Monthly Archives: July 2008
Veepin’ The Faith
There are good days, and there are bad days, and there are horrible days, and there are great days. I was on my way into work this week and went to get gas, and was pleased to find that the … Continue reading
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Stealth ‘Bamas
He hasn’t hopped on a sailboard or poked his tiny head out of a tank yet, but there are murmurs within the Democratic Party that Senator Obama is taking his campaign down the same six miles of bad road that … Continue reading
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“Ich bin ein Mann, der leckere Würstchen genießt.”
It wasn’t the Brandenburg Gate, but in all fairness, someone else put in their deposit before him. While Barack Obama was floating his Presidential fitness trial balloon this week, peddling his oratory in front of a rabid Berlin audience, Senator … Continue reading
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Greetings From Crackbury Park: July 2008
I just read the other day that, in this age of prohibitively-expensive fuel prices, the buzzword “staycation” has entered our lexicon, like a masticated wad of Almond Roca suddenly stuck in our collective fillings. In case you missed it on … Continue reading
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Cancelled Czechs
It’s not as if he was out in the parking lot getting high in someone’s Trans Am that day in high school when Mr. Farquar told the rest of the 6th Period Social Studies class what happened to Europe after … Continue reading
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Veepstake Monday: The Inside Line – 07.14.2008
We’re getting down to the wire, and the GOP Veepstakes is as clear as John McCain’s latest economic policy, which he posited today at 3:00 PM EST, unless I missed a 6:00 PM news release defining a new fiscal direction … Continue reading
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Do Not Pass Joe
He’s the kind of guest who’s shown up at all of our parties. We used to like him, but something’s changed: He complains about the spinach-artichoke dip, disses the Dan Brown books you have on the coffee table, and commandeers … Continue reading
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Grammatical Error
When you’re sitting in a manse high on the hill, it’s understandable that you don’t know what the rising water feels like when it comes up around your ankles. That doesn’t mean you have to sympathize with the quivering hands … Continue reading
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Messy Jackson
Recent political history is dirty with politicians who have learned the hard way that in this age of all media, always on, all the time, there’s no such thing as a “private moment” when you’re sitting in front of a … Continue reading
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Veepstake Monday: The Inside Line – 07.07.2008
The Dems’ are a mere seven weeks before they drop that gavel on their so-far very poorly organized convention in Denver, and their best hope is that they have enough of their crew dispatched to the Mile High City to … Continue reading
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