Granny Bee - Bubbleheads
Listen to your granny!Granny has been thinking about bubbles, and wondering when we’re going to stop getting ourselves into them.Granny BeeWHY ISN'T FLICKR AN ACCEPTABLE FORMAT FOR GRAPHICS FOR THIS...
View ArticleHe ain't a saint: A citizen's guide to Barack Obama
Why do Peggy Noonan, George Will and David Brooks favor Obama? (David Seaton’s News Links) Because they are terrified of Hillary Clinton, that's why... It is this simple: in recent decades the Clintons...
View ArticleWho is trying to game the system?
The personal-story-telling inspirer.(I posted this as a comment to another diary, but I feel that it deserves its own place in the sum.Seeking Superdelegates (Capital Eye) Obama, who narrowly leads in...
View ArticleWho believes in free trade?
NAFTA: Us, Hillary and the "Boon" (Spin Cycle, New York Newsday) The Democratic campaign has moved in earnest to Ohio, where times are tough and NAFTA has become a dirty word. In an effort to score...
View ArticleThe Clinton rules apply, still, again, and forever
"Attacks on Hillary have seemed over-the-top recently" "NewsHour" media reporter Terence Smith ... says Hillary Clinton and her supporters have reason to complain about the tone of their press...
View ArticleDO NOT discount John McCain
McCain’s Wisconsin Victory Speech Remarks "I will fight every moment of every day in this campaign to make sure Americans are not deceived by an eloquent but empty call for change that promises no more...
View ArticleWho knows what evil lurks...
The general election this year is going to be exceedingly strange.The primary has had its own surprises, but I predict that things are going to get much more shocking.The reason is that Karl Rove...
View ArticleRepublicans for Obama will pull Democrats...
Republicans for Obama will pull the Democratic leadership EVEN FURTHER TO THE RIGHT. That’s not what I want, and maybe not what you want, either.Texas Republicans cross over to vote for Obama A poll...
View ArticleObama says one thing, his advisors say something else
So where does Barack Obama really stand on these three issues?Has Markos ever apologized for getting this one wrong?PMO: Officials only got briefing from Obama campaign (The Canadian Press) OTTAWA —...
View ArticleCampaign Updates and Media Headlines 8/3/08
Last Gallup: dead heat (Not Your Sweetie)There would be an image here if they were allowed.A bit of history is offered: [F]our years ago [Friday], John Kerry led George W. Bush by four points (49% to...
View ArticleBREAKING: Democrats Hoping To Take Control Of Congress …
"BREAKING: Democrats Hoping To Take Control Of Congress … … From Republican Minority In 2010"Why was that tweet from The Onion so funny?Because it’s so true.Despite a Democratic president, a Democratic...
View ArticleLet’s just do what’s right
Andrew Leigh on The Economics of Terrorism:Why were hardly any lives lost to suicide bombing in the 1970s, but over 10,000 in the 2000s? What makes suicide bombing so popular in the modern age?Most...
View ArticleDemocrats lose, move even further to the right
San Francisco Chronicle:GOP’s Brown wins Mass. Senate race in epic upsetIn an epic upset in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger to win the U.S. Senate seat held by...
View ArticleDon't you dare!
Alan Sloan:Social Security could be next to need a bailoutMy letter to the editor of the Washington Post:Sir:HOW DARE YOU allow Alan Sloan to pretend that paying back the DEBT OWED to those of us who...
View ArticleMake my day, Mitt
Reposted from The Hill, with the permission of the author:Make my day, MittBy Brent BudowskyI am a big fan of Clint Eastwood. After his appearance at the Republican convention I imagined what he might...
View ArticlePresident should send the Senate nominees to fill all federal judicial...
Please sign this White House petition and ask everyone you know to do the same.Thanks!President should send the Senate nominees to fill all federal judicial vacancies by May 1Justice and democracy are...
View ArticleDon't blame Koch brothers
Don’t blame Koch brothersBy Brent BudowskyThe latest brainchild of Washington insider Democrats, to waste millions of dollars running attack ads against conservative mega-donors Charles and David...
View ArticleHillary vs. media malpractice
Hillary vs. media malpracticeBy Brent Budowsky, posted with the permission of the authorThe political coverage of the 2016 campaign has reached epic levels of sloppiness and shallowness, at a moment...
View ArticleHillary whips McCarthy
Posted with the permission of the authorPlease sign my petition to Joe Biden (http://chn.ge/...) to stay out of this race unless he can fully articulate his plan for making changes that will benefit...
View ArticleSocial Security Outrage
No raise for 65 million on Social Security(CNN Money) For the first time in five years, there will be no annual raise in their Social Security benefits in 2016.The reason? A decline in inflation caused...
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