A condition she shares with the Religious Right in general.

From Leonard Bernstein's Mass:

God made us the boss
God gave us the cross
We turned it into a sword
To spread the word of the Lord
We use His holy decrees
To do whatever we please
And it was good - yeah!
And it was good - yeah!
And it was god-damned good!

Posted at July 28, 2008 12:53 PM in response to Goodling to Interviewee: What Is It About GWB That Makes You Want to Serve Him?

So do the laws allow Coleman to receive goods and services (such as a place to live) at below-market rates?

In particular, does he have to count them as campaign contributions?

And if so, has Coleman knowingly accepted an oversized campaign contribution from Larson?

Posted at June 29, 2008 3:09 PM in response to Sen. Norm Coleman Rents Cheap Crash Pad From Political Pal

We have proven oil reserves of at least 21 billion barrels in the United States...

That's less than 33 months' worth of U.S. consumption. And how much of that is already being tapped, anyway?

We have no untapped reserves that will make more than a short-term difference in our energy situation. We're simply going to have to use less petroleum because less of it will be available over time. And we're also going to have to use less coal if we want to reduce our CO2 pollution.

To replace coal, we can switch over to some mixture of wind, solar, nuclear, whatever - but designing our society to use less energy is the quickest and best first step.

To replace petroleum, the only solution is to use less - by replacing existing vehicles with more efficient ones, and by designing our cities so we don't need to use cars nearly as much.

Posted at June 17, 2008 9:54 AM in response to McCain: I'm Both For More Oil Exploration And For Conservation

I can see the ad now:

"McCain often disagreed with Bush during his first term." (Lists for-instances from tax cuts to global warming.)

"But during the past four years, he completely changed his tune." (Make tax cuts permanent, support the war, oppose Roe v. Wade, quiet on global warming.)

"Now he wants you to think he isn't really McSame. It's a bit too late for that, isn't it?"

Posted at June 17, 2008 9:29 AM in response to New McCain Ad: He "Stood Up To The President"

I see they only buried Pincus on page A11.

Used to be A17. He's moving up in the world. By the time he retures, they may be printing his stories on A7, and the occasional WaPo print edition reader might actually see his stuff once in awhile.

Posted at June 2, 2008 12:17 PM in response to Today's Must Read

Let me add: there's no need for long, complicated hearings. We've got Bush's testimony. Open and shut.

Posted at April 11, 2008 8:49 PM in response to Bush: Yeah, We Signed Off on Torture. So What?

What Winski said.

Cheney was in on the decision, Bush approved, impeach 'em both.

Posted at April 11, 2008 8:48 PM in response to Bush: Yeah, We Signed Off on Torture. So What?

I'm still disappointed about North Carolina, where the Dems seem to have dropped the ball by failing to find a strong challenger to a very vulnerable Liddy Dole.

I personally think Elizabeth Edwards should run against her, health permitting.

Posted at April 8, 2008 5:44 PM in response to Dems Exceptionally Well Positioned To Expand Majority In Senate

Here's my rolling post about architects of our torture and Iraq policies, from Cogitamus a few days ago, and at Brad DeLong's place yesterday:

People like Feith (and Yoo, and Bush, Cheney, Addington, Rummy, Wolfie, etc.) should not be able to step outside the bubble of their privileged, like-minded friends without being subjected to questions such as "how can you bear to live, knowing the deaths and pain and suffering you've caused?"

They should not fear for their bodily safety, but beyond that, we owe them no debt of courtesy. They never put Iraq or torture or surveillance or any of these things to an honest debate in advance, which would have turned these decisions into the wrongs of the body politic.

They shoved the Iraq decision past us by a combination of lies, bullying, and fearmongering. Everything else, they did surreptitiously. These are their crimes, not ours.

But there will be no impeachment, no war crimes trial. The only recourse left to us is to forbid them to live normal lives among us. They should not be able to so much as stop at a gas station or a drugstore, for the rest of their lives, without being asked how they can live with themselves, given what they've done.

That's the closest we can come to "to the pain." And it's no more than they deserve.

Posted at April 2, 2008 4:43 PM in response to Feith: Only "Assholes" Fret about Torture

Rasmussen's breakdown by race suggests that they expect the Democratic primary electorate to be maybe 47-48% white.

That's insane.

In Presidential elections, Mississippi votes about 60% Republican, and I bet that doesn't include many blacks.

And Mississippi is about 37-38% black. That means that blacks should be about 90% of the primary electorate.

But they're not.

I'm good with Republicans voting in Democratic primaries who are disaffected with the GOP and are considering switching teams. But clearly a lot of white voters with no intention of voting Dem in the fall are expected to vote in the Democratic primary in Mississippi tomorrow.

Posted at March 10, 2008 12:47 PM in response to Rasmussen: Obama Ahead By 14 In Racially-Polarized Mississippi Primary