Archive for March, 2008
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darkness and light
LRB · Jonathan Raban: Diary
… For a tragic sense of life is exactly what has marked Obama’s candidacy from the beginning. His powerful memoir, Dreams from My Father, written in his early thirties, is shot through with that sense: its gravely intelligent, death-haunted tone, beautifully controlled throughout the book, is that of an old voice, [...] -
walks like a duck, votes like a duck….
Bob Cesca: Senator Clinton Isn’t A Republican, As Far As I Know - Politics on The Huffington Post
The big lie — the “ultimate fear bomb,” as Michelle Obama put it — is this notion that Senator Obama, despite being a Christian and a patriot, isn’t who we says he is. I’m referencing, of course, [...] -
very, very weird
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpUMsbIxAVQ
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right he is
The Clinton Rules | By Andrew Sullivan
He has a million little donors. He has brought many, many Republicans and Independents to the brink of re-thinking their relationship with the Democratic party. And he has won the majority of primaries and caucuses and has a majority of the delegates and popular vote. This has been [...] -
remembering when….
Three Months Into His Senate Campaign, Lazio Releases His Tax Returns - New York Times
Mr. Lazio pledged to release his tax returns soon after entering the Senate race in May, but had not done so, raising suspicions about whether he had the kind of financial problems that have tripped up other politicians in New [...]
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Nixon in a pantsuit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHFREDHB-nQ
from the comments at tnr.com:
I used to cringe when Andrew Sullivan called her “Nixon in a pantsuit.” But now I think that’s just what she is. She can’t help herself, because she does not care how she wins as long as she wins. She knows that the emails are working at a [...]