On the Meaning and Usage of “Bitch-Slap”

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Tuesday December 05, 2006 · 8:42 AM PST

2006/12/05 · 08:42

The Urban Dictionary offers seven variations on the meaning of the term, "bitch-slap". A close read of these definitions reveals that a "bitch-slap" is, by definition, an act of cowardice.

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Monday December 04, 2006 · 3:37 AM PST

2006/12/04 · 03:37

How to Avoid Violating the 10 Unwritten Rules of the DailyKos Public Opinion Governance Board (DKPOGB)

I have participated at the DailyKos site for approximately a year, drawn here by the opportunity to support the liberal woman Democrat, Hillary Clinton, in this fiery furnace of Hillary haters and Al Gore lovers that only DailyKos can provide. Over this time, I have come to learn many of the written and unwritten rules of speech here, and I would like to share particularly the unwritten rules with new users.

This is especially important at the present time. I believe there may be an explosion of new users at DailyKos when US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton announces her candidacy for President of the United States, and I would like to help pro-Hillary users to participate in this site without being banned for posting "flame-bate" comments or diaries. Therefore, aware that to do so is forbidden, I state here, only partially "tongue in check", the ten unwritten speech rules that govern permissible speech at DailyKos:

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Have you ever been visited by the DKPOGB?

60 votes Vote Now!

Have you ever been visited by the DKPOGB?

Yes, once.

6 votes

Yes, several times.

13 votes

Yes, every day.

8 votes

No, never.

33 votes

Is "You're a Monkey" OK at DK?

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Sunday December 03, 2006 · 6:17 PM PST

2006/12/03 · 18:17

Senator George Allen apologized for calling a James Webb campaign worker "MACACA". Will DK Al Gore supporter ---*--- apologize for calling me "monkey" in comments here at DailyKos? MACACA MOMENT

The Dkosopedia says in its article on TROLL RATING that among types of trolling are "Personal attacks on other site users", while specifically noting that, while "there are times when a little creative incivility is much needed",

Sexist or racist language . . . is not welcome. TROLL RATING

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Saturday December 02, 2006 · 5:45 AM PST

2006/12/02 · 05:45

Why Was Old Al Gore Such a Transparent Hypocrite?

In his Election Year 2000 speech to the Democratic National Convention Vice President Al Gore said,

Getting cigarettes out of the hands of kids before they get hooked is a family value. (APPLAUSE) I will crack down on the marketing of tobacco to our children, no matter how hard the tobacco companies lobby and no matter how much they spend. SPEECH AT 2000 CONVENTION

But, according to the New York Times and the Washington Post,

Six years after Vice President Al Gore's older sister died of lung cancer in 1984, he was still accepting campaign contributions from tobacco interests. NYTIMES HITS AL GORE'S HYPOCRISY

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Is "New Gore" a risky premise for a Presidential candidacy?

64 votes Vote Now!

Is "New Gore" a risky premise for a Presidential candidacy?

Yes, because any ethical failures will be seen as fatal hypocrisy.

2 votes

Yes, because it implicity concedes that "Old Gore" was unacceptable.

5 votes

Yes, because it may seem to some voters like a cynical and transparent marketing ploy.

4 votes

Yes, because it implicitly disowns and forgets the victories of the Clinton years.

0 votes

Yes, for some other reason.

5 votes

No, because Al Gore is "new" and that is apparent to everyone.

4 votes

No, because Al Gore's Al Gores "Old" DLC, anti-abortion persona is also acceptable

4 votes

No, because Al Gore is a "good man".

10 votes

No, because Al Gore is a "new man".

1 vote

No, because Al Gore will not backslide.

2 votes

No, because Al Gore's current advocacy is more important.

27 votes

Why Old Al Gore Desperately Needs To Be "New"

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Friday December 01, 2006 · 2:26 PM PST

2006/12/01 · 14:26

THE "OLD" AL GORE WAS A CORPORATE WHORE

All this talk about the "New Al Gore" inevitably causes one to ask, "What was so wrong with the "old Al Gore"? Quite a lot, if you believe Robert Reich, the pro-labor economist who worked with Al Gore in the Clinton Administration. But, who is Robert Reich to question Al Gore’s progressive bona fides and what sources support his accusations?

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Thursday November 30, 2006 · 11:05 AM PST

2006/11/30 · 11:05

A new poll by CNN shows that DailyKos participants’s feelings diverge markedly with Democrats overall about who our next Democratic president should be. Hillary holds a two-to-one lead over her nearest rivals while more than twice as many Democrats don’t want Kerry as those who don’t want Clinton.

Recently re-elected Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York is twice as popular as her nearest Democratic rivals in the 2008 presidential race, according to a new CNN poll.

Clinton was favored by 33 percent of people asked who they were "most likely to support for the Democratic nomination for president in the year 2008." CNN POLL

francislholland

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Wednesday November 29, 2006 · 10:21 AM PST

2006/11/29 · 10:21

In the last year, I have diaried in favor of the Presidential candidacy of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, sometimes almost daily. I have a distinct motive: I dearly hope Sen. Clinton will be the next President of the United States.

