- He Said, She Said
- Obama's Overseas Success: What's His Secret?
- Mark Udall, A Key Undecided Super-Delegate, Blasts Hillary's Gas Tax Holiday
- Do Florida And Michigan Primaries Really Reflect The Will Of The People? Nope.
- Harold Ickes Confirms That Wright Is Key Topic In Discussions With Super-Delegates
- Clyburn: Bill Clinton's Behavior Has Been "Bizarre"
- Fear Itself
- Hard to Overstate McCain Trainwreck
- Pelosi Says The Dem Primary Is Over, Declares Obama The "Nominee"
- Obama Criticizes Debate, Says Hillary "Looked In Her Element"
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- : Independent
John McCain: Whiner-in-Chief
All we hear from John McCain of late is whining: The press gives too much coverage of Obama's trip, the press is biased, the NY Times won't publish my hastily written drafts!!! This Obama is a rock star -- it's...more »
Posted on July 22, 2008 9:46 AM
"Nation of Whiners" - MSM to the rescue
Thanks to TPM for this video mashup showing how the MSM has bent over backwards to explain away, dismiss and otherwise spin away Phil Gramm's words that America is a "nation of whiners". http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/203928.phpHow shameful and biased can they get?...more »
Posted on July 14, 2008 12:20 PM
French President Sarkozy
Here's a topic not much duscussed in US circles: What are people's views of French President Sarkozy? Are his low approval ratings due to attempting to shake up the system? Or seeming too "American"?Are his reforms in the right direction?...more »
Posted on July 14, 2008 10:10 AM
Top signs of Netroots overreach
I'm not saying we're there yet, but what would be the signs that so-called "Netroots" has moved from a smart, savvy, often prgamatic and energetic movement to push progressive reform into hubris and power-hunger?Some suggested signs:* Start making lists of...more »
Posted on July 4, 2008 9:48 AM
More friendly fire: Greenwald Edition
Salon's Glen Greenwald, not content with attacking Obama with "extreme criticism" (his word) now is attack Keith Olbermann, for, get this, not attacking Obama enough!What's much more notable is Olbermann's full-scale reversal on how he talks about these measures now...more »
Posted on June 26, 2008 12:17 PM
Salon: "The right-wing Politico cesspool"
I've always suspected this of the Politico, which is being treated by the MSM as impartial. Their tone, however, is very much slanted. Speaking of Politico's sycophantic service to the GOP, Allen's colleague, David Paul Kuhn, today has an article...more »
Posted on May 30, 2008 6:49 PM
Primary-withdraw syndrome
I know lots of people have been complaining that they are sick of the primaries already, and I am too. But now that they are winding down, and the end does seem to be near, strangely I'm feeling a little...more »
Posted on May 8, 2008 10:10 PM
Clinton Flashback: "NC will decide next president"
Flashback: Senator Clinton, last week, calling the contest a “game-changer,” said: “North Carolina will decide the next president of the United States.”http://208.76.84.21/thefield/...more »
Posted on May 6, 2008 8:15 PM
Hillary: "God bless us" [the rich]
From Slate:On today’s “state of the race” conference call, a reporter asked about an exchange between Hillary Clinton and Bill O’Reilly on yesterday’s show in which Clinton uttered the words, “Rich people—God bless us.”Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson denied that’s what...more »
Posted on May 2, 2008 10:02 AM
Hillary's 12-year-old rape victim (& MSM's selective spotlight)
The Politico mentioned this in an article: The Obama side is frustrated with the news media for not carrying more of its argument. His operatives thought a Newsday story looking exhaustively at her legal career — including the revelation that as...more »
Posted on May 1, 2008 9:32 PM
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"Obama reminds me of Clinton when he speaks. He can articulate on a number of issues without stumbling. It flows from him, just like Clinton."
Quite an astute comment
Posted at July 23, 2008 5:08 PM in response to Obama's Overseas Success: What's His Secret?
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Great post. Rec'd
Posted at July 23, 2008 5:06 PM in response to Obama's Overseas Success: What's His Secret?
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I totally disagree. This perception is a kind of GOP-MSM brainwashing. Perception is "reality".
Obama is your average male politician. He's not driving a tractor or welding, but neither is John McCain.
Hillary seems quite average femininity but the MSM made her a castrating masculinize b*tch. Total bs if you ask me.
GWB is a pampered soft-handed blue blood. He waves like a prom queen, with a little wrist rotation. Yet the MSM-GOP spin is that he's a "regular guy" and clears brush on his "ranch" (actually a fancy estate, not a ranch)
I reject the MSM spin about "gender confused" Dems.
Posted at July 23, 2008 4:03 PM in response to Man Crush: the Bitchification of Barack Obama
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I chalk this up to the tendency of the MSM, esp. Maureen Dowd, to paint the Democrats -- ALL Democrats -- as gender-confused, as opposed to the manly macho man GOP who love war and kick puppies.
*Hillary Clinton: Too masculine, b*tch, etc.
*John Edwards: pretty boy, $400 haircut, "Breck Girl"
*Barack Obama: too "feminine", too nice
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GWB: fun to have a bear with, TopGun flightsuit
MCcain: War hero, straight talk, thinks sweaters look "gay"
It seems to me that the GOP is steal grieving for the loss of Father Knows Best style gender relations (witness Laura Bush/Cindy McCain style stepford wives syndrome vs. "uppity" Dem gals like HRC and Michelle Obama) and also covertly bashing gays. That's the subtext I perceive -- we'd all be better off if women get back in the kitchen and men act like real men: start wars, talk tough, punch each other once in a while, and don't get all squeamish and bleeding-heart about poor, disabled, minorites .....Posted at July 23, 2008 10:27 AM in response to Man Crush: the Bitchification of Barack Obama
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Awesome. rec'd
Posted at July 23, 2008 10:20 AM in response to AC360 Takes on McCain's lying
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That sounds about right.
I'm just glad that Josh has picked up on this on the front page:
Posted at July 22, 2008 4:58 PM in response to John McCain: Whiner-in-Chief
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The result of his campaign's brilliant idea to goad Obama into this trip has resulted in McCain's loss of his only remaining issue which is that he is more qualified in foreign affairs to be Commander-in-Chief.
Very well said. It's almost delicious how McCain created this media hype about Obama's trip, with the hope that Obama would look foolish.
Instead, Obama looks presidential while McCain sits home and whines and complains.
Posted at July 22, 2008 12:00 PM in response to It's my party and I can whine if I want to....
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People should start bringing cheese to McCain events:
Want some cheese with that whine, Johnny?
Posted at July 22, 2008 11:58 AM in response to Mark Salter, Paging The Waaaaambulance
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Forgive me for quoting my own post:
The press gives too much coverage of Obama's trip, the press is biased, the NY Times won't publish my hastily written drafts!!! This Obama is a rock star -- it's sooooo unfair!!!!! What about me and my Columbia trip???!!!
Do Americans like crybabies? I think we want forward-looking leadership rather than self-pity, jealousy and bitterness.
Posted at July 22, 2008 11:58 AM in response to It's my party and I can whine if I want to....
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Yep, McCain = Whiner in Chief
The press gives too much coverage of Obama's trip, the press is biased, the NY Times won't publish my hastily written drafts!!! This Obama is a rock star -- it's sooooo unfair!!!!! What about me and my Columbia trip???!!!
Posted at July 22, 2008 11:56 AM in response to Mark Salter, Paging The Waaaaambulance
