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

Filed in National by on September 13, 2008 4 Comments

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.

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Obama Takes the Pledge: I Will Cut Taxes on Families Making Less Than $250K

Filed in National by on September 13, 2008 48 Comments

And he also notes that John McCain will raise everyone’s taxes via a new tax on your health care benefits. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aa4ipe4fhU[/youtube] More like this please!

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McCain’s Voicemail to the NYT

Filed in National by on September 12, 2008 1 Comment

This is not exactly safe for work, but turn your speakers up anyway — hysterical!

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Take Your Daughter to Canvass Day — September 20 in PA

Filed in National by on September 12, 2008 7 Comments
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.

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Palin is a Liar

Filed in National by on September 12, 2008 39 Comments

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 […]

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Palin Not Ready

Filed in National by on September 11, 2008 36 Comments

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z75QSExE0jU[/youtube] Painful.

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War on Earmarks is Largely Symbolic

Filed in National by on September 8, 2008 4 Comments

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvK7P9fR8BY[/youtube] John Kyl tells us all how the repubs play their low information base:

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Political Authors at the Free Library of Philadelphia

Filed in National by on September 8, 2008 0 Comments
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 […]

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City of Wilmington Races and Issues

Filed in National by on September 7, 2008 14 Comments

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 […]

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McCain More of the Same — Reigniting the Culture War

Filed in National by on September 7, 2008 56 Comments

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 […]

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Triumph the Insult Comic Dog at the RNC

Filed in National by on September 6, 2008 4 Comments

It’s Triumph, so you already know this is NSFW, right? And it’s hysterical!

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And the Michigan Independents Weigh In — UPDATE

Filed in National by on September 4, 2008 45 Comments

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 […]

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Just Listen to Mike Murphy and Peggy Noonan

Filed in National by on September 3, 2008 18 Comments

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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