One of the curious things about this election cycle as a progressive, reformist Democrat that has long been frustrated with a capitulating, cautious leadership is that somehow, without even really noticing, we won the fight. Feels weird to say that after really only losing every battle: progressives lost the battle to stop the war [...]
Archive for February, 2008
16:1
Posted in History, Media, Politics, Populism, tagged gold standard, John McCain, New York Times, Nick Gillespie, Pat Buchanan, Silver standard, Tucker Carlson, William Jennings Bryan on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A quote from Tucker Carlson’s show last week:
NICK GILLESPIE, “REASON” EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: I got to say that it‘s a pretty good day for John McCain and Pat Buchanan is going on and on. To me, Senator McCain is afraid that the “New York Times”—you know, it‘s going from a gold standard to, what, a silver standard? [...]
McCain no longer the oldest man on the ballot
Posted in 2008 General Election, Politics, tagged Al Gore, Cynthia McKinney, George W. Bush, Green Party, Jesse Johnson, John Edwards, John Kerry, Ralph Nader on February 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ralph Nader announced on Meet the Press today that he was running for President. I think Democrats like me are supposed to quiver… I’m not. It’s sort of like Groundhog Day to me actually. Every four years, Ralph will wake up, realize there is nobody running that is near as pure and [...]
Oscar, Everybody loves you, Oscar
Posted in Media, tagged Christopher Walken, David Niven, Hairspray, Jack Nicholson, Jack Palance, John Travolta, Michael Moore, Nikki Blonsky, Oscars, Vanessa Redgrave on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oscars just ended, with very little fanfare, excitement, or (based on predictions) ratings. No Country for Old Men won Best Picture. Didn’t see it, probably won’t. I do want to see Juno, Atonement, and There Will be Blood.
David Shuster is back
Posted in 2008 Primary, Media, Politics, tagged Chris Matthews, David Shuster, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, MSNBC on February 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Guess MSNBC won’t wait until after next week’s Democratic debate to put David Shuster back on the air… he was just on Hardball doing a piece on the McCain story. He had been suspended since charging the Clinton campaign with “pimping out” Chelsea for having her call superdelegates earlier this month. Hillary Clinton [...]
