Let's hear it for The People's View!

[michigandem58]

Spandan and Company are killing it over there right now. Articles slapping down Boehner, the anti-Obama Beltway Media, Chuck Todd, and Fourth Amendment trolls while touting Health Care Reform, Wage and Overtime protection, and the President's surging poll numbers on Syria!

http://www.thepeoplesview.net/

[cali]

1. what is your interest in that blog?

why are you constantly promoting it here?

[Cali_Democrat]

3. That blog attacks Republicans on a regular basis, something we don't see on DU.

It's quite refreshing.

[HappyMe]

6. The stuff I just read about Boner, and home health care workers

was good.

I don't see why people are bleating about this.

[cali]

8. The op posts from that blog frequently.

I was just curious about his relationship with it. Why does he flog it so relentlessly here?

[bluestate10]

44. Because he is a fucking patriot that care about the country and don't want republican

fucking it up. That's a lot more than I can say about some here on DU that incessantly attack Democrats while not saying a single bad word about republicans. Republicans are a dire threat to the nation's well being, some people get that.

[Bjorn Against]

45. The "People's View" attacks Democrats constantly

That site hates progressives almost as much as Free Republic does.

[AgingAmerican]

75. So endlessly lash out at Democrats?

Labeling and name calling? Calling Democrats, "Peace purists" and other weird nonsense is patriotism? Third way nonsense.

[cali]

86. it's awfully sweet of you to answer for the op, but I don't see how

you can give the reason. you aren't the op.

And yes, repukes are worse than dems but the the dem party is hardly blameless. Furthermore, as I'm not a repuke, I don't have the same interest in it as I have in the dem party.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

89. "Republicans and Reagan Democrats are a dire threat to the nations well being."

There, I fixed it.

How does one get bumped up to "fucking patriot"? Is there a smilie for that? just doesn't seem to cut it...

[treestar]

67. Maybe he likes it?

It is a blog that Democrats would like.

[rhett o rick]

64. Republicans are not our biggest challenge. It's DEmocrats that want to sell us out

to corporations. The Third Way, New Democrats, DLC. It's Democrats that stand with Gen Clapper and Gen Alexander.

Do you support progressives or not?

[Cali_Democrat]

65. Fuck Ron Paul. n/t

[rhett o rick]

81. Here, here. nm

[treestar]

68. Not so.

And this is Democratic Underground. We are allowed to support Democrats here. Can't believe you just let the Republicans slide as "not our biggest challenge." Whoah.

[rhett o rick]

71. We know how bad the Republicans are. We need the Democratic Party to be united against them.

Some conservatives that have labeled themselves as Democrats are trying to split the party. I support those Democrats that support Democratic principles and I dont support Democrats that support Republican principles.

I do not support Republicans. I only support Democrats. I will fight to kick the DINO's out of our party.

Where do you stand?

[Cali_Democrat]

76. We?

LOL

[PowerToThePeople]

78. The enemy within

is always more difficult to battle than the enemy without.

I agree completely.

[AgingAmerican]

74. It attacks Democrats even more

At least the articles you post from it do. Do you find that refreshing?

[Cali_Democrat]

77. You're confused

I've never posted an article from there.

[AgingAmerican]

79. I think your right

It's that guy with another state (Michigan?) in front of his name. You just repeat the memes from that site ad nauseum. Sorry for the confusion!!

[Cali_Democrat]

80. Always happy to help my aging brethren. n/t

[treestar]

66. Why is that wrong?

People promote Rachel Maddow or Ed Schultz or whoever here.

[PowerToThePeople]

2. Yea, one big thumbs down!!!!

btw, your OP is SPAM.

[snooper2]

20. did you really puke or just being snarky

LOL...

[OnyxCollie]

4. "Fourth Amendment trolls"

But I want my privacy pony!

Fuck that authoritarian bootlicker noise.

[Bjorn Against]

5. Boo

[Comrade Grumpy]

7. "Serving up spin since 2011."

I hope you're getting paid for all the promoting of this blog you do.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

40. S/He gets paid advertising hits. nt

[whatchamacallit]

9. Let's hear it for dog shit!

Yay!

[bunnies]

37. Hey. Even dog shit isnt homophobic.

You apologize to dog shit right now.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

10. Let's hear it, indeed!

[stupidicus]

26. best reply so far

eom

[SidDithers]

11. DU rec for TPV...

And for pissing off all the right people.

