Aaron Cunningham

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  • : Silver Spring, MD
  • : 31
  • : Audaciously Hopeful
  • : Proud Democrat
  • : http://www.xanga.com/deadarts
  • : www.talkingpointsmemo.com
  • : Anything by Hemingway, Bukowski, or Salinger.
  • : "The most unelectable candidate in the general is the one who isn't going to be on the ballot." -TPM Reader BDH

Latest Posts

  • About last night: A Message from Senator McCain

    My friends, As you surely know by now, Barack Obama will probably be my opponent in the 2008 Presidential election.  I look forward to facing him in a campaign that will certainly be about contrasting ideas and approaches.  To underscore the...more »

    Posted on June 4, 2008 5:50 PM

  • Oh, no you didn't...

    Is it possible, conceivable, that Hillary Clinton keeps bringing up the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy because of the misogyny and sexism of the mainstream media?  The Obama Campaign?  His supporters?  Snipers?  Ralph Nader?  Katherine Harris?  Was it mean bloggers?  The...more »

    Posted on May 23, 2008 5:27 PM

  • Open Thread: Sealing the Deal

    We've all found ourselves asking this question from time to time, privately, in our most solitary moments.  Maybe some of us have found answers from which others might benefit.  Let's have a real, frank, open dialogue here, now, as I think...more »

    Posted on May 13, 2008 9:14 PM

  • Enough About The Recommended List

    I'm seeing way too much talk about posts not making the recommended list lately.  To some degree the concerns have merit, as the rec list means more eyes seeing what you have to say.  I understand that motivation and I...more »

    Posted on April 18, 2008 1:21 PM

  • Are You Not Entertained?

    I wasn't going to do this last night, but I changed my mind.  People apparently NEED to get called out.  Will the posters listed below please stand up... AJManother_readerBevDBilly Gladbornagaindembslevdesiderodestor23frankly0loki reduxrwomalleyworkerbeePlease report to the following thread as soon as possible:http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/03/she-got-our-antipathy-the-old.php...more »

    Posted on March 14, 2008 11:38 AM

  • She got our antipathy the old fashioned way: She earned it.

    First, credit where credit is due, the title of this post was actually from a post by Larry Geater in this thread:http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/03/notes-on-ferraro-resignationre.php(I don't want to be accused of political plagiarism, but if Larry is interested in being one of my...more »

    Posted on March 13, 2008 4:32 PM

  • Obama Supporters: Don't Panic

    Yesterday was a long day... Some smart-aleck will point out that it was 24 hours long and no different than any other day, but it was a lot longer than that… Yesterday started in Wisconsin two weeks ago and stretched...more »

    Posted on March 5, 2008 12:43 PM

  • In advance of the Potomac Primaries...

    “When I was a boy, I used to get into it bad with my sister… And when the time came to face the truth, There’d only be tears and sides… tears and sides. And my mother, my poor mother… Would...more »

    Posted on February 12, 2008 1:12 PM

  • Miscalculating Mitt

    If it is indeed true and Mitt Quixote is finally dropping out of the GOP Presidential race, I have a fundamental question that has been vexing me for a few days now:  Why did he ever run as a Republican...more »

    Posted on February 7, 2008 12:59 PM

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Latest Comments

  • If McCain as Bush 2.1 wasn't so juicy, McCain as Dole would be quite tasty too. But we must remain on message in displaying for the rest of America who your candidate really is...

    Posted at July 3, 2008 10:54 AM in response to Poll: Obama Leading In Red State Of Montana

  • We must not rest until there are YouTube videos of every one of these criminals singing "Van Diemen's Land" while being frog-marched out of town.

    Posted at July 3, 2008 9:37 AM in response to Poll: Obama Leading In Red State Of Montana

  • They're trying to box him in by making everything he does an issue.

    Eat Corn Flakes for Breakfast?
    "Just what DOES Senator Obama have agains the two scoops of California Raisins in every box of Raisin Bran?"

    Wear a light blue shirt instead of a white shirt?
    "Why DOES Senator Obama use his clothing to signal his hatred of white people?"

