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Speechifying matters…except when it doesn’t.

Posted on September 3rd, 2008 by Tom

OK so Sarah Palin, aka Annie Oakley, comes out and delivers an eloquent assault on Barack Obama for his lack of experience (and when it comes to lack of experience she’s certainly familiar with the condition) and she does it with wit and eloquence (though the speech was written before she was even selected and [...]


George Bush, sociopath?

Posted on July 2nd, 2007 by Tom

So, here’s John Edwards statement about Bush’s disdain for the law of the land.
“Only a president clinically incapable of understanding that mistakes have consequences could take the action he did today. President Bush has just sent exactly the wrong signal to the country and the world. In George Bush’s America, it is apparently okay to [...]


No Virginia, Democrats haven’t lost because they were anti-war…

Posted on October 30th, 2006 by Tom

Mahablog has it best and her history is as I remember it. McGovern didn’t lose because he was anti-war, Nixon’s entire campaign was based on the claim that he was the one best suited to end the war. Plus, Reagan didn’t run against Carter the peacenik, he ran against Carter as, believe it [...]


If only we had a real media, that reported real news, that actually understood the issues [sigh]

Posted on October 29th, 2006 by Tom

But we don’t of course, and Jamison Foser over at MediaMatters really nails them to the wall with this one. If only we could hold the media accountable, even in the imperfect way we get to hold politicians accountable.
So please — please — use these last 10 days well. Use them to educate your [...]