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Tag Archives: election
A Trinity of Republican Decline
Could a liberal lesbian rights activist actually win South Carolina’s 1st congressional district? Sure looks possible, as Linda Ketner has closed to within 5 in her aggressive challenge to incumbent Rep. Henry Brown. Of interest, Ketner is also a member … Continue reading
A Man Without a Season
Stéphane Dion, leader of the defeated Canadian Liberal Party, has rather ignominiously resigned his position today. Thereby he becomes the first Liberal Party leader since the 19th century to have never become Prime Minister of Canada. Given his dismal political … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page
Tagged Canada, Canadian politics, Dion, Domestic Politics, election, English, language, Liberal Party, National Post, Stéphane Dion
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Not Sure if You’ve Voted?
I’ve been seeing this amusing banner ad for Obama popping up all over the web. Given the behavior of some of ACORN’s representatives, it might not be an illegitimate question.
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged ACORN, ad, advertising, banner, election, fraud, Obama, representatives, Voting, web
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Joe the Plumber is Evil
I’m experiencing a little déjà vu over the invective that’s starting to pour out of the left against “Joe the Plumber.” It has a decidedly reminiscent over-reactive, hysterical feel to it of the anti-Palin crusade. Here’s a typical example of … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged DailyKos, debate, diarist, election, evil, joe the plumber, Kos, Nazi, Obama, Ohio, Pennsylvania
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Sarah vs. Joe
Who would win in a head-to-head contest of the Veeps for the presidency? Palin, according to Rasmussen, by 47%-44%.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Biden, election, Joe Biden, Palin, poll, Rasmussen, Sarah Palin, veeps
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The Palin Democrats
Tim Reid travels to Mount Clemens, Macomb County Michigan, to talk to white working class female voters. Macomb County should be core Democratic blue country, but it was here that Stanley Greenberg first identified the “Reagan Democrats” of the 1980s, … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged 1988, Democrat, demographics, election, Macomb County, McCain, Michigan, Obama, Palin, Palin Democrats, Reagan Democrats, Republican, Sarah Palin, Stanley Greenberg, The Times, Tim Reid, women
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Mark Penn on the Press & Palin
Boy, this was an awfully interesting exchange. Democratic strategist Mark Penn, absurdly invited by Brian Goldsmith to argue the press has been soft on Sarah Palin, instead slams the media for counterproductively biased and vindictive coverage:
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Media
Tagged bias, Brian Goldsmith, CBS News, Clinton, election, Hillary Clinton, Howard, Howard Wolfson, Mark Penn, Media, msm, Obama, Palin, press, Sarah Palin, Saturday Night Live, vice president
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Déjà Vu Obama
Obama’s “new” tactic to regain the initiative in the election is to portray McCain as out of touch with ordinary Americans. Hmm. Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t this the old tactic? Patrician wife, seven houses, price of milk, … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged election, houses, McCain, milk, Obama, Salvatore Ferragamo, tactic footwear
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John McCain and Sarah Palin: Fairfax Gallery
Ron Hilton caught some great shots at the McCain/Palin rally in Fairfax, Virginia. He was gracious enough to let us post them here for you:
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page
Tagged campaign, election, Fairfax, Fred Thompson, gallery, images, John McCain, McCain, Palin, palinporn, Photography, photos, pics, pictures, rally, Ron Hilton, Sarah Palin, speech, Todd Palin, Virginia
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Biden: Clinton Better
Joe Biden says Hillary Clinton would have been a better pick than himself. A little amusing naturally, but I’m impressed by the candor and humility of it. Fine characteristics for a serving vice president who is expected to exert substantial … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Clinton, election, foreign policy, Hillary Clinton, humility, Joe Biden, vice president, video, youtube
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Hockey Mom Rule
Mark Penn says the election comes down to Hockey Moms. Ruh-roh.
