Christopher Kaul
- : New York City
- : 48
- : Liberal
- : Democrat
- : http://lastkaul.blogspot.com
- : Glenn Greenwald, TPM, DailyKos, Huffington Post.
- : Catch-22, Catcher In The Rye, Money, Liar's Poker, Huck Finn, City Primeval.
Poor America
One debate down, two to go. (I don't count Biden-Palin. That's not a debate, that's vaudeville.) Last week's first Obama-McCain debate was scheduled to cover foreign policy yet was dropped surreally into the middle of the nation's most...more »
Posted on September 30, 2008 4:46 PM
Down and Dirty
The Dow dropped some five hundred points on Monday, losing 4.4% of its value between breakfast and high tea. Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy, Merrill Lynch was snatched up by Bank of America and American International Group teetered on...more »
Posted on September 16, 2008 7:54 PM
I Tried
Every four years I promise myself I'm going to make it through an entire Republican Convention. Four nights, five-six hours each night . . . no big deal, right? I do it happily for the Democrats. From gavel...more »
Posted on September 5, 2008 3:01 PM
I Tried
Every four years I promise myself I'm going to make it through an entire Republican Convention. Four nights, five-six hours each night . . . no big deal, right? I do it happily for the Democrats. From gavel...more »
Posted on September 5, 2008 2:43 PM
Apologies
I apologize for the multiple posts, guys. Computer glitch on my end. ...more »
Posted on September 2, 2008 3:18 PM
"It's Sarah, Senator."
Rrrrrring! "Hello." "Governor, Senator McCain is on the line." "Awesome. Put him through." "Sandra, it's John McCain. I hope I didn't wake you." "Um, no, I was just putting up some walrus meat....more »
Posted on September 2, 2008 3:07 PM
How Good Is Obama?
To call the Democratic National Convention conflicted would not do it justice -- it's positively bi-polar. Dems have spent the first three days alternating between celebration and hand-wringing. More time and energy is being spent dissecting the Clinton's...more »
Posted on August 28, 2008 4:26 PM
Obama's Margin
This is from the blog, Last Kaul. What's it going to take to push Obama over the 50% mark? He just completed a tour of the Middle East and Europe and was welcomed throughout as a conqueror, a...more »
Posted on July 29, 2008 7:05 PM
The Truth About The Surge
"We have been too often disappointed by the optimism of the American leaders . . . to have faith any longer in the silver linings they find in the darkest clouds . . . (and) . . . we are...more »
Posted on June 24, 2008 8:04 PM
Hillary Who?
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, runner-up in the race to be the Democratic presidential nominee, may want to be vice president. Or she may not. She may prefer to consider the prospects of Supreme Court justice, cabinet member, Senate...more »
Posted on June 5, 2008 5:38 PM
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Hah! Or he could start the meeting with, "The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me."
Posted at May 30, 2008 4:07 PM in response to Toga! Toga!
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Hmmm, I dunno. I understand the entertainment factor -- like Grand Theft Auto for thinking adults -- but as a tool? I've been here for a few months now and the next mind I see changed by the dialogue will be the first. So how exactly is it winning elections?
Posted at May 15, 2008 3:23 PM in response to Sweetie?
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And this is the engaged intelligencia. Imagine what the poor, dumb Appalachian hillbillies talk about!
Posted at May 15, 2008 3:15 PM in response to Sweetie?
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So, I just checked my homepage. Stories include: McCain giving a mystical speech imagining Bin Laden dead and suggesting a timeline for Iraq withdrawal, California Supreme Court overturns gay marriage ban, Obama accuses Bush of false accusation, CBS is increasing their media monopoly by buying CNet. And what do we have here? A FOUR-HOUR SWEETIE THREAD! What a trivial, misguided, partisan clusterfuck our political dialogue has become. Oops, sorry, gotta go. I'm off to stand by the peephole in my apartment door -- maybe something will happen.
Posted at May 15, 2008 3:11 PM in response to Sweetie?
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I agree -- it's a huge difference between the candidates and one of the reasons I much prefer Obama. However, you are making my point. What he says would be true, as you say. Just as what she's saying is true. It's not racism.
Posted at May 15, 2008 11:22 AM in response to Hillary's Hard Working Whites
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What do you mean, "seem" to be? How then do you explain the electoral results out of PA, OH and WV?
Posted at May 14, 2008 10:41 PM in response to Hillary's Hard Working Whites
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Nah, not all of them. I'm an Obama supporter, for instance.
Posted at May 14, 2008 10:23 PM in response to Hillary's Hard Working Whites
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I know. I misspoke there. I should have said "spoke out" against...
Posted at May 7, 2008 7:03 PM in response to Obama Doubles Down
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Actually, TM, I agree with you. Great comment. It's just that Corrupt or Corrupt? doesn't make for much of a game. I might have to think about a different choice for next week's installment.
Posted at May 3, 2008 4:49 PM in response to Bush: Corrupt or Inept?
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OK, Larry. If you'll agree to read a post in its entirety before commenting on it.
Posted at May 1, 2008 7:08 PM in response to Is Obama Ready?
