updated Here’s a rough transcript of Mrs. Obama on GMA (also on Salon.com): GMA: Could you see yourself working to support Hillary Clinton should she win the nomination? MICHELLE OBAMA: I’d have to think about that. I’d have to think about that, her policies, her approach, her tone. GMA: That’s not a given? MICHELLE OBAMA: [...]
Archive | February, 2008
Hillary, Erica Jong, and the Progressive Patriarchy
I never in a million years thought I’d be posting something like this on this blog. I came up through the modern feminist revolution, and as impassioned as I’ve always been about equality, I’ve never, ever, ever been militant about it. The opposite, actually. Maybe that’s partly because of my big brother, who as a [...]
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Krugman Assails Obama on Health Care Again
Krugman Assails Obama on Health Care Again One more time. In his New York Times column today, Paul Krugman further proves that progressives and others backing Obama really are confused or maybe it’s seduced by this season’s political Pied Piper. Still working through the unearned endorsements of movement progressives, again, I think about John Edwards [...]
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New York. New York.
Yeah, baby. What a defensive performance by the Giants. Spectacular. What an upset. Eli Manning, what a final drive. Now for some political drama: According to a source close to Al Gore, multiple people in the former VP’s orbit are in touch with him on a regular basis to urge an Obama endorsement. According to [...]
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Clinton in California
Continuing the theme of Super Bowl link fest, and also highlighting people reporting fairly about Clinton, segue to Todd Beeton over at MyDD, who is responsible for both of the videos above: VIDEO ONE: Once on campus, as I approached the gym where the rally was being held I found a ridiculously long line, again, [...]
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The Super Bowl of Blog Links
How much does a 30-second Superbowl spot cost? A whole bunch of bloggers are calling this “blogroll amnesty day,” weekend, whatever. Playing my usual contrarian role, I chose a different title. I also don’t have any history whatsoever with how this all got started, so I’m not any part of that aspect. If you want [...]
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Obama, Exelon and their Consultant, David Axelrod
Well isn’t this a cozy little group. The report in the New York Times is alarming. For one thing, you’ve got to wonder why he told a whopper in Iowa when the records are so easily revealed. Of course, to win. But when it concerns radioactive leaks and the protection of citizens, we’re talking about [...]
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Harold Meyerson’s Clinton Race Smear Scrubbed from American Prospect Site
update Yesterday, Washington Post columnist and American Prospect editor Harold Meyerson, who just endorsed Obama, put up a post that caught my attention and reminded me of how dirty tricks and smears begin. The title was: “Hillary Plays the Race Card.” I still call Los Angeles home after living there for 18 years, so when [...]
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Remembering Tet
Execution of Vietcong suspect by Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan in 1967. (AP: Eddie Adams) If you haven’t been over to The Washington Independent yet, please take a look Interesting commentary on the Tet Offensive, January 31, 1968. By the close of 1967, a half-million U.S. troops were in Vietnam, and Americans at home, viewing the [...]
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Obamacans
Via Newsweek: Eisenhower is one of a small but symbolically powerful group of what Obama recently called "Obamacans"–disaffected Republicans who have drifted away from their party just as Eisenhower Democrats did and, more recently, Reagan Democrats in the 1980s. They include lifelong Republican Tricia Moseley, a former staffer for the late Sen. Strom Thurmond, the [...]
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Progressive Confusion
by Paul Szep If you want to know why I remain a proud independent voice from so many other progressives, all you have to do is look at the MoveOn.org endorsement, which just went to Obama. Health care is one issue that doesn't stand the smell test if you look at Obama. But evidently giving [...]
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Obama Revives 1993 Anti Hillary ‘Harry and Louise’
Obama Revives 1993 Anti Hillary ‘Harry and Louise’ updated cross-posted at Huffington Post In 1993, the health insurance industry spent hundreds of millions of dollars trying to scare people into opposing universal health care. Here’s a screen shot from the infamous Harry and Louise ad. Nothing like channeling insurance industry talking points, complete with art. [...]
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