Ouch…

13Aug08

Truth hurts. I fear the worst about Hillary’s intentions for the DNC, but damn, I’m no Maureen Dowd. She took it to a new level in today’s piece. Now if only Dowd could go 100 words without calling Obama three different nicknames….
Obama also allowed Hillary supporters to insert an absurd statement into the platform suggesting [...]

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So it’s Probably Gonna Be (Update: NOT) Hillary

16Jun08

Huffington Post reports:
Obama announced new staff today:
Chief of Staff to the Vice Presidential Nominee: Patti Solis Doyle
Thats, Patti Solis Doyle as in Clinton’s former campaign chair….and look at that position…
Update:
I’m hearing rumors that Doyle and Clinton don’t get along anymore, so there may be hope yet…
Update II:
Huffington Post now reporting its definitely  a bad omen…who [...]

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John Dickerson is Really Overplaying his Hand

16Jun08

Slate’s headline story today is the Hillary supporters that may or may not jump ship to McCain. John Dickerson, the political director, is especially concentrating on the female Clinton supporters who feel wronged by the system, and are cutting off their reproductive rights and self respect despite their faces to vote for a man that dumped his first wife after she [...]

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What are you afraid of?

11Jun08

Reprinted from the DailyKos, Markos Moulitsas with a challenge to all non-liberals, to Republicans who just call everything liberal “socialization” without ever explaining what they mean or why its bad:
What exactly are you afraid of?
What, will he start some wars? Will the economy go to hell? Will gasoline suddenly cost four bucks a gallon, so [...]

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The Brief Hiatus and the Weekend that Was

11Jun08

Naturally, I chose to be busy during the not-so thrilling conclusion of the Democratic Primary, so apologies for not live blogging the “cracking of the glass ceiling.”
Biggest Story: After somewhere between 16 months and arguably 50 some-odd years, Hillary Clinton has conceded that she will not be the Democratic nominee in 2008. If you’ve read [...]

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Now That He’s Got That Dirt Off His Shoulder, He Can Pound Away

04Jun08

Well, ok, maybe he is race-baiting. Hillary could have never done that as a president.

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Alright, One Regret…

04Jun08

It’s clear now that Obama is the nominee, and it even seems like Clinton at least knows that internally. I never wanted to be the type of person that was a Hillary-hater before this campaign, but her actions dictated to me that I had no other choice. Still, I must say I long a bit [...]

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Is This Over?

03Jun08

Headlines won’t agree on anything;
(As of Now)
Daily Kos: Obama still 34 Delegates away
AP (1): Hillary To Acknowledge Obama Has Delegate Majority To Secure Nomination
Huffington Post – Clinton Campaign Chair: AP Is “100% Reporting Incorrectly
AP (2) – Obama Clinches Nomination — (AP reports enough super delegates have confirmed with the AP their intentions to put Obama [...]

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Scott McClellan, You Thieving Douche!

31May08

Scott McClellan thought he was all cool or something this week, when he was all over cable TV promoting his groundbreaking book, What Happened. McClellan may even get to testify before congress based on the not-so-stunning revelation that the Bush administration did some really fucked up shit. Sorry, I sound bitter, but that bastard stole [...]

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Update: Henneberger Counters Lithwick

28May08

Melinda Henneberger, a consistently thoughtful member of Slate’s XX Factor blog, counters the Dahlia Lithwick article on election fraud which I wrote about yesterday. Henneberger is nicer than I am, but shares similar criticisms. An excerpt:
On the electoral front, Dahlia, your point about sagging voter confidence being self-fulfilling is dead right. But do we [...]

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