Posted in American politics, election, tagged Americanpolitics, election, GOP, ideology, John McCain, racism, right-wing assholes, Sarah Palin on October 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s really not the racism that’s so surprising; it’s the accusations of anti-Americanism and socialism, which apparently, these very angry rubes take very seriously.
I showed this video to some non-Americans in my hostel. Most were gaping.
“This is in America?” one Aussie girl asked?
I’m afraid so.
But this is surely the desperate, degenerate [...]
Posted in American politics, tagged American politics, election, GOP, ideology, philosphy, Sarah Palin on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 thing, but [...]
Posted in American politics, election, tagged American politics, election, Obama on July 2, 2008 | 8 Comments »
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 Scalia/Thomas faction in two highly [...]
Posted in American politics, snark, tagged election, Hillary Clinton, snark on May 30, 2008 | 5 Comments »
One of Sullivan’s readers explains:
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
They watch Sex in the City and the Golden Girls and see their struggles reflected in that of women. I empathize with women, but I never identify my situation with a woman’s and these gays see Hillary’s struggle as their own. They ignore my points [...]
Posted in American politics, YouTube, election, tagged American politics, election, Hillary Clinton, Keith Olberman on May 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Typical over-the-top Olberman, but nonetheless a powerful and convincing argument.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyf811vluHg[/youtube]
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 have [...]
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