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Archive of Articles for June, 2008

Electoral Math, From Knucklebiter To Landslide

[ Posted Monday, June 30th, 2008 – 15:30 UTC ]

For the first time in the general election campaign, I am ready to take a look at the electoral map and do some electoral math. Now, we're still pretty far out from Election Day, so likely any of these guesses will be laughably wrong when it rolls around. But we've got to start somewhere.

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Friday Talking Points [37] -- Welcome, New Readers

[ Posted Friday, June 27th, 2008 – 17:14 UTC ]

This column was born out of my frustration with the seeming inability of many Democrats to perform well in the Sunday morning interview shows on television. It's often been said that Democrats have an inherent "herding cats" problem, so I set out to do my tiny part to help.

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Axis Of Evil Loses Charter Member

[ Posted Thursday, June 26th, 2008 – 16:02 UTC ]

President Bush is in the news today declaring, in essence, that North Korea need no longer be considered as part of his "Axis Of Evil." With absolutely no proof whatsoever, Congress is now supposed to remove North Korea from the list of countries which are considered state sponsors of terrorism. So much for all that fiery rhetoric Bush used to use about terrorism.

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Precedent George Bush

[ Posted Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 – 15:22 UTC ]

George Bush's term in office will be remembered for the precedents it set, particularly in relation to the power of the presidency, and the separation of powers between the three branches of American government. Vice President Dick Cheney has been at the forefront of this effort to "restore power" to the presidency, which he believes was unjustly taken from the office in the aftermath of Richard Nixon and Watergate.

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With Every Flush

[ Posted Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 – 12:54 UTC ]

When history books are written in the future, some of them will doubtlessly include this footnote: "As George W. Bush left office with the lowest approval ratings of any president in the history of taking such measurements, the citizens of the city of San Francisco chose to honor him by renaming a waste treatment plant on the day he left office." Think about it -- San Franciscans could memorialize George W. Bush, forever, with every flush of the toilet.

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In Honor Of George Carlin, Examining Nipplephobia And Buttcrackphobia In America

[ Posted Monday, June 23rd, 2008 – 18:17 UTC ]

Rest In Peace, Mr. Carlin. You leave behind you a void that will be hard to fill. Because, unfortunately, silliness is still rampant in America.

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Friday Talking Points [36] -- End The Media's Pro-McCain Bias! Now!!

[ Posted Friday, June 20th, 2008 – 15:53 UTC ]

Anyone who thinks that the treatment Barack Obama has gotten from the media during this campaign is remotely the same as the treatment John McCain has received just has not been paying much attention. Because this pro-McCain prejudice has been both pervasive and unremarked-upon throughout almost the entire news media during the entire campaign season. McCain has even joked that the media is "his base" of support. It was a funny line, but there is an enormous truth at its core: the media has been hard on Obama but unbelievably light on John McCain. And this has to stop. Now. Because the election might just hinge on the media's portrayal of the two, so now is the time to point out the uneven nature of the press coverage to date on the two candidates. In time for the mainstream media to correct itself before the general election season really heats up.

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Three Dot Thursday

[ Posted Thursday, June 19th, 2008 – 16:50 UTC ]

Come to think of it, if anything in Cindy's past were part of Michelle's life history, I would bet my bottom dollar that we'd have heard about it by now. Over and over and over again. This is called "media bias," and it deserves to be spotlighted immediately.

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Where Is Hillary On The Campaign Trail?

[ Posted Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 – 15:04 UTC ]

Hillary Clinton needs to start making some campaign appearances for Barack Obama. She needs to give a speech to voters which clearly lays out why they should vote for Obama over the Republican candidate. And she needs to start giving this speech soon. Because there is still a division in the Democratic Party, and we only have a few months to rally the base. And Hillary Clinton's strong endorsement of Barack Obama in front of crowds of people is the best way to heal this division.

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Is A 60-Seat Democratic Majority Possible In The Senate?

[ Posted Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 – 16:16 UTC ]

Could the Democrats enter next year with a filibuster-proof (or more properly, "cloture-proof") majority of 60 seats in the United States Senate? I've been asking myself that for the past year or so; and every time I did, I thought: "That's just too wildly optimistic, it'll never happen." But now, I can accurately plot how this astounding political feat could actually come to pass.

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