Archives for May 2008
Even if Obama loses.
Over the past day, McCain and Obama have engaged the debate about Iraq, Iran, and, by extension, America’s national defense and role in the world. Good.
I don’t want the 2008 election determined by Rev. Wright or Rev. Hagee, by Obama’s skin color or McCain’s age, by this quote or that photo-op. I […]
John McCain and George Bush know as much about “hysterical diatribes” as they do about WMDs and “elevating the tone of debates.”
10:30 — find one thing in there that is hysterical or diatribe-like.
“George Bush and John McCain have a lot to answer for.” Damn straight.
Is unfit to defend America …
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McCAIN: “They’re the government; sooner or later we are going to have to deal with them, one way or another, and I understand why this administration and previous administrations had such antipathy […]
TPMtv: Terrymania!
This guy’s a lunatic. Fun to watch, but a lunatic.
Pharyngula: Michael Medved says something dumb
You have got to read Michael Medved’s latest foray into pseudoscience: he has declared American superiority to be genetic, encoded in our good old American DNA. Because our ancestors were immigrants, who were risk-takers, who were selected for their energy and aggressiveness. Oh, except for those who are descended from […]
wins West Virginia.
Oh, how the mighty have falllen.
Clinton makes case for wide appeal
“I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on,” she said in an interview with USA TODAY. As evidence, Clinton cited an Associated Press article “that found how Sen. Obama’s support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who […]
Omaha man uses steak knife to perform self-tracheotomy
An Omaha man struggling to breathe used a steak knife to perform an at-home tracheotomy. Steve Wilder said he thought he was going to die when he awoke one night last week and couldn’t breath.
Wilder said he didn’t call 911 because he didn’t think help would arrive in […]
First Read - MSNBC.com
McCain just said the United States should set up a missile defense system in Czechoslovakia. Should we assume he meant the Czech Republic?
Czechoslovakia hasn’t existed for 15 years. Perhaps McSame wants to look into basing them in the Free City of Danzig, too.
Perfectly illustrated by Balloon Juice - It’s Over
The Democratic nomination battle is over. John looks forward.
And don’t get me wrong- I am not for Obama because of what I am against. I am for Obama because he is a decent man, a break from the past, and really a once in a lifetime opportunity. He […]
Loses, Breaks ankles, Is killed
Tragedy struck the first filly in the Kentucky Derby since 1999, as Eight Belles went down on the track after her second-place finish today, broke two ankles, and was euthanized.
Showing a sisterhood with the female horse, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., during a trip to Louisville this week had said she was […]
David C. noted that he had “questions about Obama’s judgment.”
Two thunderous blasts set off by suicide bombers ripped through a crowded shopping street in the town of Balad Ruz in Diyala Province on Thursday, killing at least 35 people and wounding at least 62 others, many of them seriously. An American soldier secured an […]
Media poobahs like Marc Ambinder and Jonathan Singer are just starting to pick up on the “magic number” meme. Once again, TPD was ahead of the pack.
MyDD :: Obama’s Magic Number: 283
Obama’s Magic Number: 283
by Jonathan Singer, Thu May 01, 2008 at 12:39:28 PM EST
This may be the first time that I’ve seen […]
