Author: BooMan

You Lost Your Credibility

Nowhere in this Matea Gold piece in the Washington Post is it mentioned that the main reason that super-wealthy Republican donors are not giving money as readily this year is because they were told that the polls were skewed and...

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Firefly Festival Is An Organizational Disaster

Seven and a half hours to travel an hour an half (by Google Map’s estimation) to the festival. No ice. No water. No wifi. Promised food runs out. Shuttles are not where they should be. Cell phones don’t even work for...

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Getting On the Dean Train

I had a contract with Howard Dean’s organization Democracy for America last year. They obviously valued my advice even though I am not a doctrinaire progressive. They hired me even though I didn’t even support Howard...

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Joe Manchin’s War With the NRA

I don’t really know that much about Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia. I know that he was a popular governor. I know that he’s probably the most conservative Democrat in the Senate. I know he likes to appear in...

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Casual Observation

At least in New Hampshire, there really is a point where you are too batshit insane to serve in the legislature. There is no evidence that such a point exists in Washington, DC, however.

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