Talking Points for Political Progressives

People running for public office often have close at hand a quick-reference prepared by their staff so they can respond appropriately to queries about nearly any issue. In preparation for my own political life (arguments with friends, mostly) I have prepared my own set of "talking points"...


abortion
aging population
anti-secularism
antibiotics in food
bees
Berlusconi
bias in the press
Bush linguistic techniques
campaign finance, election reform
capitalist ideology
Christian strategy
Clinton mistakes
corruption
counterterrorism
Cuba
death penalty
democracy
distribution of wealth
energy trusts
energy vs technology
evolution
feminism
flat tax
free market
Haiti
health care, universal
Hezbollah
hunger
ideology, progressive
ideology, right wing
international law
Israel
Italian political parties
Kyoto protocol
liberal, liberalism
medical ethics, the 4 principles
medical marijuana
Medicare/Medicaid/PACE/SSI
Muslim extremism
NAFTA, WTO
natural gas
nuclear powers
oil production and consumption
oil wars
patriotism
peak oil
pensions
public health achievements
recession
regulation
Republican strategy
right wing dogma
right wing funding, left wing funding
right wing think tanks
Rosenbergs
Soviet Union, demise of
subprime debt collapse
takings
torture
trade deficit
US-backed repressive regimes
using language
values
war profiteers
wars don't work
winner writes the history books, The
working poor in America