The Symbolic Volcano Mistake

25Feb09

Both sides of the aisle today are both praising Obama for his speech, and reprimanding Bobby Jindal (seriously, this guy is the Republican Obama? Then why does no one like him?) for his. One of the more unintentionally comical moments was Jindal’s attempt to mock Obama for appropriating 140 million dollars to a geological survey. [...]

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Tags: bobby jindal, conservative, economy, jindal, jindal speech, obama speech, republican, republicans, stimulus

Why Haven’t I Written For Six Days? I Can’t/Couldn’t Take it Anymore

16Sep08

John McCain and Sarah Palin have fired off more mini-anyeurisms in my brain than I’d ever like to mention to Joe Biden. Everytime I think I am at the peak of my outrage, one of the two comes out and says something so completely ridiculous that I think it has to end the race. Palin [...]

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Yes, It Matters…Bristol Palin’s Pregnancy

02Sep08

While I was freaking out over the closing of the FIFA transfer window (a matter which cannot be discussed, as a proper entry on the matter would get me arrested if I went to England and came within 100 yards of Peter Kenyon), the rest of the media was freaking out about Sarah Palin’s pregnant [...]

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Tags: 17 year old daughter, abstinence only, birth control, Bristol Palin, election 2008, john mccain, pregnancy, President, pro-choice, pro-life, republican, Sarah Palin, teen pregnancy, Trig Palin, VP

Why Elizabeth “Let” John Run

13Aug08

I have a lot of…issues with the Edwards story. I definitely took Edwards’ side from the beginning, but since the admission, obviously much has changed. So first, let me say this: I feel lied to.
Not only do I look like a fool for having defended him, it bothers me that this is even an issue. [...]

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Mormon? That’s Too Exotic for Me

29Jul08

Patrick Healy of the New York Times was just on MSNBC talking possible VP picks for both candidates. I was busy just trying to figure out who the fuck Tim Kaine is, and why he gives his most clear position on a VP candidacy in Spanish. In the midst of all of that, Healy had [...]

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Tags: christian, Democrat, Kaine, Obama, republican, Romeny, southern, southern evangelical, Spanish, values, values voters, VP

This is not a fair fight

11Jul08

Obama is up by about 8 points right now nationally. However, he has not been doing well amongst his base, due to his vote in favor of FISA (despite his vote for the amendments to take away telecom immunity), his statements about the death penalty, gun laws…anything that has made him look centrist. It must [...]

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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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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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