Monthly Archives: March 2008
Blood-Red Ed
I’m not one of these people who can claim “some of my best friends are Republicans.” I think I know more black people than I do Republicans. I have two Republican brothers: One is a pocketbook Republican, I think, and … Continue reading
Filed under Making Sausages: Wonkery Wankery
Let’s Get This Party ‘Tarded
Well, at least she didn’t offer McCain the Veep slot. Yet. Though she did tease her Illinois Senatorial colleague with the tantalizing possibility that she’ll take him under her wing this fall and give him the experience he needs to … Continue reading
Filed under Democratic Candidates - Female
Behind Enmity Lines
After weeks of escalating warfare and tit-for-tat shankings as if someone sat at the wrong bench in the prison yard, the old talk of a Hillary-Barack or Barack-Hillary ticket seems as quaint now as “WIN” buttons* and Spiro Agnew wristwatches. … Continue reading
Filed under Democrats - The Dogfight
You Had Me At Shalom
Aw, Jesus. Here we go. With the GOP nomination safely under his belt, John McCain has his eyes toward the fall and is continuing to sell his loyalties and political positions faster than Al Gore is selling carbon shares. The … Continue reading
Filed under GOP Candidates - Not Entirely Doomed
Rules of Odor
Much like the man recently standing in the middle of the railroad track whose soul is shaking this mortal coil after being plastered by the oncoming Burlington Northern locomotive, the Democratic party leadership is looking over the mess that is … Continue reading
Filed under Demockeracy
Alice…Ten Feet Tall
There’s a lot of talk about the testicles that Hillary Clinton will need to bring to the Presidency if elected. A woman has to be tough. When you’re leading The Free World and dealing with an All-Star Rogues’ Gallery of … Continue reading
Filed under Dubious Moments in History
Obummer
Well, that cleared things up, didn’t it? The Clintons came back from the dead again, and this week can claim the mantle of change you can believe in. Forget Pennsylvania, forget Indiana, forget Oregon. There’s June Blood on the horizon. … Continue reading
Filed under Democrats - The Dogfight
‘A Clinton In Every Pot’: The Lunch-Pail Primary
Here we go people: It might not be all the marbles yet, but today our brothers and sisters in Texas, Ohio, Vermont, and Rhode Island are picking one future President and three future Trivial Pursuit answers. Who that will be … Continue reading
Filed under Democrats - The Dogfight
Veepstake Monday: The Early Line – 03.03.08
Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen. We’re down to roughly six months and counting before the candidates pick their toadies. Who’s in? Who’s out? Who’s up? Who’s down? Who saved a baby from a well and rocketed onto the list … Continue reading
Filed under Veepstakes
Slogan’s Run
You wouldn’t know it now in the age of bland, marketing-driven Presidential campaign slogans like “Change You Can Believe In”, “Yes We Can”, “Putting People First”, “Building A Bridge To The 21st Century” and even going back a few decades … Continue reading
Filed under Dubious Moments in History
