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From Deborah’s blog to God’s . . .
My Facebook friend Deborah White (her blog is called Deborah’s US Liberal Politics Blog) has followed the campaigns, watched all the debates, done the research, and come up with Five Reasons Why McCain Will Lose the ’08 Election, Thursday October 16, 2008 Barack Obama decisively won all three presidential debates because of his many thoughtful…
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Bamboozling ACORN
Just in case anyone had any doubt that George W. Bush’s highly politicized Justice Department is up to its old tricks in the raids and investigation of ACORN’s voter registration efforts, TalkingPointsMemo posted a video of a similar initiative back in 2006. The scumbag du jour was Bradley Schlozman, a thug with a history of…
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‘Joe the Liar’
(Photo: Jim Young/Reuters) Wurzelbacher speaking to Sen. Barack Obama about taxes while the candidate campaigned near Toledo, Ohio, last week. And so “Joe the Plumber” dies a swift, ignominious death. In so doing, he enters the pantheon of fictitious Republican agitprop–such as Reagan’s apocryphal Cadillac-driving welfare queens–that have no basis in reality. “Joe the Plumber,”…
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Debate Reaction
This was by far the worst debate performance for each candidate. Senator Obama was flat and professorial for most of the night. He was clearly in run-out-the-clock mode, wanting to stay cool and avoid any game-changing mistakes. That’s fine as a strategy, but he faltered on execution. Defense does not mean giving long-winded, professorial answers.…
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Joe the plumber is . . . racist
His tone dripping with condescension, the man that Sen. John McCain brought up in the final presidential debate could barely contain his dislike for Sen. Barack Obama, finally, calling him Sammy Davis Jr at the end of the interview. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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It would be Nice if the Final Debate was a True Debate
The Central Virginia Progressive-The DAVISReport sent us this message: As someone who had the pleasure of coaching and judging competitive debate and forensics, let me begin by saying the previous forums for both presidential and vice presidential debates have been very loose on the rules. It would be so nice if the debate format for…
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Point about . . . what?
A snippet from the middle of the Coen brothers’ “O Brother, Where Art Thou” Pappy O’Daniel sits smoking a cigar, nursing a glass of whiskey, and soliciting the counsel of his overweight retinue. PAPPY Languishing! Goddamn campaign is languishing! We need a shot inna arm! Hear me, boys? Inna goddamn ARM! Election held tomorra, that…
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Update: Trumka’s transcript
This is a transcript of my post a week ago on AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka speech on Racism and Obama. “You see brothers and sisters, there’s not a single good reason for any worker — especially any union member — to vote against Barack Obama. There’s only one really bad reason to vote against him: because…
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The Cubs win the penant!
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That tool, Tavis Smiley
Okay. I went to the 92nd Street Y two Saturday evenings ago to see Tavis Smiley interview Cornel West. I don’t care for Smiley, but I went because I was entertaining a friend’s guest from London (a sister) who wanted to go — real bad. About halfway through the evening, I noticed she was leaning…