The day after the Pennsylvania primary, Obama went back to Illinois to “regroup” and plot the next move in his campaign. I wasn’t in those meetings, but I’m guessing that trotting Jeremiah Wright out to speak at every conceivable forum (Bill Moyers, National Press Club, NAACP event) to showcase his odd mix of egotism [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Well, he did anchor Weekend Update…
Posted in Media, tagged bias, Bill Murray, Brian Williams, Edward R. Murrow, Elizabeth Edwards, Keith Olbermann, network news, Peggy Noonan, Ronald Reagan, Walter Cronkite on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Huffington Post picked up this entry from Brian Williams blog as a way to show conservative bias in the media (later, in a part unquoted, he praises Peggy Noonan’s column this week.) Anyway, I actually thought this was pretty funny, so I’m breaking my own rule about quoting items at length:
See? I’m good…
Posted in Baseball, tagged Orioles, White Sox on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, I posted that the Orioles needed a rainout to turn their short losing streak around…
Well, today in Chicago, they played 11 innings, were tied going into the 12th, then had the game called due to rain. Now all should be back on track tomorrow…
The things that a rainy Sunday brings out
Posted in Baseball, Culture/Trends, Media, Names, Politics, tagged Orioles, MSNBC, Howard Kurtz, Tucker Carlson, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, baby names, Bill Safire, Andrea Mitchell, White Sox, David Gregory, Baby Boom, Big, Secret of my Success, Working Girl, post, demography, caller ID, cell phone, pet peeve on April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just a series of random thoughts from today… some things that I wish, and some things that annoy me:
1. Watching Howard Kurtz talk to Bill Safire on Reliable Sources is like watching someone trying to respectfully quiet his elderly grandfather when he starts talking about life during the depression. That said, as much [...]
Always fun to return to speculation
Posted in 2008 General Election, 2008 Primary, Politics, tagged John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, running mate on April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last month….. [...]
Hehe… tied for first
Posted in Baseball, tagged Orioles, White Sox on April 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Orioles just beat the White Sox 5 – 1, and are now tied with the Red Sox for first with a 14 – 9 record. Second half of a day/night double header in a few hours.
Plus, we’ve broken not only our 11 – 7 curse, but our rain-out curse. After the first rain-out of the [...]
Ways to Make America Better: Part 2 of – I don’t know – 5 or 6?
Posted in Politics, Populism, tagged community development, economic policy, education, estate tax, fair trade, faith-based initiative, income tax, living wage, unions on April 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Kicked off my wishlist platform yesterday with my thoughts to reform campaigns and elections. Started with that mostly because it seemed like the chronologically appropriate thing to do. I mean, gotta elect leaders before the governing begins. But that’s out of the way now, so I figured it’s on to the [...]
Silly season defended… onto the substance
Posted in Majoritarianism, Politics, tagged campaigns, DC voting rights, elections, enfranchisement, Instant Runoff Voting, proportional representation, public financing, voter turnout on April 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’ve put in my time defending all the “silly season” stuff because I like politics. I mean, I enjoy it, I think it’s fun, and I think the act of campaigning and all the little tactics and mini-stories actually do matter when the actual governing begins. I roll my eyes a bit when [...]
Apologies in advance to Bill Moyers
Posted in Media, tagged Bill Moyers, Jeremiah Wright, Joe Lieberman, PBS on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t watch a lot of PBS, but all morning, I’ve been watching that clip of Reverend Wright on Bill Moyers yesterday, and something started annoying me about Moyers. Something visceral. Could not figure out what it was — I mean, I like the guy. But here’s the thing: he kinda looks [...]
The other Pennsylvania result
Posted in 2008 Primary, Politics, tagged George Bush, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Republican Primary, Ron Paul, Selma on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a couple of news cycles since the Pennsylvania results, and the conventional wisdom dictates that a united Republican Party can simply sit back and enjoy the never-ending Democratic campaign. Well… that “united” party in Pennsylvania only gave 73% of the vote to their presumptive nominee on Tuesday. Ron Paul finished with [...]
