Archive for March, 2008

I Just Threw Up a Little in My Mouth


Posted by Matski on March 13th, 2008

I’m listening to HRC on NPR this am.
[vomits]
Anyone seen the movie Election with Reese Witherspoon? Yeah, I’m gonna go there.  That’s pretty much how Hillary makes me feel right now.
HRC is trying to make the argument it was Obama’s “choice” not to participate in Michigan.  Here’s what I think was  maybe a dialogue among the [...]

Clinton


Posted by Bruno on March 12th, 2008

Y’know, if some enterprising Democratic National Committee member were looking to prevent a deadlock at the convention in August, he or she might want to mention to a certain second-place Senator that the Governor’s mansion in her home state just put up a “vacancy” sign.
Just sayin’….

C’mon, He’s Not That Black


Posted by Apocalypse Tom on March 12th, 2008

They’re baaack…

Sonics Intrigue


Posted by Bruno on March 12th, 2008

This afternoon, Goldy wondered about the half-assed last-minute effort by local billionaires to save the Sonics:
Not that the folks behind this proposal ever believed they’d get a bill out of the current session. These are savvy folk. Rich folk, who’ve spent plenty of money on Olympia lobbyists in the past. They know how the [...]

A. Tom, awesome catch on that all-important Sinbad angle. And what’s even worse about the Clinton campaign? The fact that they’re mobilizing their Rapid Response Team against freakin’ Sinbad. I mean, these people are desperate:
Defending Clinton’s characterization of her Bosnia mission, campaign spokesman Phil Singer kindly provided experts from news stories written about the trip [...]

Some Chicago Context


Posted by Apocalypse Tom on March 11th, 2008

Yesterday, I rediscovered this story about my adopted hometown.
Listen.

Has the Clinton Campaign’s March 4 bounce hit apogee?
For our answer, let’s just go directly to Sinbad himself, who today gave up the coveted VP slot that the Clinton campaign had set aside for him:
Threat of bullets? Sinbad doesn’t remember that, either.
“I never felt that I was in a dangerous position. I never felt being [...]

Big States


Posted by Bruno on March 11th, 2008

Leave it to Steven Colbert to put down the ridiculous argument that winning primary states means anything vis-a-vis the general election.

Truck You, You Truckin’ Truck!


Posted by Contrarian on March 11th, 2008

And it’s helpful to remember that, you know, our entire freakin’ economy is based on trucking:
Ricardo Caraballo was having a familiar American experience at the filling station the other day, groaning as the pump clicked up, up, up. By the time he finished it read $505, and his tank was only half full.
A few years [...]


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