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Archive of Articles for August, 2010

Turning The Page On Iraq

[ Posted Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 – 18:53 UTC ]

Obama struck a rather humble tone in his remarks, which seemed just about right for the situation. He didn't go out of his way to either claim personal credit, or point the finger of blame. He even included President Bush, by name, in his remarks, after phoning him earlier today.

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How About A Press Conference, Mister President?

[ Posted Monday, August 30th, 2010 – 17:45 UTC ]

So, while I'll watch tomorrow's Oval Office address, I will be thinking about the question I'd like to ask Obama right now: "Mr. President, when are you going to hold your next press conference?"

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Friday Talking Points [136] -- Girding For Battle

[ Posted Friday, August 27th, 2010 – 16:36 UTC ]

The big fight this election season hasn't really dawned yet. And all the issues in the past will likely pale in comparison to the big fight that's just ahead of us. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (to his credit) set up this fight, right before the midterm election's homestretch. The big fight this year is going to be over extending the Bush tax cuts to the wealthiest two percent of American workers, and to the top three percent of American small businesses. On the other side are, respectively, ninety-eight percent of American workers, and ninety-seven percent of American small businesses. Not bad odds, even for Democrats.

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Rinse And Repeat

[ Posted Thursday, August 26th, 2010 – 17:23 UTC ]

 

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Cartoon Thursday

[ Posted Thursday, August 26th, 2010 – 17:21 UTC ]

 
We're going to take a cartoon break today, because I have not just one but actually two cartoons waiting in the wings from C.W. Cunningham. I'm going to post them separately here, because the second one needs its own title. The first shows a different perspective of an earlier cartoon.
Enjoy!
-- Chris Weigant
 

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Tea Party's GOP Hostile Takeover Continues

[ Posted Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 – 17:03 UTC ]

The answer, as with all things Tea Party, is (once again): "it's hard to be sure." We won't really know until after the midterm elections, and at that point so much "spin" will be on the airwaves one might (if one grew up in Kansas, for the sake of argument) be excused the immediate impulse to run for the tornado shelter in the backyard. In other words, even after the elections, the answer is going to depend on who is doing the answering.

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Disappointing Poll Results

[ Posted Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 – 17:53 UTC ]

Yesterday we ran a poll here on why, exactly, Obama has disappointed so many Lefties (and other people who voted for him). Today we present the results of this poll, which (so far) has garnered exactly 100 entries, a statistically nice round number.

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To Lefties: How Does Obama Disappoint?

[ Posted Monday, August 23rd, 2010 – 16:42 UTC ]

Since it's Monday, meaning this column will appear in Huffington Post as well as on my own website, I thought I'd do the courtesy of actually asking a fairly large, fairly Lefty audience what they thought, instead of just offering up my own explanations for the phenomenon. So, what do you think? I promise I'll tally everyone's comments in an effort to try to qualify what the Left (or at least, the portion of it reading this) really thinks about their disappointment with the president.

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Friday Talking Points [135] -- The Sky Is Falling!

[ Posted Friday, August 20th, 2010 – 17:08 UTC ]

The media, quite obviously, has lost any capacity it once may have had for self-examination, to say nothing of its sense of irony. Every so often, this is proven beyond doubt by a single story. This, sadly, is one of those times.

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Media Blows Another Story

[ Posted Thursday, August 19th, 2010 – 18:30 UTC ]

There's a mini-tizzy in the media world today after a new poll was released which stated that eighteen percent of Americans think President Obama is a Muslim. "Golly gee! How could they think that?" is the overwhelming tone of most of this media tizziness. Only one article I've seen (so far), though, correctly points the finger where it belongs: at the media themselves.

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