Our political Quote of the Day should be filed in the Great Minds Think Alike File since the Chuck Todd and the folks at MSNBC have now said what I've noted for the past week: former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, who love him or unlove him was always an idea man, is now well on his way to lose his right to be taken seriously (by anyone other than people who write … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: Newt Gingrich Is On His Way to No Longer Be Taken Seriously
New York Tea Party Movement Republican Candidate Paladino Is Against Government Help Unless..
New York's new upset Tea Party movement Republican Senate candidate Carl Palidino is against big government spending -- unless it involves a $1.4 million eyebrow-raising tax break that involves a company he's involved in. … [Read more...] about New York Tea Party Movement Republican Candidate Paladino Is Against Government Help Unless..
Howard Fineman Quits Newsweek to Join The Huffington Post
Yet another big name has abandoned the sold Newsweek ship -- and the name they're losing is a really big one. And where he is landing is even more significant. The name: Newsweek's former Senior Washington Correspondent and Columnist Howard Fineman, one of the print journalists who also successfully became a leading political analyist talking head on cable television. Where … [Read more...] about Howard Fineman Quits Newsweek to Join The Huffington Post
Fixing Cuba
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Mexico at 200: Partying Neoliberal Encroachment – La Jornada, Mexico
It's interesting that Mexicans, who Americans that oppose NAFTA think are the big beneficiaries of the treaty, are just as vigorously opposed to it as they are. A few days ago, Mexico celebrated its 200th anniversary. But according to this editorial from Mexico's La Jornada, the event was not the unadulterated celebration it should have been. The culprit?: From La Jornada, … [Read more...] about Mexico at 200: Partying Neoliberal Encroachment – La Jornada, Mexico
When Lunacy Masquerades As Scholarship
In the most recent edition of Forbes Magazine, Dinesh D'Souza writes that "Barack Obama is the most antibusiness president in a generation, perhaps in American history." Given the renewed health of Wall Street and the fact that General Motors is once again turning a profit, D'Souza's assertion is certainly suspect. But even more suspect is what Newt Gingrich has called … [Read more...] about When Lunacy Masquerades As Scholarship
Not Going To Happen
Bob Herbert a couple of days ago: We can keep wishing and hoping for a powerful economic recovery to pull the U.S. out of its doldrums, but I wouldn’t count on it. Ordinary American families no longer have the purchasing power to build a strong recovery and keep it going. The seeds of our current economic malaise started about 32 years ago with the election of Ronald … [Read more...] about Not Going To Happen
The Wrong Tax Cut Debate
WASHINGTON -- In any athletic contest, winning teams play their own game and force the other side to play that game too. The same being true in elections, it's remarkable how timidity leads Democrats to fight this year's campaign on Republican terms. Nowhere is this more obvious than on taxes, where the entire debate revolves around what to do about the cuts enacted … [Read more...] about The Wrong Tax Cut Debate
Victorious Tea Party
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Should We Arrange the Gradual Extinction of Carnivorous Species?
At the conclusion of a substantial essay examining the question of whether the controlled extinction of carnivorous species would be a good thing, philosophy professor Jeff McMahan cautiously concludes: It would be good to prevent the vast suffering and countless violent deaths caused by predation. There is therefore one reason to think that it would be instrumentally good if … [Read more...] about Should We Arrange the Gradual Extinction of Carnivorous Species?
Al D’Amato Calls Fox News’ Jack Burkman a Racist
We've talked often about what I call the talk radio political culture which not just frames things in outrageous, push-the-envelope, demonizing sound bites but rewards, winks or enables it. Here (h/T Americablog) is former NY Republican Senator Al D'Amato drawing a very firm, assertive line on a comment Jack Burkman makes that he calls "racist." It's at the end of the segment. … [Read more...] about Al D’Amato Calls Fox News’ Jack Burkman a Racist
Bill Clinton’s Advice to Barack Obama on What to Do in Campaign 2010
At the height of the beginning of the Clinton Global Initiative in NYC, former President Bill Clinton, via Yahoo and the Huffington Post, offers this advice on what Barack Obama and the Democrats should do to stave off what increasingly looks to be an impending GOP landslide: … [Read more...] about Bill Clinton’s Advice to Barack Obama on What to Do in Campaign 2010
GOP Campaign Financing
Republican Party candidates for major offices come in three basic varieties these days — right, far right, and out-of-sight right. What I find especially interesting about this mix is how nicely campaign financial arrangements of these three reflect these ideologies. Right republicans, for example, are generally party regulars with pro-business, pro-Wall Street, pro-social … [Read more...] about GOP Campaign Financing
Colin Powell Knocks Down Gingrich and Birthers
I've often said that Colin Powell indeed does voice the sentiment of a lot of moderates, including former Republicans who were moderates. In my own case, when he talks it's as if he was a fly on the wall picking up what I've told friends or what I've written at times here on TMV. Here he is making the argument that Obama could be attacked on policy but that some -- such as Newt … [Read more...] about Colin Powell Knocks Down Gingrich and Birthers
Political Rants, September 19, 2010
Happy Sunday everyone! I have a few points to bring up for the beginning of the week (and to end last week)... 1) THANK YOU! On Tuesday, September 14th, I won the race for the Chairmanship of the Baltimore County Republican Central Committee. With 99.1% of the vote in, I won by about 1,000 votes out of 30,000 cast. The good news for Republicans is that our turnout in … [Read more...] about Political Rants, September 19, 2010
They May Think It’s A Movement (Guest Voice)
They May Think It's A Movement by David Goodloe "And the only reason I'm singing you this song now is 'cause you may know somebody in a similar situation, or you may be in a similar situation, and if you're in a situation like that there's only one thing you can do, and that's walk into the shrink wherever you are, just walk in, say 'Shrink, you can get anything you want at … [Read more...] about They May Think It’s A Movement (Guest Voice)
Christine O’Donnell’s Campaign Gets Off to “(Be)witching Start
Tea Party star and Delaware new GOP candidate for Senate Christine O'Donnell's campaign has gotten off to a bewitching start with news that she said she once dabbled in witchcraft. It sparked a host of posts including our humble offering of three possible campaign songs she might consider using for her campaign. She has already cast a spell on Tea Party movement members and … [Read more...] about Christine O’Donnell’s Campaign Gets Off to “(Be)witching Start
Man, Oh Man, I’m Mad (Guest Voice)
Man, Oh Man, I’m Mad Raging Moderate, by Will Durst Man, oh man, I’m mad. I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore. Take what? I don’t know. And that makes me mad. Angry. Riled up. Cranky. Irate. Livid. Bellicose. Splenetic. Which has something to do with the spleen. Think it involves leakage. Whatever it is, it can’t be good and I got it. I’m mad at … [Read more...] about Man, Oh Man, I’m Mad (Guest Voice)
NY State: Carl Paladino vs the Republican Party Establishment
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Nepal & China: Intercepted Audio Tape Controversy
Nepal provides an important buffer zone between two giant countries - India and China - in the mighty Himalayas. So far this cushion has worked well. But now an intercepted telephone call between a senior Nepalese Maoist leader and an unknown Chinese discussing the use of $6.75m to bribe members of Nepalese parliament to elect a Maoist prime minister, has created a serious … [Read more...] about Nepal & China: Intercepted Audio Tape Controversy