Immunizing Sarah Palin
(photo: Tom LeGro) Christopher Hitchens notices a pattern with anti-Palin rumors: their troubling tendency to turn out highly exaggerated or entirely fabricated, in a very short turn. [A]s often as I have forwarded some alarming e-mail about her from a … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page
Tagged 1960s, 1970s, 1980, character attacks, Christopher Hitchens, criticism, election, email, Gossip, Hitchens, left, Nixon, nuclear war, Palin, presidency, racism, Republican, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, rumors, Sarah Palin, Slate, teflon, Tom LeGro, Walter Dean Burnham
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An Outside View of the State of Our Presidential Race
Caroline Glick via Ace of Spades Caroline Glick is an astute observer of our political situation. She is based in Jerusalem. “McCain’s strategic grasp of the requirements for a successful presidential race provide an important lesson for policy-makers and political … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web, MikeR's Page
Tagged Ace of Spades, Caroline Glick, Domestic Politics, election, Jerusalem, John McCain, leadership, McCain, Obama, Palin, political, president, strategy
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McCain Hits Back. Hard.
John McCain, in an interview with Brian Williams on Sarah Palin: “The facts are funny things. She’s been in elected office longer than Sen. Obama. She’s been the chief executive of the state that provides 20 percent of America’s energy; … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged Alaska, Brian Williams, City Council, election, energy, experience, Governor, mayor, McCain, Obama, Palin, PTA, Sarah Palin, vice president
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Zog Gets a Second
Perhaps those Zogby numbers weren’t so crazy after all. CNN confirms the erasure of the Obama lead on an apparent Sarah Palin bounce.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged bounce, CNN, election, McCain, Obama, Palin, poll, polling, Sarah Palin, Zogby
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Pennsylvania Palinism
RightWingNation has some good photographs from the Pennsylvania McCain/Palin rally. Evidently the crowd kept drowning Sarah out with adulatory chants.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged election, McCain, Palin, Palinism, Pennsylvania, Republicans, Right Wing Nation, Sarah Palin
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Running Aground Over Sarah Palin
Paul Begala laments the fact that McCain didn’t select a vice presidential candidate who is more traditional, old, boring, uninspiring…in essence, an ossified agent of the establishment, like Joe Biden for instance. Well, he doesn’t quite phrase it that way, … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged Biden, Democrat, election, establishment, experience, McCain, Obama, Palin, Paul Begala, platform, reform, Republican, Sarah Palin, Tom Ridge, veep, vice president, Victor Davis Hanson, vp
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A Swift Retreat
Obama moves to distance himself from his own campaign’s harshly antagonistic rhetoric against Palin. Commendable, but probably unwise. Palin represents a direct threat to one of Obama’s core constituencies and thus it would be to his advantage to define her … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged campaign, election, McCain, negative, Obama, Sarah Palin, vice president
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A Loss of Democratic Self-Awareness
It’s rather amusing to see the ticket lacking in any executive experience, with a presidential nominee of extremely limited elected experience, attempting to attack McCain’s vice presidential nominee on grounds of inexperience. Reeling a bit perhaps. A more mature Democratic … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged Biden, big oil, Bush, election, energy, experience, Kennedy, McCain, Obama, Palin, president, scandal, vice president
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Please, Please, Please, Let it be Palin
Thankfully Pawlenty is out, Romney is out, and Matt Drudge is dropping a big tease that it might be Sarah Palin for Vice President after all. I personally would forgive McCain three decades of criticism if he selected her. It … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged Alaska, election, Matt Drudge, McCain, Palin, party, Pawlenty, Republican, Romney, Sarah Palin, tease, veep, vice president, vp, Wasilla
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A Special “Energy”
Few of us approve of marital indiscretions. Personally, however, I hesitate to toss too many stones. Knowing what occurs in the confines of a marriage is difficult, if not impossible, to know. Some marriages are marriages of convenience, be it … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Peg's Page
Tagged Affair, Democrat, election, Election 2008, John Edwards, president, Rielle Hunter
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What Does Obama Own?
