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"Jumping the Shark" Didn't Save Happy Days Either...
clipped from hotair.com McCain: Lieberman and Graham are going to Georgia posted at 7:31 pm on August 13, 2008 by Allahpundit He’s (...
tjlabs 08/14/2008 11 1 - 2
Hillary's Convention Game Plan....Updated....
Let me point out a few things to you before you attempt to divide but not conquer the Democratic party. ...
tjlabs 08/13/2008 188 14 1 13
Racism: Alive & Well & Living Everywhere....
I thought I would share a slice of American life in 2008 with you. My partner and I live in a fairly affluent upscale suburb of New York in northern New Jersey. We're about 22 miles from midtown ...
tjlabs 08/12/2008 26 5 - -
Rove's First Principle of Political Campaigning....
For years, the Republican party has proven extremely adept at winning elections of every type from the local school boards to the presidency of the United States. The key to their winning ways has ...
tjlabs 08/11/2008 5 4 1 -
Where is the  outrage?.....
"And then we have the President of the United States who won't say he will not pardon somebody who did business with him and might implicate him later on. Where is the outrage in ...
tjlabs 08/10/2008 26 14 1 21
BREAKING: Comedian Bernie Mac Dead At Age 50....
Just a few weeks after being told to "clean up his act" By Barack Obama, the comedian Bernie Mac died tody in Chicago at age 50. He had been hospitalized for what determined to be pneumonia.
tjlabs 08/09/2008 44 22 1 27
Speaking the Unspoken: McCain's Mental Acuity....
Almost as volatile as the "race" issue in this year's election is the issue of age. It is as equally impossible to ignore the reality of McCain's age as it is to ignore Obama's being black. The ...
tjlabs 08/08/2008 20 12 - 25
Poll Vaulting....
It would be a safe bet to say that by now, most of us have had polling up to our eye teeth. You can get whiplash from looking at them from day to day. The worst of the bunch are the daily tracking ...
tjlabs 08/07/2008 1 1 - -
Past His Sell-By Date....
Maureen Dowd in today's NY Times: Now John McCain is pea-green with envy. That’s the only explanation ...
tjlabs 08/06/2008 16 2 - -
McCain's Mess of Porridge and Why Obama Will Lose....
The blood-letting has begun. It's just small cuts, abrasions, and bruises for the moment but we're only in the opening rounds. The important thing though is: first blood has been shed and it's ...
tjlabs 08/04/2008 25 3 1 -
Whatsamatter?....Can't Ya Take A Joke?....
"All propaganda has to be popular and has to adapt its spiritual level to the perception of the least intelligent of those towards whom it intends to direct itself." -Adolf Hitler,
tjlabs 08/03/2008 5 4 1 -
Summer Reruns - Political Version
Well, here we are once again about to begin the dog days of summer. How I long for the summers of my youth when we had a summer house on Long Island right on the edge of the Atlantic. Every day from ...
tjlabs 08/02/2008 - - - -
It's Going To Be A Long Hot Summer....
We know now that John McCain has successfully completed his transformation from the "maverick" to the "clone". I'll be honest. I've never really liked McCain and the reasons were amorphous. There ...
tjlabs 08/01/2008 3 1 - -
Queering the Deal....
When McCain & Co. realized that Hillary was not going to be the Democrat they would be running against but rather Barack Obama, they found themselves in a bit of a quandary. With reams and reams of ...
tjlabs 07/31/2008 8 - 1 -
Vice Squad....
One can only hope that sometime in the not too distant future that both Obama and McSame will announce their respective choices for vice-president. I say "hope" when what I actually mean is for ...
tjlabs 07/30/2008 3 - - -
Good times...Bush's fond memories....
From today's New York Times: Execution by Military Is Approved by President By STEVEN LEE MYERS Published: ...
tjlabs 07/29/2008 4 - - 2
Kristol the Klown expands operations....
Kristol the Klown, aka Billy Blood, unveiled his new line of home-made whines today. Cleverly working them into his usual laugh-filled column in today's NY Times (No link. Sorry I have strict rules ...
tjlabs 07/28/2008 7 4 - -
The McCain Vapid Response Team....
It's been a tough week for the McCain Vapid Response Team. First they had the almost impossible task of getting their message heard above the din of the incredible press coverage of Barack Obama's ...
tjlabs 07/27/2008 3 2 - -
UPDATE: Obama-Troops Controversy....
Yesterday, Josh Marshall at TPM Election Central posted the following... "We ...
tjlabs 07/26/2008 8 3 - -
BREAKING...."Obamagate" begins to unfold....
