Tag Archive 'rumor'

John Elway for Senate

Lee on Dec 17 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics

With Obama tapping Ken Salazar for the Interior Department, rumor has it conservative John Elway may step forward to run for his Senate seat in Colorado. This rumor –similar to one for Mike Ditka in Illinois– has come and gone before. This time however, the tectonically altered political environment makes it more credible. Party political defeats don’t tend to alienate good new candidates, but draw them in, as the rapid transformation of the Democratic Party between 2004, 2006 and 2008 demonstrates.

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Reporting for Duty?

Peg on Aug 17 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Peg's Page

My guess is that if I were a liberal, I would find Obama to be an attractive candidate.  Surely the man is well spoken, charismatic - and whatever else you may believe negative about him, Obama is nobody’s fool.  Even if I were liberal, I might be a bit concerned about his inexperience.  But - I imagine he would get my vote anyway.

Thus, I find this bit of news/gossip almost difficult to take seriously.  Some people think that Obama is going to select John Kerry as his running mate?  The same guy who couldn’t beat George W. Bush when his ratings were on the downslide?  The fellow who lost an election you would think that 74% of Democrats could have scooped up with relative ease?

Obama seems to smart to me for this.  Then again - we have all seen much stranger happenings in politics.

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Where’s Bush?

Lee on Aug 09 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web

According to rumor, President Bush is somewhere in this photo. I’ve looked several times. Haven’t yet seen him.

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Bobby Begins

Lee on Aug 05 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web, Notes on the war

Rumors have it that Bobby Jindal will deliver the keynote address at the RNCC. Shlok Vaidya thinks the GOP intends to position Jindal for 2012, the way the Democrats managed Obama in 2004. Interesting and possible, although such things are rarely that well-planned. The Democratic view in 2004 wasn’t to position Obama for a White House run, but to lend a rather tired and morose candidate named John Kerry some youthful optimism and vigor. Come to think of it, not so different for the Republicans in 2008 after all, is it?

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The Age of Counterknowledge

Lee on Jan 15 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web

Damian Thompson at the Daily Telegraph takes a trenchant look at the peculiar popularity and spread of preposterous conspiracy theories in mainstream modern culture. A development he blames on a Ballardian lust for sensation, the spread of the multiculturalist idea of total tolerance and the wide availability of incorrect information (counterknowledge) made possible by the internet. As he puts it: “A rumour about the Antichrist can leap from Goths in Sweden to Australian fascists in seconds. ” It’s a troubling trend.

HT: ScrewLooseChange

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