Open Thread

5 Comments

1. 

   ericy on July 2, 2008 at 10:46 am

   No, he is giving a press conference on TV, and trying to sound like he knows what he is talking about.

2. 

   on July 2, 2008 at 11:03 am

   Last week Obama was leading by 15. Then I see that, according to BTD, it’s only five points by two polls. How can McCain be within five points?

   Just asking. Maybe it’s the polls and not the candidates.

3. 

   dada on July 2, 2008 at 11:12 am

   the stupid’s still out there:

   GOP Senator’s Top Staffer Busted Posting Comments Under Fake Name On Liberal Blog…via TPM

   Burnt Orange Report, the premier state-level liberal blog in Texas, has discovered that commenter “Buck Smith” — who claimed in the site’s comments to be a liberal and who was critical of Texas Democrats and their candidates — was in fact none other than David Beckwith, a top Texas Republican operative who works for GOP Sen. John Cornyn…

   guess all that speculation about “paid political trolls”  has some merit.

4. 

   dada on July 2, 2008 at 1:26 pm

   speaking of…check out this excerpt from rick shenkman’s new book: Just How Stupid Are We?: Facing the Truth About the American Voter

   h/t TomDispatch

5. 

   priscianus jr on July 2, 2008 at 7:02 pm

   One way of becoming less stupid is to read the following:

   Barack Obama and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments: In Pledging to Work to Remove Retroactive Immunity for FISA Violations, What Kind of Action Is Obama Contemplating?
   By JOHN W. DEAN
   http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20080702.html