The GOP’s Big Tent

The predictable but still depressing wingnut response to Colin Powell’s endoresment of Barack Obama: Wonkette: The D.C. Gossip » Blog Archive » A Children’s Treasury of Wingnut Responses To Powell Endorsing Obama # I’m not surprised that Powell has endorsed a Chicago street thug over a real American hero either. “How ‘bout some ‘blow’ General? [...]

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Explaining Sarah Palin’s popularity with the GOP base

Oh, come on! Just come right out and say it. They’re a cult! Does ideology trump facts? Studies say it often does We like to think that people will be well informed before making important decisions, such as who to vote for, but the truth is that’s not always the case. Being uninformed is one [...]

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Satire of the Day: Ex-President Jed Bartlet advises Barack Obama

Almost as funny as the Palin/Clinton SNL skit, but with a lot more teeth. Read the whole thing: Op-Ed Columnist – Aaron Sorkin Conjures a Meeting of Obama and Bartlet – Op-Ed – NYTimes.com OBAMA The problem is we can’t appear angry. Bush called us the angry left. Did you see anyone in Denver who [...]

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Joe Biden On Fire

What do you say when faced with the last 8 years of failure? You make the debate about something else entirely. more about “Joe Biden On Fire“, posted with vodpod

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Reality Check

Pretty damn depressing: The Obama campaign’s past two weeks – Glenn Greenwald – Salon.com tags: Obama, election *intervened in a Democratic Congressional primary to support one of the worst Bush-enabling Blue Dogs over a credible, progressive challenger; * announced his support for Bush’s FISA bill, reversing himself completely on this issue; * sided with the [...]

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Moving on…

I’m assuming that Obama is the Democratic nominee for President of the United State – thank the goddess and gods and whatever principalities and powers that be - so let’s start snarking all over McCain, shall we? Has anyone actually heard him speaking about Iraq? This man wants to be President? I’m not sure what reality [...]

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“We cannot forgive you this!”

Typical over-the-top Olberman, but nonetheless a powerful and convincing argument. As Sullivan pointed out yesterday, she could have made her point about candidates winning the nomination late in the process without mentioning Bobby Kennedy. She could have pointed out that Kerry didn’t win until late in the process. Simply mentioning Kennedy at all would probably [...]

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Why HRC Lost

Note to the whiners among HRC’s supporters: She’s losing and will lose because she ran a lousy campaign, but more importantly, because Obama ran a better one. Among all the talk about his supposed reliance on the soaring, substance-less rhetoric, it’s ignored that he simply out-organized everyone else. And oh yeah, his campaign isn’t $31 [...]

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75,000 turn out for Obama rally in Portland

History in the making, folks. Who else could do this? And in an overwhelmingly white and largely working-class state.

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Fake Steve Jobs gloats over non-techie America

Great snarky post. FSJ preaches to the choir about how Obama, and Obama’s supporters, utilized and mobilized and fundraised via the Internet. (The Atlantic’s non-snarky version of this story is here.) He’s overstating the influence of Silicon Valley, of course, but on the other hand, I have yet to meet many Clinton supporters on Twitter. [...]

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