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  • The Low Ranking Monkey and The Low Hanging Fruit

    We did have a presidential debate last Friday after Drama Queen John McCain (do read Frank Rich’s spot on analysis of McCain’s theatrics) managed to create a short lived suspense around the event. The inaugural debate has been characterized in the media as a lukewarm tie (the press didn’t get a single memorable one-liner and…

  • John McCain suspends his campaign …

    .. and cancels his appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, apparently because he has to rescue the economy from "cratering."  Asked Letterman: "What are you going to do if you’re elected and things get tough? Suspend being president? We’ve got a guy like that now!" What’s going on?  The Christian Science Monitor speculates.

  • Match-o-Matic Test

    Who’s your candidate?  Take the test. I scored once for McCain – on immigration. (Today is day 11 without electricity in my home)

  • A Clueless Campaign

    This week has been pretty bad for Sen John McCain’s presidential campaign and for the GOP. McCain has made it amply clear that he has no clear grasp of economic issues. President George Bush came out of hiding to make a cameo appearance ostensibly to calm the jitters resulting from the avalanche of bad news…

  • Dear Democrats… (Joe)

    Dear Democrats, What I want most for Christmas is a structural change to American politics.  Not Sandy Levinson’s new constitutional convention (although I would not object to that).  But similar to the problem with the antidemocratic "two senators per state" rule is the role of Iowa and New Hampshire in the presidential-candidate-nomination process. The campaigns…

  • What’s the Difference Between Sarah Palin and a Pit Bull? (Andrew)

    …only one thinks she needs a private tanning bed. (These things cost up to $35,000).  The dog would settle for someone willing to rub his belly every once in a while.

  • Palin Blames Rape Victims (Joe)

    I don’t know how you could possibly construe this other than Sarah Palin saying, “It’s always the woman’s fault.” Palin’s town charged rape victims for rape kits. It was the only town in Alaska to do so. And the police chief who she appointed objected to the bill (which did become a law) because the…

  • The Veep Debate

    The upcoming vice-presidential debate on October 2 should be fun. The participants will be a heavily prepped, ignorant war monger parroting cliches and scripted sound bites and a perpetual gaffe machine.

  • Pit Bull, Barracuda, Moose … But Where’s the Beef?

    Sujatha has posted a timely piece on the inane backing and forthing between the Obama and McCain camps that is currently passing for serious political debate. The inanity is being generated mostly by the McCain campaign whose manager Rick Davis has publicly stated, "This election is not about issues. This election is about a composite…

  • Lipstick Lines (Sujatha)

    Too much lipstick on everybody’s brains and the airwaves. (Word origin c. 1880,as per Merriam Webster Collegiate dictionary, history going back 5000 years all the way to ancient Egypt)  Whether it’s on a pit bull or a pig or a Vice presidential candidate, it has exploded into the news cycle like nothing else, despite the…

  • Behind the scenes at the GOP Convention

    After a shaky start, the Republican National Convention picked up tempo by midweek. The party reached its high point on Wednesday, the 3rd of September, when John McCain’s running mate, Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska brought the house down with her acceptance speech. McCain wrapped up the convention the next day with a patriotic story…