h/t Mickey Kaus at Slate "McCain will have trouble beating the Obama who showed up on Fox News Sunday, giving a highly effective interview to Chris Wallace. It included this bait for Hillary: "I think there are a whole host of areas where Republicans in some cases may have a better idea." Obama cited not just "merit pay" but also "experimenting with charter … [Read more...] about Obama: The Moderate Voice
Stop Presses! Giant Inflatable Pig For Obama
Rove Schools Obama
Would you take advice from Karl Rove? Should Sen. Obama? I don't know. But this set of suggestions actually strikes me as sound counsel. … [Read more...] about Rove Schools Obama
The Hmong: Last American Army in Vietnam
AMERICA'S FORGOTTEN WARRIORS AND THEIR FAMILIES One of the ongoing tragedies of the Iraq war is Washington's refusal to allow Iraqis who have actively helped the American effort into the U.S. in all but the smallest numbers, exposing them to possible persecution and death. The fate of many of the Hmong mountain people who fought against the communist-nationalist Pathet … [Read more...] about The Hmong: Last American Army in Vietnam
Media polarization good or bad?
Yet another study finds Democrats and Republicans going to our separate media corners. This one from University of Georgia associate professor of journalism Barry Hollander as reported by the AJC's Political Insider: What he documented was a quiet stampede. In 1998, 27 percent of Republicans and 25 percent of Democrats tuned in regularly to Atlanta-based CNN. Eight years … [Read more...] about Media polarization good or bad?
Obama The Masterful Orator
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Jeremiah Wright: Obama’s Root Canal
Howard Kurtz writes: Barack Obama needed this like he needed a root canal. Just when the Jeremiah Wright furor seemed to be dying down, the ex-pastor is back and suddenly inescapable. On the tube with Bill Moyers. Speaking to the NAACP. Showing up Monday at the National Press Club. There it was yesterday, that endless loop of Wright shouting "God damn America" over and … [Read more...] about Jeremiah Wright: Obama’s Root Canal
Slutty Hillary, Promiscuous Rush & Dirty Dick: A Political Ménage à Trois Made In Heaven
CLINTON WITH RICHARD MELLON SCAIFE Hillary Clinton's slutty embrace of Rush Limbaugh, who is hard at work goading his right-wing listeners into helping her defeat Barack Obama, borders on the pornographic in how she has yet again been willing to turn a cheap trick in a campaign that has determinedly put sleaze before substance. Limbaugh, for those of you who have spent … [Read more...] about Slutty Hillary, Promiscuous Rush & Dirty Dick: A Political Ménage à Trois Made In Heaven
Federal Reserve: Getting To The Core Of Things
Rising food and energy prices are scaring a lot of people. Not the folks at the Federal Reserve, though. They have found a revolutionary mechanism to address worries generated by these price increases. By creating its own preferred inflation measure, the so-called core rate, which factors out food and energy, the Fed can claim inflation is well under control. Given that food … [Read more...] about Federal Reserve: Getting To The Core Of Things
Oy! The Great 2008 Matzah Shortage
You've head about the rice shortage, when it comes to food supplies. And you've read about the wisdom shortage, when it comes to Presidential candidates... But now -- in an unprecedented development being experienced from coast-to-coast -- Jewish Americans seeking those unleavened crackers (often oversized) so central to Passover and so delicious when you spread cream cheese … [Read more...] about Oy! The Great 2008 Matzah Shortage
Quote Of The day: On Clinton’s Campaign, Obama And The Democratic Party
Gary Younge, writing in The Guardian: The problem is not that Hillary Clinton is still in the race. She has every right to be. It is that she is running the kind of race that she is. Having failed to convince voters of the viability of her own candidacy, she is now committed to proving the unviability of his. Hillary once said it takes a village to raise a child. Now … [Read more...] about Quote Of The day: On Clinton’s Campaign, Obama And The Democratic Party
The recruits of the past seven years, what might they think?
A relatively brief but compelling prediction of the predilections of the current generation of members of our armed forces by Ray Kimball can be found at The Huffington Post. --- Cross-posted at Random Fate. … [Read more...] about The recruits of the past seven years, what might they think?
America’s Democratic ‘Undead’ Stumble On
The world shares the pain of Democrats, as Hillary continues to swing away at Barack Obama - statistics be damned. Arguing that Obama still seems like the better candidate, Patrik Etschmayer for Switzerland's Nachrichten describes the pair as "political zombies:" "One must question how Clinton would stand up in a campaign against McCain. Her argument is that she would … [Read more...] about America’s Democratic ‘Undead’ Stumble On
Quote Of The Day: On Clinton, Obama And Democratic Disunity
From blogger columnist Dick Polman: Now, Clinton and Obama will inflict themselves on the voters of Indiana and North Carolina and continue to make themselves less attractive to the general electorate. Obama's weakness among working-class whites - glaringly exposed in Pennsylvania - raise questions about his viability in Rust Belt swing states. Clinton's incessant attacks … [Read more...] about Quote Of The Day: On Clinton, Obama And Democratic Disunity
The Church of Atheism
In New York Magazine this week, Sean McManus finds that the fastest-growing faith in America is no faith at all. And now some atheists think they need a church: ...some atheists are taking seriously the idea that atheism needs to stand for things, like evolution and ethics, not just against things, like God. The most successful movements in history, after all—Christianity, … [Read more...] about The Church of Atheism
Everything you always wanted to know about Norman Mailer’s sex life but were afraid to ask
Last week it emerged that one of Norman Mailer's mistresses, former actress and model Carole Mallory, sold her personal papers to Harvard's Houghton Library. On Friday they gave the UK's Times OnLine an exclusive preview. Harvard? Why Harvard? Leslie Morris, the Harvard library’s curator, said the main reason the university had been interested in so seemingly unacademic an … [Read more...] about Everything you always wanted to know about Norman Mailer’s sex life but were afraid to ask
Obama’s Strength Among Independent Voters Makes Him More Electable Than Clinton
Senator Barack Obama is more electable than Senator Hillary Clinton due to his strength among independent voters. And a contest between Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Senator John McCain would be a plus for America's independent voters since both appeal to independents -- and it wouldn't be as divisive as a Clinton-McCain race. That's the contention of John Avlon, … [Read more...] about Obama’s Strength Among Independent Voters Makes Him More Electable Than Clinton
Parties and Outrage
Blogs are a convenient outlet for venting outrage. Reading so many I find it hard to spread my passion in so many directions and I often become numb to the steady flow of crisis. Then mainly for my mental health I try to shift focus to ponder constructive responses to our challenges. I often wonder if the two party system is irretrievably broken and that special interests … [Read more...] about Parties and Outrage
San Diego Shark Attack Confirmation Of Past Suspected Sightings
SAN DIEGO, California -- The shark attack that killed David Martin, 66, who died Friday on a triathlon training swim at Solana Beach, 14 miles northwest of San Diego, was the first shark attack in San Diego County in 50 years -- but there have been suspected sightings of sharks before. I know. I'm an avid beach goer. August 1982: I had just come to San Diego to accept a … [Read more...] about San Diego Shark Attack Confirmation Of Past Suspected Sightings