Two Canadian radio personalities, the Justiciers Masques (“Masked Avengers” for us English-speaking types), got Sarah Palin on the phone recently. How? They claimed they had French President Nicolas Sarkozy on the line. They talked to her for about six minutes. What’s striking about this is that it never dawned on her that this phone callContinue reading “On Sarah Palin Getting Punk’d”
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On Liddy Dole’s Bigotry
A week and a half ago I wrote about anti-atheist bigotry in the North Carolina Senate race. A group had cut an attack ad tying Democratic challenger Kay Hagan to a political action committe, the Godless Americans PAC. Senator Elizabeth Dole cut her own ad, “Promises.” It’s harsh. The closing moments, of Kay Hagan’s faceContinue reading “On Liddy Dole’s Bigotry”
On Conversations About Politics
I ride the Baltimore subway to work, and at times I think I’m the only white person who rides the rails in the evening. Friday evening, there was a man on the subway platform there at State Center. I’d have judged him to be about forty. He had muscle tremors of some kind. He approachedContinue reading “On Conversations About Politics”
On Clothes For Palin
Science fiction author Robin Wayne Bailey has an interesting idea: In Ormond Beach, Florida today, John McCain was asked several times about the $150,000 spent on Sarah Palin’s wardrobe. Each time, McCain answered with basically the same remarks, to wit, that Sarah Palin needed the clothes. I want to start a national movement, andContinue reading “On Clothes For Palin”
On Political Action Committees and Anti-Athiest Bigotry
Yes, people, I read Red State so you don’t have to. Sometimes, I read conservatives writing about things that simply make no sense to me. Today, however, I found something that angered me. In North Carolina, Liddy Dole is running for reelection to the Senate. Now, I’ve written about Dole in the past; when sheContinue reading “On Political Action Committees and Anti-Athiest Bigotry”
On McCain’s Last Hurrah
I watched Meet the Press this morning as General Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama for President. Powell made a well-reasoned and well-articulated argument for Obama, that he has shown steadiness in the face of challenge, the intellecual temperament, and the understanding necessary to be President of the United States. John McCain, in Powell’s view, hasContinue reading “On McCain’s Last Hurrah”
On “Block the Vote” and Voter Disenfranchisement
The new Rolling Stone has an article on Republican efforts to disenfranchise voters on a national scale. Take away the vote, and voters can’t vote for Democratic candidates. At this point, that may be the GOP’s only hope. Read it. Know it. Your vote may depend upon it.
On McCain’s Play For “Real Virginia”
John McCain’s presidential campaign is making a play for a new state — Real Virginia. Northern Virginia, as McCain spokesperson Nancy Pfotenhauer notes, is growing increasingly Democratic. So, too, is the Virginia Beach area, the Richmond-Fredericksburg corridor, and Albemarle County. The rest of the state is heavily Republican, but the demographic trends of the stateContinue reading “On McCain’s Play For “Real Virginia””
On John McCain and his Mob
Frank Schaeffer, the author of Crazy for God writes in today’s Baltimore Sun that the John McCain/Sarah Palin political rallies “are beginning to look, sound, feel and smell like lynch mobs.” Jonathan Martin of Yahoo! News writes that among Republicans there is “belief that taking out Obama is the only way to win.” The WallContinue reading “On John McCain and his Mob”
On Planetariums and John McCain’s Short-Sightedness
When I was younger, my father used to take me, my brother, and my sister to the planetarium on a regular basis. I loved it. Lean back in the chair, look up at the presentation, and learn something about the universe we live in. My interest in astronomy was kindled by Carl Sagan’s Cosmos. TheContinue reading “On Planetariums and John McCain’s Short-Sightedness”