A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. -- EmersonNo hobgoblins here, folks -- it ain't Halloween yet.Patrick's campaign has done its homework, and bashes back at Reilly's press release from earlier today with their own oppo … [Read more...]
Archives for August 30, 2006
What health care system do YOU want? You’ve got until midnight 8/31/06 to say!
This national project is brought to you by some well-intentioned and hardworking folks in D.C., paid for with your tax dollars. The Citizens Health Care Working Group is a federal initiative created by a little known provision … [Read more...]
Tim Murray’s TV ad
Have at it!As expected: here's what we did in Worcester, and now it's time to do it statewide. Personally, I kind of like the "Hurry hurry, vote for Murray" tag line. Clever to do it with kids (grown-ups couldn't get away with … [Read more...]
Problem Solving
Deval needs to find a nice way to say what Cosby said on the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education: "I am talking about these people who cry when their son is standing there in an orange suit. Where were you when he was 2? Where … [Read more...]
Taking the plunge
My defection from the Republican party began when the horrifying images of the government's incompetent Katrina response were broadcast for all the world to see. It truly opened my eyes to the terrible poverty that so many Americans have to … [Read more...]
Tim Murray’s First TV ad on YouTube!
Tim Murray's first television ad has been released to all major television networks a week earlier than expected due to an impressive fundraising month in which the campaign raised an estimated $100,000. You can watch a copy of the first ad … [Read more...]
Healey Passes the “Braude Primary” with ease
Did anybody catch Jim Braude's interview with Kerry Healey Monday night? She has gotten so much better in the last several months, that we can not underestimate her newly acquired media skills. Looked very comfortable, no … [Read more...]
Galvin Prediction Makes This Deval’s Race To Lose
I was surprised this item in yesterdays Globe was not posted here or generated any interest. (If I missed it all--sorry.) But Sec. of State Bill Galvin is predicting a low turnout for the Dem primary. About 620,000, … [Read more...]
Plame update: lawsuit against Cheney & Co. to proceed despite new information
It appears that Richard Armitage, Colin Powell's second-in-command who is widely reputed to have been a skeptic about the Bush administration's Iraq policy, was the original source for Robert Novak's outing of Valerie Plame Wilson's … [Read more...]
And now, some comic relief
For your viewing pleasure, the howlingly funny excerpt of President Bush's recent speech as broadcast on CNN, when reporter Kyra Phillips didn't realize that her microphone was live while she took care of some personal business and … [Read more...]