Archive for January, 2008
Civics Lesson
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008I’m sure that this is going get me marked as a rabid Obama supporter (which I am not). But I can’t help but gush over his impressive response on the issue of church and state. In an interview with BeliefNet, he was asked, “You wrote in The Audacity of Hope about the role [...]
Finally, an unvarnished truth from Senator Clinton
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008In the Jan 21 debate, on the subject of national security, Senator Clinton said,
And if it is indeed the classic Republican campaign, I’ve been there. I’ve done that.
See? She’s confessing that she and Bill really do steal plays from the Karl Rove playbook… she’s “done” a Republican campaign.
Wait, wait. You say that that’s [...]
Reagan Worship?
Monday, January 21st, 2008So Senator Obama has generated some heat by making the following remarks:
I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not. He put us on a fundamentally different path because the country was ready for it.
(I’m quoting them [...]
Milestone of Hope
Sunday, January 20th, 2008One year from today will see, at long last, the end of the worst presidency in the history of the Republic. Come what may, on 2009 January 20, George W. Bush will be unemployed and this nation will have the chance to begin, at least, to heal.
Clinton’s New Hampshire victory: What does it mean?
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008Shirt answer: A whole lot less than the punditocracy would like you to believe.
Long answer: Oh, my goodness, people. Could we all just stop with the wild oscillations from day to day? No one in their right mind believed the polls showing Obama up by double digits in a single week. [...]
The Impact of Tears
Monday, January 7th, 2008OK, so today during a campaign stop Hilary Clinton apparently teared up and allowed emotion into her voice. (See here for more if you need to.) And then John Edwards replied , “I think what we need in a commander-in-chief is strength and resolve, and presidential campaigns are tough business, but being president [...]
Review: Charlie Wilson’s War
Friday, January 4th, 2008Charlie Wilson’s War
screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman
InstaRating: 5+ stars out of 5
It took less than five minutes for this film to remind me why I miss Aaron Sorkin on TV.
Everyone else is doing it…
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008…. so I guess I’m obligated to post on the Iowa caucuses. This is straight political opinion, so bail out if you don’t want to hear me blather.
At the moment I’m writing it looks like Obama has pulled off a significant first-place tally with Clinton and Edwards more or less tying for second. [...]