Month: August 2008

McCain: The Return of Folksy Racism

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to enlargeYou know its bad when David Gergan reminds George Will that Southerners knows what “uppity” means. This Presidential (I use the...

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Jerusalem’s quiet ethnic cleansing

Palestinians attempt to retrieve possessions from their home before it is demolished by Israeli forces in Anata, December 2004. The struggle against Jerusalem’s quiet ethnic cleansing is the title of this article by...

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August Can Be Decisive

Today is Barack Obama’s 47th birthday. Happy Birthday, Barack!! Four years ago at this time I finished up a two-month stint on the Gulf Coast of Florida organizing voting registration teams in Pinellas, Manatee, and...

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Political Quickie: Barack "Damien" Obama

You know BooMan’s “nadir” theory about how the media can’t get worse on Obama? The McCain campaign sure as hell can. My theory on them goes something along the lines of “It’s always darkest...

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The Strategery of VP Lobbyists

Everyone knows that Barack Obama is not going to pick Hillary Clinton as his running mate. Given the acrimony of the primary contest it was never likely that Obama would tap Hillary, but any hope that he might was wiped out in...

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