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DNC hits McCain where it hurts
posted in Politics | May 9, 2008
It’s a well-known “fact” that McCain is opposed to earmarks, and the DNC - instead of just letting that stand - is attacking McCain on that very ground, arguing that McCain’s categorical opposition to earmark spending harms local communities....
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…and Michael Gerson is still clueless
posted in Politics | May 9, 2008
Shorter Michael Gerson: “Hey look! Obama is elitist because he’s smart.”: The Obama narrative is intellectual and ideological (not social) elitism. Humble roots have never been a guarantee of intellectual humility, especially when a mind come...
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David Brooks doesn’t get it
posted in Politics | May 9, 2008
David Brooks tries to argue that Republicans could find some success if they looked to their right-wing brethren abroad, but particularly in Britain, where the David Cameron-led Tories are making a resurgence in national politics. The whole piece s...
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He’s the wrong color
posted in Politics | May 8, 2008
Elizabeth Schmitz (who has recently returned to the blogosphere) seems a bit perturbed by the media’s “crazy preacher*” double-standard: With all of this coverage of Rev. Wright, why is it we never hear about John McCain’s fraternization with...
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Looking forward to a President Obama
posted in Politics | May 7, 2008
If this sort of thing holds up in November, then Democrats don’t have too much to worry about: According to the New York Times, 1,254,136 people voted for either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama in Indiana last night. On election day 2004, John Kerr...
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Half-way crooks
posted in Politics | May 6, 2008
Ta-Nehisi Coates: Here is my biggest problem with the “War On Terror.” We are losing. If you’re going ignore the Geneva Conventions, if you’re going to spy on Americans, if you’re going to torture people and then pretend you didn’t, if yo...
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Atoms for peace
posted in Politics | May 6, 2008
The Greenpeacers were canvassing the neighborhood around my office the other day. I don’t know what prompted me to do so (everyone sells their politics in this neighborhood, and it gets old fast), but I stopped to talk with one of them. As I knew I...
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Clinton’s gas tax demagoguery
posted in Politics | May 6, 2008
Here’s Dmitry on Clinton’s (and McCain’s) plan to suspend the gas tax during the summer: First, Clinton’s gas tax plan is regressive, meaning its benefits increase with income. The poorest people obviously don’t drive and therefore reap not...
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A New Muxtape
posted in Politics | May 5, 2008
Making these things - at least for me - is so damn time consuming. It’s a good coherent mix though, so I hope you enjoy it. Listen to my second muxtape - “The Man Who Sold the World” - here.
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Have I ever mentioned
posted in Politics | May 5, 2008
How much I love fundamentalist Christianity? Because, you know, I do.
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