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Edwards: Our generation's Sargent Shriver?

by Ish

Thu Jan 31, 2008 at 10:59:18 AM PDT

Could be, and that's not bad.

Labeling all fighters in Iraq as "Al Qaeda" - will it ever stop?

by Ish

Fri Jan 11, 2008 at 11:14:53 AM PDT

The US Military and some in the MSM continue to apply the label "Al Qaeda" to all insurgents in Iraq. Didn't we already cover this?

If Gore had taken office, what would be W's greatest accomplishment? (poll)

by Ish

Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 03:45:17 PM PDT

Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize today.

If he had become President in 2000, what today would be George Bush's greatest accomplishment?

Poll

If Gore had taken office in 2000, George Bush's Greatest Accomplishment of the last 7 years would have been:

17%15 votes
23%20 votes
7%6 votes
48%41 votes
2%2 votes

| 84 votes | Vote | Results

Happy Birthday to ME!

by Ish

Mon Aug 13, 2007 at 09:45:51 AM PDT

Today is my birthday! Who'd a thunk that the best gift would come from Karl Rove?

George Packer and the False Equivalency

by Ish

Mon Aug 06, 2007 at 04:31:07 PM PDT

The title sounds like a promising story about wizards, but it's not. It's about how The New Yorker's George Packer fails to see a difference between the controversy around Scott Thomas Beauchamp's pieces in The New Republic and the controversy around Michael O'Hanlon and Ken Pollack's Op-Ed in the NY Times.

Watch out , California Voters

by Ish

Fri Aug 03, 2007 at 09:51:30 AM PDT

In the current issue of The New Yorker, Hendrik Hertzberg brings to light an attempt by California Republicans to alter the state's electoral landscape.

Nitpicker nails it: it's not (just) the people. It's the policies.

by Ish

Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 09:46:51 AM PDT

This post by Nitpicker, which I found via Digby, really captures the essence of this administration.

It's not (just) the people. It's the policies.

Harriet Miers would have made a "heckuva" Supreme

by Ish

Tue Mar 13, 2007 at 11:33:36 AM PDT

When President Bush nominated Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court, he said, "I know her heart. I know her character." Now we know what you mean.

Newt's Affair: Role Reversal and the Sanctimony Two-Step

by Ish

Fri Mar 09, 2007 at 10:35:22 AM PDT

So Newt was having an extramarital affair even as he led the effort to impeach President Clinton. What if Newt had been asked under oath about his affair? Is there any doubt that he would have LIED HIS ASS OFF?

NYT Op-Ed Page, Stop It

by Ish

Tue Feb 27, 2007 at 10:00:58 AM PDT

Nutbag blogger Ann Althouse AND some water-carrier former Asst. Treasury Secretary in the same day? Please, stopit. Stopitrightnow.


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