it’s been a while, so here are a few short takes:
» kirk was in the hospital overnight on wednesday for some tests. he’s had dizziness, general fatigue, and chest tightness for a few weeks now, and our doctor wanted to rule out the big stuff — heart problems, blood clots, lung problems, etc. [...]
the media has gotten obama to denounce the last uppity black man in his life. now maybe they’ll be satisfied and move on to things of consequence.
like, say, health care, the economy, the middle east, iraq, and iran.
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from the article:
In his harshest criticism yet of his former minister, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama said he was “outraged” by Wright’s comments at the National Press Club Monday, and “saddened by the spectacle.”
personally, i’m guessing that wright chose to fall on his sword to a degree — to get out there and make comments [...]
from swampland, a blog at time.com, via the washington post, comes a story about the decision to torture detainees:
Nineteen of those documents were withheld from disclosure specifically because the Bush administration decided they are covered by a “presidential communications privilege,” according to the filings, made in federal court in Manhattan. Some were “authored or solicited [...]
from an obama/clinton story on talking points memo:
“Blocking revotes in MI and Fla.” Lol! I just love this mindless talking point.
Where did he acquire the power to stop the Michigan and Florida legislatures from passing laws and/or the state parties from submitting workable delegate selection plans to the DNC? Is this like a legal power [...]
i love reading wonkette.com. the attitude is a perfect antidote to boring and conventional political coverage
here’s an excellent example of why.
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i’ve wailed and moaned for obama to get tougher. it seems that he has.
the last couple of news cycles have seen a steady ramp-up of stories about how hillary clinton outright lied “misspoke” about her trip to bosnia with sinbad and sheryl crow.
a clinton obfuscating a prevarication? who knew?
nice to note that the [...]
last i checked, i was musing about obama getting control of his message. not sure it’s gotten any better.
first we have the whole “rev. wright” business. an astute politician, or a worthy adviser to that politician, should have seen this coming a mile away. and should have worked in advance to negate [...]
from the speech:
This union may never be perfect, but generation after generation has shown that it can always be perfected.
what a beautiful turn of phrase. isn’t that what our goal should be?
a more perfect union?
slam him all you want for being vapid. we need someone uplifting about now.
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i’ve lived long enough now to have seen the economy rise and fall a few times.
and i’ve seen relatively isolated crises averted. a mostly contained sector of the economy, as with the savings and loan crisis. or one large company, as with the long term capital management hedge fund collapse.
but this latest business seems [...]
so if spitzer resigns, as is expected, david a. paterson is next in line.
seems like a good guy with a long record of accomplishment who might not otherwise have gotten a chance to show his chops in an arena like this.
maybe this all works out for the best. here’s hoping that david paterson surprises [...]
not much.
i’m just transferring money via shell accounts so that i’ll have a credit balance with the madam that runs my hooker.
what’s up with you?
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way too many people are going off the reservation in the obama campaign.
we’ve had the guy talking to the canadians about nafta. hillary, of course, did the same thing, but that’s not my concern here.
then this samantha power person called hillary a monster and had to resign.
now we find out that she told the bbc [...]
a wonderful article investigates, with elegance, erudition, and wit, the origins of barack hussein obama’s name.
from the article:
Now let us take the name “Hussein.” It is from the Semitic word, hasan, meaning “good” or “handsome.” Husayn is the diminutive, affectionate form.
Barack Obama’s middle name is in honor of his grandfather, Hussein, a secular resident of [...]
watched the second half of the final debate last night.
didn’t watch the first half, except in stutters, with constant “buffering…please wait” messages flashing across my screen. it’s not my internet access — cnn streamed their two debates to me without a hitch. and when i finally abandoned all hope and went to wonkette.com [...]
watched the debate last night, the same way we did last time, since we have no cable tv.
like last time, i liked hillary. she’s intelligent, measured, informed, and projects enthusiasm, power, and competence.
problem for her is, so does obama. two great candidates. and what i’m reminded of is the cycle i went [...]
if the republicans have any real nasty, smoking gun-type dirt on barack obama, why would they save it for a general election? why wouldn’t they get it out there now in hopes of knocking out obama in favor of hillary?
hillary, about whom they have warehouses of dirt to unload. and you know [...]
from kos, a great snapshot of where obama stands, how he got there, where the race is probably going, and why we should take a deep breath and appreciate the race lasting a bit longer.
from the article:
Now I know people will be calling for her to quit the race, but I hope she rides it [...]
this can’t be coming from the campaign, right? still, don’t these people know they are hurting her far more than they are helping her?
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is this hillary’s attempt at mobilizing young voters via viral video?
if so, it’s hard to imagine a more tone-deaf attempt.
if not, the campaign should have had the foresight to not let a camera anywhere near this spectacle. or, indeed, not produce the spectacle in the first place.
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