Month: February 2012

Lee Siegel’s Conspiracy So Vast

Lee Siegel tells us (at the Daily Beast) that Mitt Romney is doing a better job at threading the needle on his way to the GOP nomination than most people are giving him credit for. There’s actually a case to be made for...

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We Told You They Would Hate It

Remember when Atrios and I used to write over and over again that a mandate requiring people to buy health insurance from private, for-profit, and hated insurance corporations would be massively unpopular? Chalk another one up...

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A Dependent Mind

On September 12, 1960, John F. Kennedy’s Catholic faith had raised enough doubt about his candidacy for the presidency that he felt it necessary to address the controversy head-on. He went to Houston, Texas and gave a...

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Romney mingles with the peasants

Mitt Romney is now a NASCAR fan. Anybody want to have a beer with him? Oh wait, I meant a diet coke … DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP)—Two days away from a critical primary in Michigan, Republican presidential candidate Mitt...

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Global Warming Means Extinct Birds

We all know how some people love animals more than — well than real people. Even conservatives and Republicans have a soft spot for their pets and songbirds (Mitt Romney excluded). Yet, a warming climate caused by our...

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