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Election 2008

The Messiah Raises the Dead

Alex Holmes Sr. has been at rest in that cemetery for 15 years. But recent election records show he...

Colin Powell: Not a Huge Fan of Democracy

Almost everyone accepts the idea of "Judicial Review" -- that is, that the courts may some play some role in...

LA NOW: First Tammy Bruce, and Now.... This???

There must be something odd going on at the Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization of Women. Years ago,...

Smearing Bob Schaffer

My girl, who was raised to be politically liberal, has defected, and become somewhat of a "Republican activist." Having accompanied...

Liveblogging the Liveblogging the Veep Debate

7:50 MDT - I have absolutely no illusion anyone (neither of you) will be reading this as I write it,...

USA For Sale

It is the largest pool of unidentified money that has ever flooded into the U.S. election system, before or...

Causes of the Current Crisis?

In "My Political Coke vs Pepsi Taste Test", I mentioned that I'd recently stumbled into a conversation (between friends with...

My Political Coke vs Pepsi Taste Test

As both of my regular readers are aware, many of my friends and associates have a decidedly liberal bent. You're...

Sam Harris: In Praise of Elitism

May I be blunt? Sam Harris is an obtuse buffoon who, worse still, is convinced otherwise. Pardon me for a...

The Lipstick and Pig Imbroglio

Am I really writing about this? Gee, just what you need: another stupid right-wing blog talking about the same thing...

Matt Damon, Hollywood Genius, Discovers Politics is... Political!

When I want real wisdom about the world, I turn to Hollywood. Actors are renowned their wisdom and political understanding....

A Woman's Body is Her, Umm... What???

Wasn't it a truism that a woman had a right to privacy, especially on reproductive matters? This strain of argument...

"I Woke Up to a World on Fire"

John Murtaugh: During the April 16 debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, moderator George Stephanopoulos brought up “a gentleman...

Opposition to Obama is Racism

In the last several weeks, I've been privy to several conversations where someone expressed the opinion that Obama would...

Rick Warren: Closet Republican?

Oh, this is just too funny: "Nightline" co-anchor Cynthia McFadden interviewed Pastor Rick Warren on Monday about the presidential forum...

Thoughts on Integrity & Civility; Obama at Saddleback

Caught just a few moments of Obama, speaking at Saddleback. I came in partway though his talk, but on the...

Obamessiah? Obama as Antichrist?

There's an amusing debate (more, and even in Time magazine) going on as to whether John McCain is making conservatives...

Reactions to Father Pfleger

There have been a lot of reactions to the video of Michael Plfeger mocking Hillary Clinton as a racist. Some...

Obama's Uncle, Auschwitz, and Buchenwald

I've been following the flap about Obama's claim that his uncle spent six months in an attic after liberating Auschwitz....

Barack Obama

I'm not much on disliking people: I think it's important to be fair in criticizing, and use the same rules...

McCain, the Conservative

Interesting attempt by Jonathan Rauch in The Atlantic to position McCain as a die-hard conservative. What of his apparent hatred...

Obama: "I Attended a Racist Church for Twenty Years, Chose the Pastor as My Mentor and Father Figure, Was Utterly Unaware of His Extreme Views Until Just This Week, and Hope to Be in Charge of US Foreign Policy"

Really, there's nothing more to say than that....

Jim Cone

"I do not in any way disagree with James Cone. Jim is a personal friend of mine." - Jeremiah Wright...

Groupies: It's *WRONG* to Ask Obama Any Hard Questions!

ABC News: As you'd imagine, the debate is the talk of the town here today, and not all of it...

The Clintons: Soulless Enemies of All Things Decent

... or so now say the people who foisted that couple on us throughout the 1990s. The Clintons are unethical?...

Hitchens and the Clinton Death Toll

Evil has two hands. With one hand, it rapes, tortures, and murders innocent men, women, and children. With the other...

Hillary Clinton: Now a Member of the Right Wing!

Hillary Clinton originated the term "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy" to explain the origins of the belief that her husband had...

A Plea to Conservatives: The Danger of Three

Do you consider yourself politically conservative? Do you believe that policies can make the difference between lives being lost or...

Schwartzenegger Endorses McCain

Arnold ran as a Republican. California has a Democratic Senate. He proposed a "universal" healthcare insurance package which was apparently...

The Unhinged Vote

Digging underneath the media accounts is always sooo interesting. Just moments ago, I commented on Ted Kennedy's endorsement of Obama...

Clinton Hatred Derangement Syndrome?

A Little History Not long after the term "BHDS" (Bush Hatred Derangement Syndrome) came into vogue on the right, the...

Hillary: "This is very personal for me."

No doubt. Just what we need: a commander in chief who takes politics personally. I know nothing of the woman...

Hillary Clinton

Hey, I thought her main qualification was supposedly her "experience": In the abstract, Hillary is a captivating idea. The first...

Mike Huckabee's Tax Policies

I'd forgotten about this: Take Gov. Mike Huckabee of the Razorback State. When tax-lovers bashed him for refusing to jack...

Hillary Promises to Sign "Employee Free Choice Act"

From a summary of the AFL-CIO debate, underline added: Rep. Dennis Kucinich said his administration would be known as the...

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