Buried inside all the usual morning news noise was this piece regarding Obama's not visiting the wounded troops in Germany. The Obama campaign is saying that they were told by the Pentagon that they ...
tjlabs 07/25/2008 28 27 1 26
The Chernobyl of Presidential Campaigns....
There was another "Shock and Awe" attack in Iraq this week. But this time it was not the military might of the United States raining down upon the Iraqis but rather it was the political might of the ...
tjlabs 07/24/2008 5 3 1 -
It's my party and I can whine if I want to....
It is truly a pathetic sight to see Senator McSame being reduced to a mewling whine in response to the events surrounding Obama's trip to Iraq and Afghanistan. Thank God that his health insurance ...
tjlabs 07/22/2008 1 - - -
Minding ones's place....
Having attended Catholic parochial school as a child, I and my classmates were constantly reminded by the good Sisters of St. Dominic to "mind our place". Translation: Remember where you are in the ...
tjlabs 07/21/2008 1 - - 7
An Open Letter to Markos Moulitsas Zuniga....
Dear Markos, While I am addressing this letter to you, it is also intended for John Amato, Arianna Huffington, Digby, John Aravosis and all the other powerhouse players in the Netroots Nation. We ...
tjlabs 07/20/2008 33 17 - 32
The Days of Whine and Poses....
From politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com McCain predicts 'spectacular' terror ...
tjlabs 07/19/2008 5 2 - -
The Law of Unintended Consequences.....
For weeks now, Senator McSame & Co. have taken every opportunity to upbraid Senator Obama for his not having been to Iraq in over two years and of never having been to Afghanistan. The official ...
tjlabs 07/18/2008 2 4 - -
It's time to play "Get the Gays"!.....
From the New York Times interview with John McCain: Q: President Bush believes that gay couples should not be permitted to adopt children. Do you agree with that? Mr. McCain: I think ...
tjlabs 07/16/2008 21 7 - 2
From Andersonville to Nuremberg to Abu Gharib....
The first time the term "war crimes" was used was during the trial of Capt. Henry Wirz, the former commandant of the notorius Confederate prison camp at Andersonville, Georgia. This how the New York ...
tjlabs 07/13/2008 20 28 4 200
Fear and loathing....
The ferocity of attacks about to be unleashed on Barack Obama has many roots and many outlets. But I think a big part of it has to do with power, influence, control and the loss there of.
tjlabs 07/10/2008 - 3 - -
Shame on you, John Mccain....
If you look at John McCain's campaign commercials, both his previous ads and his current ones, most of them feature some visual or text reference to his time as a POW during the Viet Nam war.
tjlabs 07/08/2008 5 3 - -
Bread and Circuses....
Bob Herbert has a really terrific column in today's NY Times. I've quoted some of his central points but I would urge you to follow the link and read the whole piece.
tjlabs 07/05/2008 3 2 - -
The extinction of the Fourth Estate....How we went from Edward R. Murrow to Bill O'Reilly....
"The term Fourth Estate refers to the press, both in its explicit capacity of advocacy and in its implicit ability to frame political issues." It can be argued that Charles Dickens was the ...
tjlabs 06/30/2008 9 7 - -
America's other Cold War....
"Kerry with a tan."
tjlabs 06/28/2008 4 3 - 4
James Dobson, amateur God expert.....
By now, most Americans have heard the name James Dobson.
tjlabs 06/26/2008 44 12 - 16
So what?....
David Brooks: The man who puts the PUB* in rePUBlican.... (Ed. Note: *...Pure Unadulterated Bullshit.)
tjlabs 06/25/2008 2 2 - -
God and the Republicans...
Charlie Black, Senator McSame's most senior advisor... Senator McCain and his presidential campaign are publicly rejecting a statement by one of his top aides, Charles Black, that the ...
tjlabs 06/24/2008 9 6 - -
9/11, the Flag, and me....
A new post...
tjlabs 06/19/2008 12 1 - -
Closing the book....
Why Barack will win...
tjlabs 06/15/2008 1 - - -
TAGG's Diary
Epidemic Alert...
tjlabs 06/01/2008 1 2 - 2
McCain and the War
Some thoughts on what drives John McCain.
tjlabs 05/28/2008 4 - - -
Lieberman's short-lived smirk
I think the senate Democrats who really and truly cannot abide the sanctimonious gut-churning Bush-loving pronouncements of Joe Lieberman have come to the following realization. They have read the ...
tjlabs 01/18/2007 5 2 - -
What if Whittington didn't mis-speak
tjlabs 02/20/2006 12 3 - 18
Omigod!...we missed it!
tjlabs 02/24/2005 4 - 1 -
CNN....canned news network
tjlabs 02/15/2005 10 3 - -
Joe Lieberman....He's a what?
tjlabs 02/03/2005 7 1 - -