Sid

[rhett o rick]

16. Intentionally pissing people off could be called disruption. Is that your goal in DU? nm

[Cali_Democrat]

33. I don't think the admins care if Paulites are pissed off. n/t

[rhett o rick]

46. So you justify your behavior because you label anyone that disagrees a "Paulite". How mature. nm

[Cali_Democrat]

47. To quote our very own EarlG, "Fuck Ron Paul!" n/t

[rhett o rick]

49. Yeah, and I agree completely. What's your point? nm

[SidDithers]

50. By that standard, your posts could be called "disruption" too...nt

Sid

[treestar]

69. For someone who thinks the Democrats are a bigger problem than the Republicans

They will be easily pissed off by pro-Democratic blogs and by DU itself. But do you really expect DU to cater to that?

[rhett o rick]

70. I am pro-Democrat too and dont like it when some here make it their duty

to attack the left. The left are Democrats. It seems to me that the so-called centrists are trying to split the Democratic Party.

The odd thing is there are some here that are busy attacking the progressives but then worship TPV when it claims to be progressive.

I support Sen Warren, Sen Sanders, Sen Wyden, and Rep Grayson. I dont support Lieberman and never have even when he was a so-called Democrat.

Seems the goal of the OP was to piss off DEmocrats. To what end? Split the Party?

[treestar]

87. Why can't he attack the Progressives?

It fair for the Progressives to attack as "Third Way" and all that shit, but the progressives can't take it?

[WorseBeforeBetter]

90. He can do whatever the hell he wants.

One of the highlights of DU is watching Spandan and Company get shot down in General Discussion.

(Not answering for ROR, just one DUer's opinion...)

[rhett o rick]

100. I cant get an explanation of how "progressive-haters" can embrace Spandan a self

proclaimed progressive.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

101. I've noticed that, and admire your persistence in trying to get an answer.

Don't look now, but a new TPV thread about the dire need to "fix" Social Security has been posted...

[rhett o rick]

93. If you arent a progressive then why do you support TPV? It claims to be progressive. nm

[treestar]

98. Labels, labels

He definitely attacks the left, the puritopians, the frustrati, the ones who call other Democrats third wayers and conservatives because they are able to deal with compromise and think Obama is doing fine.

[rhett o rick]

99. Labels, labels, labels. Looks to me like the centrists or whatever, are happy with the

status-quo. Willing to accept the facts that we are rapidly sliding into poverty. And why are they willing to accept that? Because to do otherwise might look badly on their president.

I dont speak for the progressives but I would say their frustration stems from the fact that a good share of the country either are Republicans, or are Democrats that are willing to settle for the status-quo with children going to bed hungry and with no medical care. Willing to turn our national security to Republicans like Gen Clapper and Gen Alexander, who care nothing of our Constitution.

[Tarheel_Dem]

19. "all the right people". Exactly!

[AgingAmerican]

88. Ya, there is nothing like intentionally dividing Democrats

...for ensuring election success.

[sharp_stick]

12. Damn you've really

stirred up some shit with this for some reason. I don't know why all the hostility but it doesn't always take much these days.

It's not even surprising what pops up to the top of the bowl to spout off at the slightest provocation.

[rhett o rick]

51. Stirring shit is disruption and I believe that is their goal. Spew anti-progressive hate and

split the party. The Third Way would rather align with conservatives (Gen Clapper, Gen Alexander, etc) than the left.

[Wilms]

13. Can you hear this?

:vomit:

-on edit-



SpamDan is a DLCer.

[KamaAina]

31. He's an ex-DUer

as deaniac83.

Not sure what happened. Was he banned?

[WorseBeforeBetter]

41. He stopped by recently to remind DU that liberals are without consciences.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3663039

It was an emotional time!

(Isn't that adorable?)

[G_j]

83. I see

now it makes sense. That was insane, so off the hook I wouldn't know where to start with it. Now I have to wonder why people on this thread say he is about attacking Republicans, not democrats. That one rant fairly clearly demonstrated a deep animosity toward progressive liberals.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

85. That link I shared barely scratches the surface...

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of the *phenomenon* known as Spandan.

There was Dean drama, then some sort of drama with one of his (I believe) fellow volunteers (Scott somebody-or-other), then the "good riddance Obama" drama. All coming from someone who loves to toss out "emoprog." LOL What's really funny is that Spandan, in all his Executive Assistant/Fundraiser/Kaplan University wisdom, thinks he knows better than Krugman, Baker, Stiglitz, Kuttner, Ellsberg, et al. I would have been willing to listen to his POV, but it was impossible to get past the name calling and truly shitty writing.

