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Satire Beautiful Part of Free Speech
I’m back in New York right now. It’s only been a few days, but one of the delightful things you tend to forget is how important satire and political comedy are to a healthy society. Many of my Chinese friends correctly point out that people can be pretty brutal towards Chinese leaders in their personal [...]
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Palin Stealing from the Clintons?
Eager to see a hard-hitting interview with Sarah Palin, I decided to watch FOX News’ Sean Hannity grill her. A little way into it I heard a line that was bizarrely familiar. Talking about what critics have said about her, Governor Palin said:
The shots that perhaps our campaign is taking are nothing—it’s nothing compared to [...]
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Internals Strong for Obama
I have long suspected that the post-convention McCain bump in the polls would not last since. Now there is strong evidence that virtually the entirely based on a jump upon enthusiasm among hard-core GOPers and that, to paraphrase John McCain, the fundamentals of the Obama campaign are quite strong.
The NYTimes and CBS conducted a poll [...]
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The GOP on Inexperience and Female Candidates
Not sure how The Daily Show finds this stuff, but this is a pretty poignant sequence. Special thanks to Pop [and Sis] of Cha for the link:
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Combs Grows a Pair: McCain Should be Held to Same Standards
Alan Combs has been ridiculed as a tool of the right and for being Sean Hannity’s patsy. However, in the middle of a conversation about how former candidate John Edwards is unfit to be president for cheating on his wife, wimpy Combs suddenly breaks in and points out that McCain cheated on his wife too. [...]
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In a Word: McNasty
John McCain is the straight-talk express, letting the whole world see what a petulant, nasty person he is. There were glimpses during the primary when he could barely contain his contempt for Mitt Romney (the same one he might now choose for VP). But in the still-early stages of the general election, McNasty has managed [...]
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Bush and McCain Really, Really Different
Bush and McCain are really, really different on policy. Just ask McCain’s surrogates.
Two parts I love about this:
1. Toward the end Sanford starts talking about the McCain-Bush approach. Which, uh, is not one thing.
2. Wolf asks him about being VP at the end, almost as if to make it more apparent that this interview has [...]
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Most Uncomfortable McCain Video Ever
Um, this is so awkward it makes me kind of sad. You can just see it in his face some aid is going to get punched as soon as the reporters go away.
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No race for VP.
I a stunning turn of events predicted neither here, nor here, it turns out that Colin Powell - a man one might think had sunk his political career by hitching his clean and straight shooting military image to the Bush Whitehouse’s campaign to invade Iraq - is the optimal choice for Vice President - no [...]
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Mark Warner Off VP List
I think he was the strongest VP possibility by a wide margin, but Mark Warner has categorically ruled himself out. This from the AP (via Politico):
Former Gov. Mark R. Warner on Saturday removed himself from consideration as a vice presidential running mate for Democrat Barack Obama.
Warner clarified his intentions for the first time as he [...]
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