This Man Must Be a Half-Prophet

From a comment I posted to John Caruso's blog A Distant Ocean on February 29, 2008 (yes, before Obama was even the Democratic presidential candidate):I would expect that if we get a Dem in the White House, and he or she fails to deliver the change he or she has promised, we'll get a Republican Congress in 2010 -- just as we got in 1994, thanks to Clinton/Gore's pushing NAFTA through, and a

This Man Must Be a Half-Prophet

From a comment I posted to John Caruso's blog A Distant Ocean on February 29, 2008 (yes, before Obama was even the Democratic presidential candidate):I would expect that if we get a Dem in the White House, and he or she fails to deliver the change he or she has promised, we'll get a Republican Congress in 2010 -- just as we got in 1994, thanks to Clinton/Gore's pushing NAFTA through, and a

Inappropriately Touched By Iowa

Nobody deflates a pompous politician like Whatever It Is I'm Against It. He just demonstrated his filleting skills on Obama's post-holocaust press conference. My favorite:WHAT THERE IS A INHERENT DANGER IN: “There is a inherent danger in being in the White House and being in the bubble. I mean, folks didn’t have any complaints about my leadership style when I was running around Iowa for a

Inappropriately Touched By Iowa

Nobody deflates a pompous politician like Whatever It Is I'm Against It. He just demonstrated his filleting skills on Obama's post-holocaust press conference. My favorite:WHAT THERE IS A INHERENT DANGER IN: “There is a inherent danger in being in the White House and being in the bubble. I mean, folks didn’t have any complaints about my leadership style when I was running around Iowa for a

I Got Plenty of Awful

I paid as little attention as possible to the election returns, and then to avoid going to bed early tuned in to my community radio station at around 11:30. They were hooked up to Pacifica's postmortems, which featured Laura Flanders, Michael Moore, and some other folks I couldn't identify by voice. Looks like the Democrats got what they wanted: we've gone from a Congress controlled by

I Got Plenty of Awful

I paid as little attention as possible to the election returns, and then to avoid going to bed early tuned in to my community radio station at around 11:30. They were hooked up to Pacifica's postmortems, which featured Laura Flanders, Michael Moore, and some other folks I couldn't identify by voice. Looks like the Democrats got what they wanted: we've gone from a Congress controlled by

O Waily Waily Waily, The Only Hope of America Has Fallen!

If I had a magic wand, or three wishes from a genie or Faery godmother, I'd quietly arrange for the Democrats to trounce the Republicans in tomorrow's elections. Right now it looks to me as though the Democrats have already given up -- they've been working themselves into a snit for months, and won't it be nice for them to stop even pretending to try? They can blame the Republicans, and the

O Waily Waily Waily, The Only Hope of America Has Fallen!

If I had a magic wand, or three wishes from a genie or Faery godmother, I'd quietly arrange for the Democrats to trounce the Republicans in tomorrow's elections. Right now it looks to me as though the Democrats have already given up -- they've been working themselves into a snit for months, and won't it be nice for them to stop even pretending to try? They can blame the Republicans, and the

Buzzword of the Day: "Historic"

I happened to have NPR's news report turned on just now, and it began with the newscaster saying that the Democrats face "historic losses" on Tuesday. Considering how often right-wing pundits and propagandists have been throwing around the word "historic" lately in connection with elections, that little word package grated on my nerves. C'mon, every election can't be historic. (Was the 2006

Buzzword of the Day: "Historic"

I happened to have NPR's news report turned on just now, and it began with the newscaster saying that the Democrats face "historic losses" on Tuesday. Considering how often right-wing pundits and propagandists have been throwing around the word "historic" lately in connection with elections, that little word package grated on my nerves. C'mon, every election can't be historic. (Was the 2006

I Want to Vote for a Democrat! (Are There Any Around?)

The more Democrats and their shills demand that I vote for the Democrats on November, because the Republicans will do terrible things if they regain power, the more I remember what the Democrats have done. Heaven forbid [via] that the Republicans win on Nov. 2! They might escalate in Afghanistan and fake a withdrawal from Iraq.They might pass a bogus health reform law written by the insurers,

I Want to Vote for a Democrat! (Are There Any Around?)

The more Democrats and their shills demand that I vote for the Democrats on November, because the Republicans will do terrible things if they regain power, the more I remember what the Democrats have done. Heaven forbid [via] that the Republicans win on Nov. 2! They might escalate in Afghanistan and fake a withdrawal from Iraq.They might pass a bogus health reform law written by the insurers,

A Lose-Lose Situation

Professional Leftist Paul Krugman quotes himself:We’ll never know how differently the politics would have played if Obama, instead of systematically echoing and giving credibility to all the arguments of the people who want to destroy him, had actually stood up for a different economic philosophy. But we do know how his actual strategy has worked, and it hasn’t been a success.I've been

A Lose-Lose Situation

Professional Leftist Paul Krugman quotes himself:We’ll never know how differently the politics would have played if Obama, instead of systematically echoing and giving credibility to all the arguments of the people who want to destroy him, had actually stood up for a different economic philosophy. But we do know how his actual strategy has worked, and it hasn’t been a success.I've been

Which Side Am I On?

from alicublog:One of the great things about Kudlow being such a hack is that you can make a decent post just by putting in the relevant facts he leaves out. But in this column the Republican Party's second-most-famous former cokehead goes beyond the usual card tricks to remind us of what the GOP is really about.Of course, Obama never mentions the unions, including the SEIU and AFL-CIO, and

Which Side Am I On?

from alicublog:One of the great things about Kudlow being such a hack is that you can make a decent post just by putting in the relevant facts he leaves out. But in this column the Republican Party's second-most-famous former cokehead goes beyond the usual card tricks to remind us of what the GOP is really about.Of course, Obama never mentions the unions, including the SEIU and AFL-CIO, and

You're Either Laughing or Vomiting

After a brief aberration in which he linked to an actual sober conservative, my right-wing Facebook acquaintance reverted to form by offering up the latest effusion of classicist Victor Davis Hanson at National Review Online:On his latest speaking tour, the president has continued to talk about a traditional midterm election — in which the country assesses the sitting administration’s agenda —

You're Either Laughing or Vomiting

After a brief aberration in which he linked to an actual sober conservative, my right-wing Facebook acquaintance reverted to form by offering up the latest effusion of classicist Victor Davis Hanson at National Review Online:On his latest speaking tour, the president has continued to talk about a traditional midterm election — in which the country assesses the sitting administration’s agenda —

More Like Voter Antipathy Than Apathy

Ian Welsh has a good piece (via) with some useful reminders in it:In a midterm election where they need the base to come out, they have spent the last six months insulting the base and engaging in policy after policy meant to enrage it. ...It is, for whatever reason, more important to Democrats to “hippie punch” than it is for them to win elections. It is more important for them to serve

More Like Voter Antipathy Than Apathy

Ian Welsh has a good piece (via) with some useful reminders in it:In a midterm election where they need the base to come out, they have spent the last six months insulting the base and engaging in policy after policy meant to enrage it. ...It is, for whatever reason, more important to Democrats to “hippie punch” than it is for them to win elections. It is more important for them to serve