Liberals must be doing something right. Rightwing media has been attacking for decades, now it's coming from (supposedly) within the party. Guess they believe Gibbs and his "professional left" gave them carte blanche. Enjoy it Sensible Centrists: trade agreements, deregulation, boom/bust, prohibitively expensive college educations, stagnant wages, ever-widening gap between the have- and have-nots...

[Sand Wind]

14. Good rant !

[Democracyinkind]

54. Rant?

[Sand Wind]

55. Harangue ?

[Democracyinkind]

56. Why would you call that post a rant?

I found it kinda curious... ?

[Sand Wind]

57. Because it's a passionate attack against the media chatter about Boehner...

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. 3rd Way, Centrist, tripe.

[rhett o rick]

17. It appears to me that your goal with this is to disrupt. How will that help Democrats in 2014?

Or do you want to help Democrats?

If anyone doubts that this is deliberate flamebait, just look at the responses.

[Tarheel_Dem]

18. I love that blog! Great links to other great sites as well!

[Bluenorthwest]

21. A resounding raspberry de la Bronx for TPV and all the crew at Bloggers Sans Spellcheck!

It's all just so very 2004.

[bvar22]

22. LOL "Lets HEAR IT for more 3rd Way Canned Spam"!!!!

Shameless self-promotion that supports the contention that PT Barnum radically underestimated the rate at which SUCKERS are born in America.

"Come On, everybody!!!!
Lets get out there and WIN one for the Gipper!!!"

[Cryptoad]

23. Thanks

Good to hear the voice of reason in these hear parts!

[leftstreet]

24. 3 Cheers for a fantastic grade school journalism project!!

Bless their little hearts

[stupidicus]

25. screw Mr. Spandex

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2638932

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/08/17/1007972/-Dear-Firebagger-Lefty-Blogosphere-with-Love-OFA

killing what I'd ask -- what little integrity they have left with so many?

[NuclearDem]

27. Third Way Spanny's shitty blog can bite me.

[Cha]

28. Yeah, he's awesome. Knows what he's doin

Coming Up: John Boehner's Inevitable Surrender to Barack Obama



More adventures in our failed media experiment: Part 1,382

Chuck Todd whines he was trolled and Spandan takes him down..

Oh no! He was "trolled", because someone—actually, several someones—called into question why he even has the job of "journalist" if he's saying that it isn't his job to fulfill a journalist's prime responsibility, which is to give his readers/viewers/listeners accurate information about the world around them.

FISA Court Schools NSA Detractors on the Fourth Amendment

'Course some don't like him 'cause he speaks the truth..

thanks michigandem~

[zeemike]

39. "FISA Court Schools NSA Detractors on the Fourth Amendment "

Explains it all to me.
He probably is funded by NSA because they have 80 billion of our money to play with, and this is cheep. And he soeaks THEIR truth.
Sory but I won't be clicking on that link...ever.

[leveymg]

29. My impression of TPV is 3rd Way astroturf, like the Progressive Policy Instit. without the PhDs

Camouflaged in partisan Democratic clothes and social causes, but really as reactionary in its core national security concerns as the Office of Policy Planning in the State Department or the Central Intelligence Agency.

I won't accused them of being a front group. Just a bunch of wannabes.

[Cooley Hurd]

30. My impression as well...

It's centrist tripe.

[KamaAina]

32. Okay.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[woo me with science]

34. It's a hate site, spewing homophobia.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023505867

[frylock]

35. fuck "the people's view.."

you heard.

[bunnies]

36. Yay! Mindless liberal bashing by an ex DUer! Yay!

Another great OP Spammy!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

38. The OP has a conflict of interest in making the Original Post.

[bunnies]

43. Meh.

His interest is spamming this board with his shitty DLC blog. Me? I just cant wait for his next installment of "bash the left, hate teh gays!" He's garnering quite the following on DU. Go figure.

[rhett o rick]

48. What's interesting is that they bash progressives but TPV claims to be progressive. Huh? nm

[bunnies]

58. If by "interesting" you mean...

totally fucked up. Yeah.

[rhett o rick]

63. Totally.

[Rex]

104. No they don't that would require some amount of

shame.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

106. Cute try, but not part of the definition. nt

[David__77]

42. Whoever the writer is, aims his or her fire to the left, not the right.

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It is clear that the left is considered the main danger. It is not so different from the early DLC in that regard.

