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election 2008– a few days after

I was going to run three dense, separate posts of analysis on this election & its aftermath, entitled “WHO LOST: OLD WHITE FOLKS,” “WHO LOST: THE GAYS,” “WHO WON: EVERYBODY ELSE” but then, like a long-time friend of the blog, … Continue reading

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YOU KNOW HOW WE DO IN THIS FAMILY

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ten reasons to vote for obama

(obligatory pre-election chatter. sorry. can’t be helped.) Mail to my old pal, Harvey, who claims he is voting McCain and asked for ten reasons why he should go Obama: – From: Jarett Kobek To: His Pal Harvey Date: Thu, Oct … Continue reading

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Some monsters will never die

There is no way to put a gloss on the complete and utter failure of Rudy Giuliani’s Presidential run. It ranks as the single worst campaign in modern political history, a statement born out by the numbers: $50 million dollars … Continue reading

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in the midnite hour, she cried more more more

U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain kisses Trig Palin who is held by his sister Willow Palin (obscured) after arriving to attend the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota September 3, 2008.

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welcome to hell

U.S. Republican vice-presidential candidate Governor Sarah Palin (R-AK) (L-R) meets U.S. first lady Laura Bush and Cindy McCain, wife of U.S. Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ), in Minneapolis, Minnesota September 2, 2008. Riding dirty and running with the … Continue reading

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The Grey Lady Salutes "The Black"

A moment of racial sensitivity with the New York Times:

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street flier art from little armenia

With zero understanding of the Armenian language, and knowing very little about the current state of Armenia, I won’t hazard a guess. This is one of three fliers that started appearing about two weeks ago– the first is nearly identical, … Continue reading

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A black man will be the coming universal ruler

The open eruption of history’s wounds in the on-going-but-dying-out Obama/Reverend Wright controversy has contributed to the most fascinating, depressing and sobering period of American public debate for as long as I’ve been politically aware. For some time, my contention has … Continue reading

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Goodbye, Norma Jean

Regardless of this election cycle’s outcome, it is safe to say that we have avoided the worst of all possible fates– the dreams of a Rudy Presidency have been dashed like the brains of Babylon’s children. My first stint in … Continue reading

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the wheel of fortune

Not that it needs another blog post, but Al Gore winning the Nobel Peace Prize has shocked my lefty brain. It was hard, so hard, to have lived through the chaos of the 2000 election and its aftermath. There was … Continue reading

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Giving Paddy his wacks

George W. Bush’s Andover old boy attitude with an Irish interviewer, and Todd C. Murray‘s comment upon it, reminded me of my second favorite piece of young Bush lore: the branding. When I first heard that Bush had defended, and … Continue reading

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One last chance to make it real

Any individual monitoring the pre-primary Election 2008 chatter, can’t have missed that one of the biggest issues thus far has been Mitt Romney’s Mormonism and what it means. There are many good reasons to find Romney disturbing– like his apparent … Continue reading

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