    Read a bedtime story to his youngest daughter first?
    "Why DOES Senator Obama hate older Americans so much?"

    My friends, THAT'S not change we can believe in. Heh heh heh heh...

    Posted at July 2, 2008 2:09 PM in response to McCain Campaign: Obama's Trip To Iraq Is "Cynical Politics"

  • You took the words right out of my keyboard.

    Posted at July 2, 2008 1:59 PM in response to Shake Up At Top Of McCain Campaign

  • But how could Obama be ahead in Florida if McCain has a 2-1 advertising advantage in Missoura?

    Posted at July 1, 2008 1:39 PM in response to Poll: Obama Pulls Into Narrow Lead In Florida

  • I agree with the feelings behind this post 100%. Now the backseat driving focus has shifted to whether or not the campaign should be focused on McCain's military experience instead of legitimate issues that are actually going to drive people to the polls to support Barack Obama in November. Issues where Senator Obama's positions are blatantly superior to Senator McCain's muddled thoughts. You know the ones I mean, right? Issues like whether or not the way to eliminate our dependence on petroleum includes sucking every last drop of petroleum out of the ground, our shores and parks and forests be damned. Issues like whether a President should commit us to a war in Iraq that isn't making us safer for no longer than the length of a Presidential term or for longer than that same President can ever hope to live. Issues like whether the solution to our economic troubles is putting more money in the hands of people who will actually spend it on goods and services, or whether we should continue the same shitty economic policies that got us in this mess in the first place. Issues like whether the President of the United States should be afraid to talk to other world leaders for fear of the "prestige" of the meeting rubbing off on the bad guys. (Is prestige like glitter makeup now?)

    I don't know about you, but I trust Team Obama's track record when it comes to winning elections. I have confidence that they are laying the ground work toward getting our party out of the fetal position and into the fighting position. I respect the team that Senator Obama has assembled enough that I don't feel the need to sit in the back seat and second-guess their election '08 GPS, and question when and where and how their expenditures fit with conventional wisdom, which is so often one or the other these days, and so rarely both.

    I think the most important part of the post, however, is the Hulkumania, "whatchagonnado Brother?" part... If the answer is "wringing my hands and being a candy-ass," I decline to join in the fun. I'll be too busy volunteering, phone banking, registering voters, and showing the visibility of my support for Barack Obama in trying to win Virginia and North Carolina. Maybe you don't live close enough to help with those particular states, but if you've got $30, you can join in the visibility effort wherever you are by following this link:

    https://donate.barackobama.com/logotshirt

    and making a donation. In exchange for your filthy (but non-lobbyist) lucre, you'll be sent an awesome Obama '08 T-shirt which you can wear while you're blogging about how Obama is selling us all out on FISA in a way that John McCain never would...

    Posted at June 30, 2008 2:22 PM in response to Wringing your hands over TV commercials?

  • You bring up a frightening prospect: I seem to remember a missile being tested during the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict in Southern Lebanon in '06, with some stark results. I can't imagine Hezbollah fired a home-grown missile and achieved the results they did. We know who their suppliers are...

    Posted at June 30, 2008 1:36 PM in response to Cheney's Secret War In Iran

  • Woooooo!

    That IS the magic question, isn't it?

    Posted at June 30, 2008 1:34 PM in response to Cheney's Secret War In Iran

  • Avoid the noid...

    It's Unity time, baby. We're united, as a party, behind Barack Obama. There is only one campaign now. We will be victorious in November with Barack as our standard bearer and Hillary Clinton will go on to have a lengthy, distinguished, and remarkable career in the U.S. Senate.

    Posted at June 25, 2008 5:53 PM in response to Obama Camp Installs Another Hillary Operative In Key Ohio Slot

  • I've been waiting for someone to call out POS for their awful/ironic/accurate initials...

    Posted at June 25, 2008 3:12 PM in response to McCain Camp Responds To Poll: No, We're Only Trailing Obama By Seven Points!

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