Author: BooMan

The Poisoned Mind

I think I just don’t like conservatives. Take Mark Steyn: I found Obama’s speech profoundly depressing. It was cold, precisely calculated, and, on the Chris Matthews Legometer, stunningly effective, and (as...

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Race in the Race

The education of Andrew Sullivan continues. As far as I can tell, Sullivan’s conservatism took its first big blow when the GOP decided to aid the reelection of Bush/Cheney by placing gay marriage referendums on numerous...

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Thoughts on Obama’s Speech

There were a lot of inspirational parts to Barack Obama’s speech, but he gave the speech to solve a political problem. And, on that front, I think his most effective rhetoric came in the following passage. In the end,...

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Open Thread

It’s fun hobnobbing with Joe Klein, Howard Fineman, Byron York, and the rest. Gawd how I hate these people.

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