Thank you for posting this - it serves as a worthy, negative example to be held of for analysis and repudiation.

[rhett o rick]

102. Well said. And this post is an excellent example of the intellect that has no basis for discussion

so relies on ridicule and ad hominem attacks.

[Bobbie Jo]

108. No, actually...

Here is "an excellent example of the intellect that has no basis for discussion so relies on ridicule and ad hominem attacks"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3714473
This thread reads like a meeting of the 7th grade Heathers Society.

[sheshe2]

52. KnR

[JaneyVee]

53. KNR

[freshwest]

59. A chance to watch the demise of the GOP? With pleasure! I'll check it out. LOL!

With the GOP teabagger governors signing on to the ACA right and left while the House of Horrors tries to shut down government to stab fellow baggers in the back, this is gonna be EPIC! Good times!

[freshwest]

61. Coming Up: John Boehner's Inevitable Surrender to Barack Obama

http://www.thepeoplesview.net/2013/09/boehner-begins-process-of-his-next.html



What goes around, comes around.

[freshwest]

62. Health Reform in Action: 6 in 10 Uninsured Eligible Obamacare Premiums Under $100

...Right wing extremists may be pushing the Republican party in Congress to take the nation into financial abyss if they cannot force a repeal of all of these benefits and a reversal of the trend in lower costs and better care for Americans, but the truth is that this is their endgame. The exchanges are coming. Americans are going to be pleasantly surprised when they see the rates, and especially when they see how little they will pay after applying the subsidies. There is no going back. Obamacare is saving lives, improving health care and arresting cost growth. In a decade's time, even speaking of repealing Obamacare will become synonymous with repealing Medicare.

http://www.thepeoplesview.net/2013/09/there-goes-affordable-care-act-making.html

BWAHAHAHA!!! They have seen the demise of their hateful schemes and it's all because of the dreaded OBAMA!!!




Thanks, I needed the laffs.

[Union Scribe]

60. Abandoning more subtle forms, OP? nt

[AgingAmerican]

72. You seem thoroughly obsessed with that propaganda website

What's up with that?

[PowerToThePeople]

73. ...

[WorseBeforeBetter]

82. It's cute that this OP is closing in on 24 hours...

and has only 40 recs -- the DU majority has chewed up and spit out TPV.

Guess there are three camps: 1) those who figured out TPV was total bullshit from the start; 2) those who wholeheartedly embrace the bullshit, or offer up "spite" recs because they think they're somehow taking a stand against The Howling Left; and 3) those who now pay attention to TPV thanks to the constant pimping of the site by the OP, and realize it's bullshit. Wait, 4) those who don't give a shit.

Can't wait for today's installment... go, Spandan, go!

[Maven]

84. So I guess spam is OK on DU as long as it's for "centrist" propaganda.

Lovely.

[sufrommich]

91. Judging from the comments after the articles,it's

getting a healthy amount of attention.It looks like a decent site for democrats.

[Warren Stupidity]

92. The rec list for this bullshit is "interesting".

[leftstreet]

95. I've never heard of half of 'em n/t

[MFrohike]

94. Ok

I enjoyed the constitutional analysis of Smith v. Maryland. Its essence is that because Harry Blackmun wrote the decision, it's clearly golden. There's no mention of the fact that the court completely ignored the necessity of the telephone in modern life nor the government's clear assent to the monopoly of Ma Bell. The court ignored these facts so that it could disingenuously argue that customers were "voluntarily" giving their information to the phone company when they had no other option if they wanted to use one of the necessities of life. It really strains credibility to argue that there can be any truly voluntary transactions with a monopoly.

I also enjoyed his cheerleading of austerity fiscal policy in the top article on the page. The bit about "leftist ideologues" in the section containing the author's fervent hope to cut Social Security and Medicare was quite funny. I wasn't aware that Paul Krugman could be described as a leftist ideologue by anyone not on the wingnut right, but there you go.

[tkmorris]

96. This is spam, the OP is a spammer

And I really don't know why we continue to tolerate this crap.

[BOG PERSON]

97. yes let's hear it for the fake website with the fascoid name

n/t

[Rex]

103. Shame the guy wouldn't vote for Obama.

Oh well, better luck next time!

[Marr]

105. This Spandan guy has no shame. Spams DUers begging for recs, and now

cheers for *himself*.

It's actually pretty funny.

[marmar]

107. Let's Hear it for the People Mover !!!

[pinboy3niner]

109. Now that's an idea I can get onboard with! nt

[Scurrilous]

110. K & R