Month: September 2008

I’ve been in Ann Arbor for a month now, and I have been subscribing to the Detroit Free Press, mainly because I believe in the importance not only of reading a daily newspaper, but I think a major city should have one. I don’t mean to sound like a East Coast snot, but I think…

Change is coming.

Well it is…

I hate liveblogging speeches because my fingers don’t walk fast enough to keep up with the words. Plus, it seems a little pointless, not only because machines do a better job, but because the candidates release prepared texts which are available for analysis later. So I didn’t liveblog McCain’s speech. Instead, I watched it, and…

Did Sarah Palin close the earlier eight point gap? (CBS) The presidential race between Barack Obama and John McCain is now even at 42 percent, according to a new CBS News poll conducted Monday-Wednesday of this week. Twelve percent are undecided according to the poll, and one percent said they wouldn’t vote. This is in…

I hate to say this (and maybe I shouldn’t be writing this post), but I think the best way to attack Sarah Palin is to make her out to be a far-right ideologue. If I am correct, that might mean that Gloria Steinem (ugh!) has done a better job of attacking Palin than anyone else:…

The better Sarah Palin looks, the more ridiculous the attacks on her sound. Hmmm… Should I have said “looks”? We’ll see. Right on the heels of McCain’s announcement, the attacks started. First came the “inexperienced” meme. I’ve been listening and reading in search of a sound explanation why being a governor constitutes less experience than…

Did anyone notice all the orange in the crowd at the Republican Convention? Some Democrats did. Comment by Zeke 2008-09-04 00:12:23 Any one know what the Orange cloths were? A number of women were waving Orange polyester fabric around and unless they were from the “Sovereign State of Tennessee” I would like to buy a…

I thought this interrogation of Rudi Guilliani by some MSNBC commentators (Morning Joe) was very telling. Of course we know that the Shrinking Media is for the most part in the tank for Obama, but especially telling is sneering look Mika Brzezinski continually gives Rudi for his estimation of Sara Palin’s qualifications. It will be…

New Energy for America

Obama hasn’t lead anything.

I’m not liveblogging this, but Sarah Palin just asked, “You know the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? Lipstick!” With that unexpected line, she has just won Coco’s vote. (She already had mine.) So far, she’s doing very well. The crowd loves her. 11:21 — I’ve watched a lot of speeches during…

In a Washington Post Op-Ed purporting to be about economics, Harold Meyerson displays what I think is a near-total misunderstanding of identity politics: …the GOP’s last best hope remains identity politics. In a year when the Democrats have an African American presidential nominee, the Republicans now more than ever are the white folks’ party, the…

I’ve lost count of the number of posts, articles, and opinion pieces arguing that McCain made a mistake in picking Sarah Palin. That he’s really blown it. That his choice was a sign of dementia, etc. Dick Morris has an interesting take on these arguments: Some claim [McCain] made a mistake in choosing the Alaska…

Speaking of cool, regular readers know that I don’t think censorship is. Needless to say, I was upset to read this New York Times account supposedly documenting attempted censorship in the local library by Sarah Palin when she was newly elected Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska. Shortly after becoming mayor, former city officials and Wasilla residents…

Ann Althouse asks a question a lot of people are asking: …why are we even thinking of evaluating candidates based on the chastity of their offspring? Even if we could ascertain whether a candidate has this qualification — and, given birth control and abortion, we can’t — it’s a patently absurd and offensive idea for…

Asia Times commentator Spengler was at the Democrat’s Convention and thinks that Obama is going down to a crushing defeat. The Democrats were watching the brightest and most articulate presidential candidate they have fielded since John F Kennedy snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. And this was before John McCain, in a maneuver worthy…

Country Matters More Than Party

Palin Is A Breath Of Fresh Air