When my coworkers and I are razzing each other about who is responsible for the gaffe du jour, we call each another “that one.” When McCain calls Obama “that one” during a debate, alongside calling him a terrorist sympathizer and inciting rally audience members to “kill him,” it takes on a markedly more malevolent tone. [...]
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Hokay. I’m here to live-blog the debate, so doggone-it you betcha I’m gonna write a preview. First, the state of the race: a done deal. Two weeks ago it looked like and Obama win, but the questions was ‘narrow or solid?’ now it looks like an Obama win, but the question is ‘solid or landslide?’ [...]
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I’m home during a half day — which is lucky because I’ve got a head cold that beats all head colds — catching up on political news. Part of my research includes watching The View, which has gotten consistently more interesting since the addition of Whoopi Goldberg and the sad, plodding political leanings of Elizabeth [...]
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Good evening, and be forewarned. Jill has invited me to live-blog the next presidential debate, and I’ve wrangled the invitation into a de facto guest-blogging gig. I warn you for a simple, but important, reason: I have a strong tendency to try to say everything all the time, and to get wordy about it. For [...]
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would remember where he put it if you would just shut up for a few minutes, Dolores. (Unlike Barack Obama, who gave you a puppy).
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left a comment on your blog.
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McCain seeks to delay the first presidential debate between him and Obama because, apparently, the financial crisis needs all of his attention. I’ll just quote my mom: Did you hear McCain is calling to call off the Pres debate this Friday? He is trying to be a leader and show compassion and leadership to Americans [...]
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Have I mentioned that I love Amie Newman? If you’re not reading her stuff on RHRealityCheck, you should definitely get on board. She has the best explanation I’ve read for why the Sarah Palin Rape Kit controversy matters to all women, and how the supposedly “pro-family” Republican party in fact fosters a culture of violence [...]
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Even I hadn’t heard of this one. In conservative Christian circles and on Christian radio stations, there are even widespread theories that Mr. Obama just may be the Antichrist. Seriously. John Green, of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, says that about 10 percent of Americans believe we may be in the Book [...]
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I’m glad MoDo misses The West Wing as much as I do. Best part: [T]he idea of American exceptionalism doesn’t extend to Americans being exceptional. If you excelled academically and are able to casually use 690 SAT words then you might as well have the press shoot video of you giving the finger to the [...]
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Last night, I saw a new John McCain attack ad. I was unable to find it online — please someone let me know if you do — so I’ll describe it for you as best as I remember. It began with the “celebrity” theme, showing a sort of animated representation of Obama’s acceptance speech at [...]
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