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Only One Election
I believe pre-election polls should be outlawed. There is no reason for them other than to provide a bit of puffery for the news. And I think they have the effect of lowering participation in elections. People see that their candidate is, according to the poll, slated to lose, so they don’t show up. This [...]
Posted: June 6th, 2012 under Elections.
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What Businessman Running for President?
If anything, Mitt Romney is an anti-businessman.
Posted: May 22nd, 2012 under Campaign 2012, Class.
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The Real Depravity of 2012
Let me get this clear: I am not gay. But according to the Radicals of the Tea Party (who really don’t care about gay marriage except to excite the fear-driven) I must be homosexual because I support same sex marriage. And I have supported it for many years — about 24 to be precise. To [...]
Posted: May 16th, 2012 under Accountability, Campaign 2012, Gender, Hatred, Propaganda.
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Mitt Romney and the “Politics of Envy”
My city consists of a variety of economic communities. In my neighborhood alone, we have one bedroom condos, two bedrooms, townhouses, regular houses, and fine mansions on the hill. What you don’t see is the condo owners griping about the better circumstances of the people with the best houses. Most of us accept our fate. [...]
Posted: February 9th, 2012 under Campaign 2012, Class.
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Bachmann’s Migraines: New swing on stigma
If John F. Kennedy could get us through the Cuban Missile Crisis with the threat of migraines hanging over him, this issue should be dead, cremated, shot into space, and buried in a black hole.
Posted: July 19th, 2011 under Accountability, Campaign 2012, Neurology, Stigma.
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Diagnosing Jared Lee Loughner for Political Gain
Lightning probably did not strike in Arizona, but hatred did.
Posted: January 10th, 2011 under Accountability, Campaign 2010, Civic Responsibility, Hatred, Stigma, Violence.
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Obama’s Blunder
My only question is “Jerry Brown? Won’t you run?
Posted: December 7th, 2010 under Accountability, Campaign 2010, Class.
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Return of the Wimpocrats
I think Rachel Maddow said it best: Democrats, if you don’t campaign on your accomplishments, the Republicans will. Once again, however, the Wimpocrats appeared and acted as if all they had done was something to be ashamed of. And that lost them the House. Here are the elements that did the Democrats in this time: [...]
Posted: November 3rd, 2010 under Campaign 2010.
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Excellent Net Resource for Evaluating Political Claims
If you want to know whether you can trust what you see on television, check out FactCheck.org. It is nonpartisan and lets you know who the big liars are.
Posted: September 19th, 2010 under Campaign 2010, Pointers.
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Tea-Bullies
They, too, are part of America, but the problem is that they want to be the only definition of America.
Posted: September 15th, 2010 under Campaign 2010, Scoundrels.
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Flaming Fog and a Red Sports Car
Yesterday was as momentous as being wedged against a smooth, unshatterable pane of glass: forever in the sight of the world but engaging with none of it. Went out to find the stars using Google Sky Map. For the second night in a row, however, a crazy, burning thatch-roof of orange-tinted fog prevented me from [...]
Posted: June 25th, 2010 under Anxiety, Campaign 2006, Encounters, Hiking, Loneliness, Weather.
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They Should Have Seen Obama Win
I’m sorry that my father did not live to see Obama’s victory. I’m sorry that my aunt (mother’s sister) did not live to see this. I’m sorry that Lynn’s father did not live to see this. I’m sorry Dreaming Mage did not live to see this. I’m sorry Kathy did not live to see this. [...]
Posted: November 5th, 2008 under Campaign 2008, Milestones.
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