The candidacies of Senators Clinton and Obama highlight something that ought to be obvious: White male presidents simply have not done anything over the last 200 years that would, today, in a Democracy, justify perpetuating an obligatory white male exclusivity of the US Presidency beyond the 2004 elections. So, we look to our two best-known and most popular Democratic candidates poll-wise - Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama - lest our prejudices again lead us to another President George W. Bush or, heaven help us, President Newt Gingrich.

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Would a Hillary/Barack ticket be excellent, but for America's backward sexism and racism?

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Would a Hillary/Barack ticket be excellent, but for America's backward sexism and racism?

Yes, if not for sexism, this would be excellent.

0 votes

Yes, if not for skin-color bias this would be excellent

0 votes

Yes, if not for sexism and skin-color bias, this would be excellent.

4 votes

Yes, if not for sexism and skin-color bias, this would be acceptable.

0 votes

Yes, this would be better than the Republican alternative.

4 votes

No, this ticket would not be better than the Republican alternative

3 votes

No, this ticket would not be better than a Democratic alternative.

26 votes

Screw biases and let's move the country forward!

8 votes

2008: Winning by Muting the Trumpets

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Monday November 27, 2006 · 4:38 PM PST

2006/11/27 · 16:38

In 1984, there was immense pressure on Walter Mondale to select a woman for his vice presidential nominee on the Democratic ticket. In running strongly for the Democratic nomination, Reverend Jesse Jackson had shown America that a black man could get a significant number of votes in the Democratic primaries. It began to seem inevitable, logical and equitable that there be a balanced ticket – that at least one member of the ticket be someone other than a white man, for a change.

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Sunday November 26, 2006 · 8:45 AM PST

2006/11/26 · 08:45

Not all are Disloyal But Some Are

Some at DailyKos become incensed and indignant when their favored candidates are criticized, questioned or challenged at this site. Say that Wesley Clark has waffled on Iraq and you “must be a troll”. If a DailyKos participant wonders out loud why Gore appointed the abhorrent Lieberman as his running mate then that person must be a "troll". If anyone points out that Al Gore, John Edwards, Wesley Clark, Evan Bayh, Joseph Biden, Tom Vilsack and John Kerry are DLC members or DLC collaborating authors, and that most of them supported the Iraq War Resolution (IWR), then whomever points that out must be a troll, in spite of the fact that it’s true. DK DIARY

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Saturday November 25, 2006 · 10:40 AM PST

2006/11/25 · 10:40

Clintons Preparing Now for 2008

Hillary Rodham Clinton is determined to win the US Presidency in 2008 for the Democratic Party and her willingess to raise and spend as much as it may cost underscores the seriousness of her efforts thus far. Raw Story says:

Despite continuing insistence from Clinton’s campaign team that her only focus is the Senate, her extensive pursuit of donors nationwide – along with her staggering success in wooing them – has solidified expectations of a presidential run in 2008. Any funds left over from her senatorial campaign, which Time recently estimated might exceed $10 million, could be used to seed a presidential run. RAW STORY

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Should Democrats spend now to win in 2008?

57 votes Vote Now!

Should Democrats spend now to win in 2008?

Yes, EMILY, Early Money Is Like Yeast!

16 votes

Yes, because the Republicans are spending now.

5 votes

Yes, if Democrats are to have any chance of winning.

11 votes

No, they should wait until the last minute.

1 vote

Others, yes, but not Hillary.

24 votes

2008: It All Starts with Hillary's Listening Tour

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Friday November 24, 2006 · 4:48 PM PST

2006/11/24 · 16:48

Voters like politicians who listen.

Winston Churchill said,

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. Winston Churchill http://cultureofpeace.org/...

On the Fourth of July, 1999, then First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton began what she described as a “listening tour” during which she would travel throughout New York State, hearing what voters had to say before telling them what she thought about it.

The listening tour that began Hillary’s 1999 US Senate race in New York may well presage the manner and even the outcome of her 2008 Presidential campaign.

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Is listening to voters a good way to earn their support?

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Is listening to voters a good way to earn their support?

Yes, because it shows that you care about them.

6 votes

Yes, because then leaders can develop platforms based on voters' real concerns.

7 votes

Yes, because listening disarms the opposition in a polarized environment.

1 vote

All of the above.

41 votes

Maybe.

4 votes

No.

9 votes

The House of Clinton: A Dynasty or a Winning Brand Name?

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Thursday November 23, 2006 · 4:39 PM PST

2006/11/23 · 16:39

In politics, there are certain names that only need to be mentioned to conjure up a very clear image. Among Republicans, for example, the names “Henry Kissinger” and “Howard Baker” immediately conjure images of experience, power and influencial opinions. For progressives, these names instantly conjure Vietman and the Reagan era. For better or worse, we know exactly who these players are when their names enter the national conversation, because their names have become "brand names".

On the Democratic side, the Kennedy and Clinton names have become the country's most powerful brands, with the highest name recognition and a reputation for ambitious dedication to public service. But in America, where public servants are ultimately elected by the people if at all, dynasties are verbotten but brand names are very important.

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