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Deep Political Time

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Lee

When James Hutton, the father of modern geology, took his friend John Playfair to look at some stratified sedimentary rock, and Playfair realized that he was gazing into a chemical abyss recording the passage of hundreds of millions of years, … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, History | Tagged 1932, antiquity, deep time, democratic, geology, HP Lovecraft, James Hutton, John Playfair, November, popular vote, Presidential elections, presidential politics, Republican, sedimentary rock, strata, Time, timescale, votes | Leave a comment

The 2048 Election

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Lee

Barack Obama has been president-elect for exactly one day and James Carville is already arguing for an inevitable Democratic majority for the next 40 years. Imagine predicting Jim’s claim to fame, the 1992 election, from the vantage of 1952, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics | Tagged 1952, 1992, 2048, Barack Obama, democracy, democratic, election, History, James Carville, Karl Rove | 1 Comment

Obama’s Plan: Does This Work?

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Lee

According to the Associated Press, a sequence of interviews with Democratic leaders has revealed this to be the political plan being recommended to the Obama campaign: 1. Tie the Republican to an unpopular President Bush. 2. Let no charge go … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008 | Tagged Associated Press, Barack Obama, Bill Clinbton, Bush, democratic, Democratic Party, Democrats, economy, election, George W. Bush, independence, John McCain, McCain, Obama, Palin, plan, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Swift Boat, tax cuts, taxes, War Room | 1 Comment

Palin Tactical Confusion on the Left

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Lee

Dick Durbin renews the Democratic attack on Palin’s experience, and calls for a retreat on family slander. It’s pretty much back and forth between the two attack vectors day-to-day in Democratic circles. They don’t know how to deal with her … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged democratic, Democrats, Dick Durbin, drama, family, outsider, Palin, reform, Sarah Palin | Leave a comment

Obama Makes Big Gains

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Lee

Obama puts up some significant gains in both the Gallup and Rasmussen tracking polls today. Gallup data suggests undecideds are breaking for Obama, while Rasmussen data seems to suggest a strengthening of Democratic party support. Take your pick I suppose.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged democratic, Gallup, Obama, poll, polls, Rasmussen | Leave a comment

Anti-Palin Hysteria Expands, Degenerates

Posted on August 31, 2008 by Lee

I’m beginning to sense that anti-Palin hysteria is building toward a collective psychological meltdown of truly epic proportions on the Democratic side of our political divide. Today, Democratic consultant Dan Conley angrily pushed us a little further to the brink … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008 | Tagged cynicism, Dan Conley, democracy, democratic, left, McCain, Palin, patriotism, peace, Republican, Sarah Palin, speechwriter, unpatriotic, war | Leave a comment

NOW and Then

Posted on August 31, 2008 by Lee

Ken Davenport has a brutal piece in TWS this morning on the frankly rather embarrassing opposition of the National Organization of Women to Sarah Palin’s candidacy. It still astonishes me to no end that an organization which would be splendidly … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged democratic, Democratic Party, demographics, Kenneth G. Davenport, leftist, National Organization of Women, NOW, Palin, partisans, Sarah Palin, The Weekly Standard, TWS, women | 1 Comment

An Unacceptable Acceptance

Posted on August 30, 2008 by Lee

Well, here is an embarrassing prospect. It seems the Republican leadership may boycott the Republican convention in Minnesota, for fear of a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. The top elected Republican governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, was already boycotting. But now … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page | Tagged Arnold Schwarzenegger, boycott, convention, democratic, Democrats, Denver, Gulf of Mexico, hurricane, McCain, minnesota, Republican, RNCC | 3 Comments

What Does Obama Own?

Posted on August 16, 2008 by Lee

Is there an issue equivalent to McCain’s strength in certain foreign policy areas, where Obama can be said to dominate the debate? A worried group of Democratic leaders have concluded that there isn’t, and Obama’s appeal is a kind of … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged campaign, debate, democratic, election, McCain, Obama, policy | 1 Comment

Arkansas Democratic Party Chairman Has Been Shot

Posted on August 13, 2008 by ChrisB

Arkansas Blog has the updates on this horrible tragedy. Arkansas State Democratic Party Chair Bill Gwatney was shot and critically wounded at State Democratic Party Headquarters on Capitol Avenue about 11:50 a.m. today, witnesses at the scene said. Police were … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics | Tagged Arkansas, Arkansas State Democratic Party, Bill Gwatney, blog, capitol avenue, car dealership, crime, crime scene, democratic, Grant County, headquarters, identity, murder, party, police, shootings, suspect, tragedy, victims, violence | 1 Comment

