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That Philanderer, McCain
CNN Talks With John McCain About His Extramarital Affairs Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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Springfield, Illinois?
The Obama campaign yesterday confirmed Lynn Sweet’s report that the Illinois senator has reserved the grounds of the old state capital for a major event on Saturday and will appear with his choice for vice president. Obama’s from Illinois, of course, but he’s already made a big announcement there. Springield strikes me as an odd…
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Touching pain
Bob Dylan – Not Dark Yet Not Dark Yet by Bob Dylan Shadows are fallin’ and I’ve been here all day It’s too hot to sleep and time is runnin’ away Feel like my soul has turned into steel I’ve still got the scars that the sun didn’t heal There’s not even room enough to…
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A reminder
This is a sample of why you got excited in the first place: One Voice Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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An exchange with Bryan Sells on Obama’s VP choice
michael o. allen to Bryan Sells: Today @ 9:18am Good morning. I think you’re wrong but would you post your veepstakes piece? And may I put a link to the New York Times piece in that post? Bryan Sells‘s reply Today @ 9:24am OK. You can certainly add the NYT link. Bryan Sells‘s follow-up to…
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That hero, McCain
The New York Times published a story on Sunday that had me scratching my head. Timesman David D. Kirkpatrick’s piece, Response to 9/11 Offers Outline of McCain Doctrine, is not quite like the usual admiring pieces that we’ve come to expect from the mainstream media about McCain, explaining away obvious and prodigious faults while pumping…
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Yet another veepstakes post
The Democratic world may soon wake up with a text or email from the Obama campaign announcing his choice for VP. Drudge, the NYT, and other media outlets have been abuzz this evening with the story of Obama’s “short list” and impending announcement. The names being floated are Bayh, Biden, Kaine, and Sebelius. Kaine would…
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Balance. Beam!
Photo by Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Shawn Johnson of the U.S. won the gold medal on the balance beam on Tuesday. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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Olympic baseball
The Olympic baseball tournament is getting interesting. The United States Olympic baseball team started very slowly in the tournament, losing to South Korea before beating the Netherlands, then losing in extra-innings to Cuba, only to come back and beat Canada and China. In the China game on Monday things got pretty rough. Matt LaPorta got…
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Saddleback
Like any serious political junkie, I watched the entire Saddleback forum on Saturday night. My assessment, in a nutshell: Obama sounded like Dukakis; McCain sounded like Reagan. If I were a McCainiac, I’d be giddy with excitement. There has been a rope-a-dope meme bouncing around the internet over the last few weeks. Democratic-leaning pundits have…