[ Posted Monday, May 19th, 2008 – 13:11 UTC ]
Rollins is not very upbeat about Republicans in general, George Bush, Republicans' chances in 2008, or indeed the whole future of the Republican Party. He says the party "has kind of lost its way." He bemoans the fact that young people are flocking to the Democratic Party as a "death knell for the long term." George Bush has to realize "he's no longer on the ballot." As for the Bush administration, "the quicker this page is turned by many Americans, including a lot of Republicans, the better." He later returns to this point, and makes it even more forcefully: "This administration is pretty tired right now and I think even the most die-hard Republicans are ready to move on."
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[ Posted Friday, May 16th, 2008 – 13:56 UTC ]
He gave this speech, complete with Hitler reference, in a speech to the Knesset, Israel's governing body. This isn't the first time he's dragged Hitler into a political speech, as I pointed out last November. But it is the first time he's used the Hitler argument in Israel, to the best of my knowledge.
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[ Posted Friday, May 9th, 2008 – 15:29 UTC ]
I sincerely hope the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) printed out the roll call of this vote, because it will be so easy to use against these 178 Republican House members back in their home district come re-election time. It's pretty hard to explain to your constituents why you're on the record as being against Mother's Day.
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[ Posted Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 – 13:42 UTC ]
There are indeed elitists in this race for the presidency. But they're not out on the campaign trail. They're sitting behind television cameras telling the rest of us what they think that we think. Or should think.
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[ Posted Friday, May 2nd, 2008 – 15:22 UTC ]
Yesterday, all 29 cargo ports on the West Coast were shut down, although it wasn't terrorism that did it. It was the longshoremen, in a one-day strike. Media coverage, beyond some local newspapers, was almost completely non-existent.
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[ Posted Thursday, May 1st, 2008 – 13:12 UTC ]
May Day means various things to various people. If you're on a ship's radio, it means "help!" (may have been from the French "m'aidez!" or "help me!"). If you're a pagan, it means spring has sprung, and a fertility festival (come on, what exactly did you think a "May pole" represents?). If you're just about anywhere else on the planet outside the United States, it means Labor Day (we didn't want to celebrate our Labor Day with all those no-good commies, so we picked a different day). Today, in America, it meant the West Coast was closed to shipping.
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[ Posted Friday, April 25th, 2008 – 15:47 UTC ]
It was a telling sign that neither Democratic candidate saw fit to visit Punxsutawney before the Pennsylvania primary. Nobody wanted the press to remember Bill Murray's Groundhog Day in any way, shape or form. But even without stump speeches next to Punxsutawney Phil, it's hard not to think of living the same day over and over and over again when looking ahead to the nine contests that remain. Because nothing much is likely to be decided by them.
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[ Posted Friday, April 18th, 2008 – 16:21 UTC ]
I must admit, I was kind of surprised at the ferocity of the response, myself. Because I actually expected exactly what happened during the first hour of the debate -- shallowness and insipid "gotcha" questions. This is, after all, the mainstream media we are talking about. Did anyone really think it was suddenly going to morph into PBS on debate night?
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[ Posted Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 – 13:02 UTC ]
Back in the dim and distant past of this presidential campaign (i.e., February), I wrote a pre-debate column listing questions I would like to hear both Democratic candidates answer. Today's column is a revision of this original. Many of the questions I have are the same, for which I apologize. I don't normally recycle my own material in this fashion, but unfortunately these questions remain largely unanswered, almost two months after the last debate.
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[ Posted Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 – 16:50 UTC ]
The level of bloviation from the mainstream media over trivia is approaching hysterical levels it seems, but if you look carefully there is actually some news from the campaign trail that won't insult your intelligence. All three candidates have made interesting remarks in the past day or so which (if people hear them) might [...]
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