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Published: 01/6/09

Progressive Veterans Group Slams New RedState Logo

By  Tommy Christopher - Politics Daily
Progressive Veterans Group Slams New RedState Logo

A few days ago, I reported on conservative website RedState's new, quasi-military "Strike Force" logo, aimed at inspiring grassroots organizing efforts. Now, the group VoteVets.org has taken aim at the insignia:Erick Erickson, the editor of RedState, has just given us fodder to use for the rest of the year. In an attempt at being politically savvy--and by telling himself that what they do is somehow akin to being a "soldier" in a "war"--Erickson has decided that conservatives need to field-organize like progressives. And what better way to motivate the "troops" for activism than by inventing ...

Published: 05/25/08

Young Turks Get Their 'ship Together

By  Tommy Christopher - Politics Daily
Young Turks Get Their 'ship Together

Membership, that is. On Saturday, May 24, 2008, an historic meeting took place, a perfect storm, if you will. Like Obi Wan Kenobi "completing the circle" by meeting his onetime protege, or Godzilla meeting his metaphorical father, Raymond Burr, I, Tommy Christopher, was to meet, face-to-face, "Papa Bear" Cenk Uygur. Does everyone know who Cenk Uygur is? Certainlyyyy! If you live in a cave, or have been cryogenically frozen waiting for the Bush administration to end, let me fill you in. Cenk is the host, producer, and spiritual pilates instructor of The Young Turks, the finest program to leave ...

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