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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Today’s Double Standards in Patriotism
Remember how conservatives were oh so offended by Michelle Obama’s “proud of her country” remarks? So when do these same conservatives get offended by the fact that Sarah Palin’s husband was a registered member of a secessionist political party for seven years? I mean, how proud of your country can you be if you want […]
McCain’s Campaign Manager Doesn’t Think Palin Has National Security Credentials
“[Sarah Palin is] going to learn national security at the foot of the master for the next four years, and most doctors think that he’ll be around at least that long,” said Charlie Black, one of Mr. McCain’s top advisers, making light of concerns about Mr. McCain’s health, which Mr. McCain’s doctors reported as excellent […]
When Did Minneapolis Become a Chinese Police State?
Seriously, what the heck is going on up there? The best summary of the action that I can find is McJoan’s on dKos. Glenn Greenwald has been reporting furiously on these “pre-crime” arrests, as have folks at FireDogLake. And now the WaPo is actually reporting that Amy Goodman was arrested today. Last week, during the […]
Frank Luntz Focus Groups Palin
And the results aren’t promising: …with some bad news for John McCain: they don’t like the choice of Sarah Palin for vice president. Only one person said Palin made him more likely to vote for McCain; about half the 25-member group raised their hands when asked if Palin made them less likely to vote for […]
Gustav
The hurricane hit around noon as a Category 2 storm 70 miles SE of New Orleans. Apparently, when it hit NO, it was classified as Category 1, which is a whole lot better than was predicted a couple of days ago. There is some flooding, with the Industrial Canal overtopping, with 6 inches or so […]
Scaling It Back
or no 38 million viewers for you! The RNC has decided to scale back its convention next week, they say to make it a call to service rather than a political celebration. That is likely a good thing — americablog already notes that CNN has started the split screen competition and major portions of their […]
Ronstock 08!
That’s what they are calling it — next week’s rally by Ron Paul (failed Presidential candidate) supporters meeting across the river from the RNC St. Paul event. So have any of you heard about this? They’ve sold 9800 tickets to this thing and today is the first I’ve heard of it. If this had been […]
Prescient Commentary
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIX4P0fApmA[/youtube] This talking head is a repub operative who was clearly impressed by Obama’s speech last night AND was just as clearly overwhelmed by what it means for the state of play. I thought that his concluding statement, “whoever didn’t get picked for Republican VP today may be a lucky Republican”, would be interesting to […]
Updated:What if You Named a VP and Nobody Came?
Today is the day that McCain picks his VP candidate at a rally in Dayton, OH. EDIT: VC was right, it really is Palin. How desperate is that? Update: Kos reports various media reaction — Joe Scarborough: I can’t imagine a woman that’s been a governor for a year and a half, but to debate […]
She’s Hillary Rodham Clinton and She Does Not Approve This Message
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4z702qezWQ[/youtube] This is good, and I bet you hear this alot over the next few days (maybe weeks). The crowd is clearly receptive to her message of support for Obama and the crowd clearly boos the fact that the McCain camp is using her supporters against Obama and the Party. I wonder if the Obama […]
The WaPo Picks Up the Biden Succession Question
In an article in the Tuesday edition, the WaPo picks up on a conversation had here at Delaware Liberal over the weekend. Maybe they even read us? Early betting in Delaware on whom Minner might pick has centered on the gubernatorial primary, with the loser of that contest potentially winning appointment to the Senate as […]
Thoughts On The Coons/Gordon NCCo Executive Race
(The following is my opinion on the state of play of this race.) Mike Matthews from DWA liveblogged the last debate from the Widener Law School that I also attended with one of my neighbors. I took a lot of notes from that debate, mainly to be able to recount here what happened – the […]
This is Different
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X9LypdiQFo[/youtube] An attack ad with a lighter tone! This makes good use of one of McCain’s more astute self- assessments (“The issue of economics is not something I’ve understood as well as I should…”) with a song that is going to stick in your head for awhile. This is supposed to go up in battleground […]
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