from the political/pseudo-religious hold that our Government has had on us since the "moral majority" took over.

Jim Cooper sounds like he's a Blue Dog and we don't need anymore of them! Tennessee, please elect the most liberal left wing candidate possible.

Interesting story...Mike Ross is found to have some questionable links to lobbyists that would financially gain from stopping Obama, now this guy is under the microscope.

Looks like for these Democrats that oppose Obama – it has nothing to do with policy but how they can personally benefit for their own selfish financial needs.