Month: June 2010

Thoughts on the Future GOP

I know we are all concerned, to varying degrees, about the Republicans making large gains in the midterm elections, but demographers will tell you that, in the long term, the GOP is in really bad shape. The age and race...

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Serious Question

Setting aside your feelings about our Afghan policy, what do you think of Obama’s decision to cashier McChrystal and replace him with Petraeus? I mean, not only as a military matter, but a political one.

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BT New York City Meetup

Date: June 26, 2010 Time: 1 p.m. Place: Sweet Revenge, 62 Carmine St. Some probable attendees: Cabin Girl, Booman, Finn, CabinBoys, Ask, Curly, Errol, Boran2, JimF, AndiF.

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The Party of BP, And Proud Of It

Ed. Note: Since this piece was written, Barton (or a Barton aide) has tweeted and deleted a "retraction of the retraction" of the original apology. Andrew Reinbach is right. Deservedly or not, the political gods...

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McChrystal Out, Petraeus In

I didn’t see anyone predicting that Gen. Petreaus would be taking over for Gen. McChrystal. I think that is because it is a demotion. I noticed early on in the Iraq War that the only places that seemed to be going well...

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