SC Progressive Blog

I have linked Progress for SC on my blogroll. I thought you would like to read their statement of purpose"

Welcome to progress for South Carolina. We are a new blog dedicated to saving South Carolina from the brain-dead policies of the wacky right. We are going to work to expose the truth about what is happening to working families in South Carolina. The right is quickly threatening our schools, our environment, the safety of workers, and the ability to afford quality health care. So look out John Graham Altman, David Wilkins, Glenn McConnell and Marshall Sanford we've figured you out.

"Free" Speech

Progress for South Carolina, has a very interesting debate going on. (read here) Apparently there is a unique "right" of political expression and advocacy in our public schools.

Profound Change?

What happened in Lebanon today is significant. Hugh remarks that there is a, "sense of imminent and profound change sweeping through the oppressed peoples of the Middle East is too strong to ignore. With hundreds of thousands of Lebanese demanding their freedom, can the people of Iran who have pushed for freedom before be far behind? And can the Syrian thugs not see the writing on the wall. Retreat at this point has got to seem the better option than continued hostility towards both their neighbors."

Right?

Ok, Democrats are an opposition party right? Maybe some day. Look at Gloria Borger's take. Gloria thinks that perhaps the Capital One ad-guy might be a better choice to lead the DNC than Howard Dean.

Betrayal?

Tomorrow's New York Times reports that Doug Wead, an author and former aide to Bush 41, disclosed that he taped Bush 42 as he was first moving onto the national political stage. Here are some excerpts"

Preparing to meet Christian leaders in September 1998, Mr. Bush told Mr. Wead: "As you said, there are some code words. There are some proper ways to say things, and some improper ways." He added, "I am going to say that I've accepted Christ into my life. And that's a true statement."

"It's me versus the world," he told Mr. Wead. "The good news is, the world is on my side. Or more than half of it."

Bush could hardly contain his disdain for Mr. Gore, his Democratic opponent, at one point calling him "pathologically a liar."

Preparing to meet with influential Christian conservatives, Mr. Bush tested his lines with Mr. Wead. "I'm going to tell them the five turning points in my life," he said. "Accepting Christ. Marrying my wife. Having children. Running for governor. And listening to my mother."


Wead recorded Bush because he viewed him as a historic figure. You think that the president might regard Wead's actions as a betrayal?