Posts Tagged ‘Politics’

Remember When…

29May09

George W. Bush had the Democrats worried about Republicans attracting Hispanic voters?
It wasn’t hype. W spoke fluent Spanish, had middle of the road views on immigration, and appointed a bunch of Hispanics to high profile jobs.
The whole theory that Republicans are a bunch of evil geniuses is going down like a lead zeppelin. Seriously, [...]


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Ways to Lower Gas Prices?

03Jul08

Here’s Newt Gingrich talking about ways to lower gas prices.

Of course the biggest problem is that we don’t really want to lower gas prices. People respond to prices, and if you want to people to “do something” about global warming, which by the third point Gingrich suggests he does, [...]


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Another Shocking Turn of Events

21Jun08

David Brooks decides Barack Obama is an awful, awful, person.
I had been totally convinced the love for Barack Obama would continue straight though the entire general election. It sure is a shame that conservative columnists only have nice things to say about Democrats during the primary season.


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First Lady Polling

18Jun08

Yahoo News tells me that Michelle Obama is polling better then Cindy McCain. Kind of surprising since Cindy McCain hasn’t been the target of any smear campaigns.
I blame Paris Hilton for shattering America’s positive image of blond millionaire heiresses.
UPDATE:
I had been unaware about this cookie recipe scandal involving Cindy McCain. This explains everything [...]


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Sam Nunn For Not Vice-President

18Jun08

Via Dylan Matthews please check out “Having Nunn of It” an Anti-Sam Nunn as VP website.
Apparently the crusty old ex-Senator from Georgia is on the short for the Obama Veepstakes, which is pretty annoying. In order of importance Sam Nunn would make a bad V.P. for Barack Obama because
1) He has a history of gay [...]


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My Fake Congress Person is More Powerful Then Your Real Congress Person

09Jun08

Or so says Power Rankings which ranked District of Colombia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton the 19th most influential member in legislation of the U.S. House of Representatives. Unlike almost all of her competitors Congresswoman Norton can’t actually vote in the House of Representatives.
That means neither that not having a vote nor her absurdly out [...]


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Republican Messaging

08Jun08

I’m really not so sure about the Republican talking points on display on the Sunday morning talk shows. It’s become clear over the last few weeks that the McCain wing of the party talks a different talk then the Bush wing does, although that might just be a necessity in the present context. [...]


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Jim Webb Not Ready To Be Vice-President

05Jun08

Here’s a post about Jim Webb on the Raising Kaine blog written by TheGreenMiles
I’ve heard from sources that Sen. Webb is “leaning against” supporting the Climate Security Act. Hard as it is for me to believe, I’m told there’s a real chance Sen. Webb could vote against Democratic leadership and with Sen. James “Global [...]


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Oh, The Whole “Delegate” Thing

05Jun08

This Washington Post analysis by Jonathan Weisman, Shailagh Murray and Peter Slevin of the Obama Campaign path to victory is really top notch. One odd thing was the title, which was:
Strategy Was Based On Winning Delegates, Not Battlegrounds
It’s really quite the indictment of the controversy of week media coverage and oblivious and math challenged Clinton [...]


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Tom Friedman is an Awful Person

04Jun08

Atrios is right to highlight the below clip in which Tom Friedmen endorses killing people in whichever Muslim country is politically convenient. It’s not like it’s a momentary comment of frustration or spoken in rage. It’s carefully considered approval random killing.

It’s a disservice to our country that he’s still considered [...]


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Obama Uses Hope

03Jun08

For the 80s video game and politically obsessed in all of us.


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The Dread Politics Strikes Again!

07Apr08

So clearly Hillary Clinton has been reading my blog and has come on board with my plan* to boycott the opening ceremony of the Olympics.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday called on President Bush to boycott the opening ceremonies for the Olympic games in Beijing, a fresh sign that politics, not sports, may take [...]


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John Edwards Faces Tough Questions

04Oct07

So this a joke question for John Edwards, which is relevant to the type of grip his supporters often complain about. On one level it’s a legit criticism Edwards is proposing a powerful new vision for America and doing it in a very compelling way. And all anyone can talk about is his hair…
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