Guest Post by: Christina Cedeno Acceptable. [taken from PUMA site] Unacceptable.[taken from PUMA site: blog.pumapac.org] This is why nobody takes PUMA seriously. The above is just a perfect example of why all the emails, faxes, phone calls, and constant repining doesn’t seem to be remotely effective (see the Wisconsin delegate who still got rightfully stripped [...]
Archive | July, 2008
Ad Wars
BY TAYLOR MARSH –bumped– The gloves are off. Watch and listen to Andrew Mitchell and Rick Davis go at it in the clip above. It’s extraordinary. Via The Swamp: “Barack Obama has played the race card, and he played it from the bottom of the deck. It’s divisive, negative, shameful and wrong,” Davis said in [...]
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Prayer-Gate?
Guest post by Linfar –updated– Did you ever have this argument when you were a kid: You did too. I did not. Yes, you did. I did not. You did! No I didn’t! Did toooooo!!! And then there is this saying by Sir Walter Scott told to kids who either may have already or are [...]
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VEEPSTAKES: VoteBoth Shuts Down
…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…. Oh, sorry, wake up. Reality bites. Thank you for your continuing support as we have worked together to build the strongest Democratic ticket possible. Since April, tens of thousands of Vote Both supporters have petitioned, called, and written letters to the Obama campaign. And Senator Obama heard your enthusiasm and arguments for Senator Clinton [...]
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Ludacris: Hillary is an ‘irrelevant b^$&%*’
Obama's iPod playlist will likely not include this screed. Nice lyrics, Ludacris. I'm back on it like I just signed my record deal yeah the best is here, the Bentley Coup paint is dripping wet, it got sex appeal never should have hated you never should've doubted him with a slot in the president's iPod [...]
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Obama Responds to McCain in ‘Low Road’ ad
BY TAYLOR MARSH We’re having some technical problems. A new post will be up as soon as we get this sorted out. Well, it’s better than silence. However, it doesn’t do it for me. I don’t like when our candidate is responding. Attack. Attack. Attack. So, I’d rather have seen Obama unload an issues ad [...]
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The Case Against Obama-Clinton
Guest post by Psychodrew For many a Clintonista, the headline in yesterday’s New York Times was disturbing: Chance of an Obama-Clinton Ticket is Seen as Increasingly Unlikely. But for this Clintonista, it was a relief. An Obama-Clinton presidency would be a setback for Hillary, her supporters, and her agenda for changing America. Diminishing Her Power [...]
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Show Me the Money, Barack
Guest post by Linfar Okay. Look. I am not all impressed by the Obama Grand Tour. There was a movie a few years ago with Sandra Bullock who plays a grungy cop made over by Michael Caine to go undercover as a contestant in the Miss Universe Contest. One of the running jokes in that [...]
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McCain Hits Obama on his ‘Celebrity’
BY TAYLOR MARSH “I’d love to think John McCain is a big international celebrity, but he isn’t.” – Rick Davis “Obama has become the biggest celebrity in the world. … But is he ready to lead yet?”, asked Steve Schmidt, when joining the call a bit later. That’s the point the McCain team hopes to [...]
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Who Will Channel Hillary?
The economy is issue number one for Americans. So who in the general election will speak to it for Democrats? Barack Obama can speak about the policy side of things, but who will reach the people? Tim Kaine? Evan Bayh? Nice guys. Fughettaboutit. Joe Biden? No, but at least every single foreign leader respects the [...]
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‘W.’, the Movie
BY TAYLOR MARSH Who’s got the popcorn? It’s scheduled for release on October 17th. Failing upwards made into an art form. Open thread. Floor is yours.
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All McCain’s Lobbyists
BY TAYLOR MARSH What’s up with McCain’s lobbyists? We know some have had to resign. We also know he gets plenty of cash from them. So far, Mr. McCain, who has locked up the Republican presidential nomination, has received more than $181,600 from lobbyists and trade groups, while Mr. Obama has received just over $6,000. [...]
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VEEPSTAKES: Is Clinton Out?
This is the strongest reporting yet leading to evidence that Clinton is out. It’s also incredibly dismissive of Senator Clinton, not that this surprises me, no matter where it originates. Mainly because I have a feeling that’s exactly how many feel now that she’s gone from the race. The line in bold below is the [...]
