By Anna Shane on May 30, 2008 in Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Chicago politics, Hillary Clinton, Hoodwinking, Michelle Obama, Misogyny, Race, Race Card, Sexism | 119 Comments
Back when this race was getting underway and no one had yet dropped out, I wrote about Barack’s style of negative campaigning, in a diary published at kos called “Maureen Dowd, Not,” which was a parody of Dowd’s column championing Barack for stepping out onto the low road. He’d made a joke that made Michelle […]
By Anna Shane on May 15, 2008 in Barack Obama, Education, Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Women and Children, Workers | 83 Comments
As a degree carrying member of the professional class, I’ve had an easy life. But I’m the first and only one in my family so far to earn a doctorate. One grandfather was a bus driver and the other went into real estate. My dad had a college degree, but my mom didn’t. I grew […]
By Anna Shane on Apr 20, 2008 in 9/11, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Blackwater, Bush/Cheney, Commander in Chief, GI Bill of Rights, Halliburton, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, John Murtha, Soldiers/Veterans, Veterans Administration | 32 Comments
I’ve been blogging for months, asking Barack Obama to be clear about how he differs from Hillary Clinton in their Iraq exit plans. Now he claims he’ll be too busy campaigning to make time for another critical debate. So, I’ll tell you where he stands, and he can correct me, if he’s changed his `plan’ […]
By Anna Shane on Mar 29, 2008 in Barack Obama, Chicago politics, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry | 41 Comments
My argument is that Mr. Barack Obama is following a plan to become president that is both clear and consistent, which makes it possible to understand why he’s done what he’s done, as well as to predict what he’ll do next. If his plan to win the nomination succeeds, however, his plan to ‘transform’ America […]
