cassandra_m
"You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas." -Shirley Chisholm
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John Cole Documents the Stupid So We Don’t Have To
Just read it. Keep in mind those guys get paid for The Stupid. ps. If you don’t have Balloon Juice on your reader, you really should.
McCain’s Voicemail to the NYT
This is not exactly safe for work, but turn your speakers up anyway — hysterical!
Take Your Daughter to Canvass Day — September 20 in PA
Our neighbor, Pennsylvania, is a battleground state so they can use all of the boots on the ground they can get. Consider doing this and certainly pass this on to your friends in PA. Contact info is in the poster.
Palin is a Liar
This woman really is not honest. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LojJ9b43ZGg[/youtube] We already know that the Bridge to Nowhere story is just not true. She was for it whle campaigning for Governor before she was against it — after the world ridiculed it (including McCain, BTW), the earmark was stripped and it was no longer politically useful to her […]
War on Earmarks is Largely Symbolic
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvK7P9fR8BY[/youtube] John Kyl tells us all how the repubs play their low information base:
Political Authors at the Free Library of Philadelphia
The Main Library in Philly is the host to a pretty amazing roundup of authors throughout the year, but they have two seasons of what they call the Philadelphia Lectures to help raise money for the Library. They have a very eclectic assortment of writers who come to speak — historians, poets, cooks, artists, scientists […]
City of Wilmington Races and Issues
Andrew C in the Commenter’s Endorsement thread wanted to know why we were so limited in our endorsements and discussion of candidates — specifically that we did not cover Wilmington candidates. Both Pandora and I live in the City, but I don’t have a sense that there are many readers and commenters here interested in […]
McCain More of the Same — Reigniting the Culture War
Joe Klein is not one of my favorite media-types, but he is quite correct here: Maybe I’m getting old, maybe it’s that I’ve seen this act so often before, maybe it’s that the people I talk to when I go out on the road really are having a harder time paying for things like health […]
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog at the RNC
It’s Triumph, so you already know this is NSFW, right? And it’s hysterical!
And the Michigan Independents Weigh In — UPDATE
Jake Tapper has the story: Ilene Beninson, 52, Berkley independent: “Her speech contained few statements about policy or the party platform. … I am not convinced that Palin’s experience as a mayor or governor in Alaska meet the qualifications to be vice president much less one stroke or heart attack away from being commander in […]
Just Listen to Mike Murphy and Peggy Noonan
Don’t worry about the visual — listen carefully to thse two and they think they are off mike. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq4sOM4tpno[/youtube] h/t TPM
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