Targeting the “Original Maverick”

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Lee

(photo: WBEZ Chicago Public Radio | site) Obama’s newish McSame style attack ad mocking McCain’s “original maverick” slogan is fairly good. As Ken Wheaton notes, all the time McCain had to spend trying to convince the GOP he was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008 | Tagged ad, Bush, change, Clintons, democratic, Democrats, equalitarianism, GOP, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, inequality, Karl Rove, Ken Wheaton, McCain, McSame, Obama, Repubican, Republican, rugged individualism, video, videotape, voters, youtube | 2 Comments

Suppose He Wins…

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Lee

(photo: Dan Bennett) Dick Morris writes that it’s beginning to look like McCain can win (if he follows his advice of course). Also, McCain has had an (insignificant) advantage with leaners in the Rasmussen tracking poll for two days now. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 100%, 1964, Darryl Holman, democratic, Klingon, McCain, McSame, Obamam, poll, Rasmussen, Republican, social security, tracking poll, trust | 1 Comment

Impeach Bush in 2009

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Lee

Meet Shirley Golub, a feisty San Franciscan who is challenging Nancy Pelosi for the Democratic nomination in the 8th Congressional District of California, on the grounds that she’s just not anti-Bush enough. Shirley fears above all that if Bush isn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged 8th district, Bush, California, congressional district, democratic, Democrats, Nancy Pelosil, nomination, San Francisco | 3 Comments

Harriet and the Spies

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Lee

Politics makes for strange bedfellows. Vowing to vote McCain, an outspoken, paranoid and hopefully drunk Hillary supporter gets tossed out of the Democratic Rules & Bylaws Committee meeting, raving about race and CIA surveillance: video.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged CIA, democratic, Domestic Politics, drunk, harriet, Hillary Clinton, McCain, meeting, Obama, paranoid, rules and bylaws committe, spies, surveillance, video, youtube | 5 Comments

A Sexual Imagination is Not a Crime

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Lee

(photo: Serguei Kovalev) Christopher Hitchens once said that the trouble with biographers of Thomas Jefferson, is that there appears to be the collective assumption on their part that the great man was without a penis. I’m reminded of this truth … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Al Franken, Christopher Hitchens, classics, criticism, Dan Franck, democratic, dildo, election, essay, fantasies, Greek, homosexual, humanity, imagination, kinky, lascivious, leather, Liza Porteus Viana, love, lust, magazine, market, minnesota, misogyny, nomination, NSFW, olisbos, penis, picture, Playboy, pleasure, political, porn, profit, Russian, senate, Serguei Kovalev, sex, thomas jefferson | Leave a comment

Enchanted Elections

Posted on February 16, 2008 by Lee

source image: heartcores I’m posting the news rather late because…well, because I’m writing from New Mexico. It should come as no surprise to the election observer, that the Land of Enchantment is once again rather late in declaring a winner … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page | Tagged 2004, ballot, Bush, California, caucuses, Clinton, conspiracies, democratic, Edwards, election, Hillary, Kerry, New Mexico, Ohio, Rebecca Vigil-Giron, recount, vote | Leave a comment

Challenging the Super-delegates

Posted on February 6, 2008 by Lee

Obama in Chicago: “If this contest comes down to superdelegates, we are going to be able to say we have more pledged delegates, which means the Democratic voters have spoken. Those superdelegates, those party insiders would have to think long … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged Barack Obama, Chicago, democratic, election, insiders, nomination, party, superdelegates | Leave a comment

Heather Wilson Love

Posted on February 6, 2008 by Lee

The Anchoress has a splendid post on my very own Representative, Heather Wilson (R-NM), whom I proudly voted for in 2006. While she upsets many conservatives with her McCain-esque positions (NR likes to slam her quite frequently), it should be … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged Albuquerque, Anchoress, conservative, democratic, Democrats, election, Heather Wilson, New Mexico, Pete Domenici, Republican, senate, Steve Pearce, Tom Udall | 3 Comments

Retreat to the Fringe

Posted on January 21, 2008 by Lee

Social conservatives and particularly crypto-socialist social conservatives (or “populists” if you prefer), are inevitably going to be a minority faction within the GOP. But to their great credit they themselves recognize this. The implications of that self-awareness are dire for … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page | Tagged 1988, Abadgaran, agenda, Coup d'État, democratic, Domestic Politics, Edward Luttwak, extremist, GOP, insurgent, Iowa, John McCain, majority, Mick Stockinger, Mike Huckabee, money, New Hampshire, Pat Robertson, populism, religion, Republicans, social conservatives, socialism, South Carolina, speed | 4 Comments

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