Archive for January 17th, 2008

Hey Obama. What Flavor is the Kool Aid? »

You know where I stand.  I believe with every fiber of my being that Barack Obama is not qualified to be President.  Two undistinguished years as a Senator and being a “nice” guy in the Illinois state legislature are laughable, yet this guy is getting serious attention.  I’m just waiting for Obama to decide to […]

Obama Panders to Right, Throws Democrats Under the Bus »

Obama said what? That the GOP has been the party of ideas for the last ten to fifteen years? Are you kidding me?

Two more videos, including the above, have emerged from Sen. Barack Obama’s interview with the rightwing editorial board of the Reno Gazette-Journal which later endorsed him (small wonder). [EDITOR’S NOTE/Correction: It is the […]

John Edwards on Obama/Reagan & Media »

Via Talking Points Memo’s Election Central story: “The Edwards Media Blackout — Now On Video!” by Greg Sargent: “The Edwards campaign releases a new video spoofing the media’s lack of coverage of itself. It’s fun stuff. …” (I love it! The Edwards campaign should do more humor!)
Next from TPM’s Election Central, “Edwards Hits Obama […]

“Invisible” Sexism, Little Information, Taint Political Coverage »

Erica Jong, one of my heroes, has written a powerful remembrance of “It Was Eight Years Ago Today (But It Seems Like Eighty),” a record of the skewed journalism of the 2000 election that failed to properly inform voters about the choice between Bush and Gore, the subsequent disastrous eight years of Bush rule, and […]

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