Month: August 2008

Some Election Results

They are having some weather in Florida which may help explain a couple of strange primary results in the 9th and 10th Districts down there. Proving that money isn’t everything in politics, Bill Mitchell and Bob Hackworth...

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US Bombing: 60 Children Among Afghan Dead

. US Bombing: 60 children among Afghan dead KABUL, Afghanistan: A United Nations human rights team (UNAMA) has found “convincing evidence” that some 90 civilians — among them 60 children — were killed in...

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Hillary

My reaction? “Goddamn and Holy Shit! She did it!” I’m (finally) sitting here in the bloggers’ lounge at the Pepsi Center, where I heard her speech, and from where I sit, she did what she needed to do. In...

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Postcards from Denver: Day One, Part One

So, I flew into Denver yesterday, after not bothering to go to bed Saturday night, because my flight was at 6:06 a.m. and the shuttle to Dulles picked me up at 3:29 a.m. Besides, I wasn’t able to pack until after the kids...

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The Clintons

I basically called the campaign for Obama on Super Tuesday (February 5th), which turned out to be correct. I did have the caveat in there that Clinton still had a chance, but short of a total meltdown, the primary was over when...

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