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
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Russian Imperialism and the Election
(photo: Chris Dunn) John Bolton argues that the future of Russian imperialism in Eurasia rides on the outcome of the US presidential election. Unsurprisingly, he pitches McCain: “First reactions, before the campaigns’ pollsters and consultants get involved are always the … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2008, Foreign affairs, Lee's Page
Tagged campaign, centrism, consultants, divided government, Domestic Politics, election, Eurasia, Foreign affairs, Georgia, geostrategy, imperialism, indicators, invasion, John Bolton, McCain, Obama, political, polls, presidency, Rasmussen, revanchism, Russia, Russian imperialism, war
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The Obama Election
John Schewnkler conducts some interesting analysis of recurring words on McCain and Obama’s websites. As if there were any doubt who is driving this election, “Obama” proves to be the most frequently used word by far.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged election, John Schewnkler, McCain, Obama, websites, words
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Joementum Returns
Seems Lieberman is still in the running for McCain’s veep.
Parlor Pallor
While I’d generally agree that Maureen Dowd’s style is a kind of cut-rate Dorothy Parker, there’s something to her characterization of McCain as socialite dah-ling scorned. It was inevitable that the press would consider any effort by McCain to actually … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Dorothy Parker, election, Maureen Dowd, McCain, Media, Obama, press, scorned, socialite
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The Virtues of Celebrity Foreign Policy
(Photo: Alice E. Backer | blog) Andrew Galasetti at Lyved is an extremely devoted admirer of Obama. While fanatical devotion can blind — Galasetti thinks for instance that the McCain celebrity charge backfired, when the polls suggest a different picture … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2008, Foreign affairs, Lee's Page
Tagged Asia, campaign, celebrity, election, Europe, foreign policy, George W. Bush, Johnson, leadership, lyved, McCain, Nixon, Obama, Rasmussen, world
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The August Election
Dick Morris offers McCain some hardball advice with an ultimatum: destroy Obama in August, or lose.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged advice, august, Dick Morris, election, McCain, Obama
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Mysterious McCain
The bewilderment the press is expressing at the supposed impossibility of McCain’s progress in the polls is starting to get embarrassing. Beneath it there is the frustrated lament: “But we told you to vote Obama. Why aren’t you complying?”
Russia Speaks to the American Electorate
Sober, secular and educated new residents to New Mexico can often be found painting the frames of their doors and windows a vivid bright blue. Having seen the habit practiced on the homes of locals, the newcomers invariably assume it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page
Tagged authoritarianism, Black Sabbath, Catholic, Cold War, desert, Dmitry Medvedev, election, foreign policy, Ivan Krastev, McCain, New Mexico, Obama, Perestroika, Robert Amsterdam, Russia, secular, Soviet, United States, USSR, virgin, witchcraft
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A Different Perspective on the Election
Certainly no “lock of the week”, but Sunday Morning Quarterback has Obama going all the way this year. HT: Burnt Orange Nation
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged 2008 election, election, football, McCain, Obama, satire, sunday morning quarterback
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The Initial Command
(photo: Department of Defense) The Obama campaign has categorically rejected John McCain’s proposal for a joint trip to Iraq, calling it a “publicity stunt.” Publicity stunt it most certainly is, but why is it automatically assumed that the publicity would … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Lee's Page
Tagged condescension, Democrats, Domestic Politics, election, immaturity, Iraq, joint trip, Kevlar, McCain, Media, national security, Obama, poll, progress, publicity, tour, war
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A Sexual Imagination is Not a Crime
(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
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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
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Bill Clinton’s Laws of Politics
Video flashback from 2004. Bill Clinton:”If one candidate is appealing to your fears and the other one is appealing to your hopes…” You know where that’s going. Ahem. Clearly these were not carved in stone. (HT: BigDog)
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged 2004, Bill Clinton, Domestic Politics, election, fear, Hillary, hope, laws, video, youtube
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Enchanted Elections
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
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Obama and the Fate of Criticism
“Tattered Hope” by Nathan Rupert Jason at postpolitical and I often get into testy email arguments about Barack Obama’s alleged “arrogance.” He is quite Greek in the sense that he thinks hubris is the fatal flaw at the heart of … Continue reading →