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Knoxville Shooter Targeting Gays
guest post by Linfar NO. The shooter at a Knoxville Church yesterday didn’t open fire on a bunch of churchgoers killing two and injuring seven, because he didn’t like “the liberal movement.” This is inaccurate and it slides over the reality in a way that borders on falsehood. The man who opened fire in a [...]
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TM Must Reads
THE 21st century world offers ways to tweak your appearance, or alter it altogether, with women finally able to combat directly the comparison that’s always been around. Men look distinguished as they age, while women look old, unattractive, or to use Rush Limbaugh’s favorite comment, who wants to look at a woman with wrinkles? The 2012 plastic surgery statistics are out and the American Society of Plastic Surgery tells the story.
The real question about Hillary is this: When people take a new look at her in the coming years, will they see the past or the future — Mrs. Clinton or Madam President? – Maureen Dowd IT’S A classic front page from Huffington Post, coupled with a post by Jason Linkins, which details what’s been going on.
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “Here’s what nobody is telling you: Find a husband on campus before you graduate. Yes, I went there.
“Norma Rae is a survivor and for the first time in her life she’s got a chance to become something more… a winner.” – Promo for “Norma Rae” CRITICS like Anne-Marie Slaughter, but especially Maureen I-Love-My-Pearls Dowd, and others [most of whom didn't read the book or do their homework] who are blaming Sheryl Sandberg for being a billionaire Ivy League graduate, while accusing her of letting corporations and government off the hook, are missing a major point.
Great sex doesn’t always just happen. Sometimes, it takes a little planning, especially if — like many Americans — you’ve been in a bit of a sex rut. Do some prep work by turning your bedroom into a love nest: Make the bed (with new, or at least clean, sheets), tidy up, light a candle or two, and queue up a sexy playlist on your iPod.
“You Don’t Own Me” PSA -Official from You Don't Own Me on Vimeo. WHO DOESN’T know the song “You Don’t Own Me,” sung by Leslie Gore? The movie First Wives Club helped to reignite the relevancy of the song.
“Last night I interviewed Jill Stein the presidential candidate for the Green Party on this show. And I confess right now, I should have asked her to just get out of the race.” – Jennifer Granholm, “The War Room” [Current TV] THE ARGUMENT Jennifer Granholm makes above is a tactic that no longer fits the times.
“With that drum magazine, he could have gotten off 50, 60 rounds, even if it was semiautomatic, within one minute,” Chief Oates said. [New York Times] IN THE GAPING MAW of our leadership vacuum stands Aurora Police Chief Daniel Oates, whose resolve, vulnerability and humility inside the vortex of a man made hell revealed what nobody in Congress or either political party has shown in decades. Leadership without regard to anything but his own duty to the people, which included the cops in the eye of volcanic carnage.
“Rick Doblin has done a lot for the field, but he is more of a populist,” Grob says. “We need careful and controlled scientific studies showing the efficacy of these drugs so funding can continue.” Broader awareness of these sorts of end-of-life psychedelic studies could be good for everyone, the researchers say.
*updated below* So much for keep calm and carry on, what Joe Scarborough proclaims to be his motto. It was the weirdest one-on-one back and forth with a high profile talking head imaginable. It makes high school look mature.
**UPDATED** Would we be any worse off with Stephen Colbert as president? I doubt it. Politifact has watched the video “(repeatedly!
Despite rising public concern about the federal budget deficit, Americans favor keeping Social Security and Medicare benefits as they are rather than taking steps to reduce the budget deficit (by 60% vs. 32%). – Public Wants Changes in Entitlements, Not Changes in Benefits This is starting early, so it’s time to revisit the facts.
“If we can prove that a biological attack originated in a country that attacked us, then all bets are off.” – Sect. Hillary Clinton Women can do it, too.
The interview with Obama by George Stephanopoulos wasn’t nearly as contentious as the interview with the Edwardses. No Republican talking points from Stephanopoulos yesterday, like when he accused Edwards of abandoning the troops with this beauty: “Do you think the Democrats should be saddled with the idea of completely cutting off funding for the troops?” Or this one: “You know, a lot of Democrats still in the Senate think that your position here is cynical political theater.
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