Can somebody call Fonzi? The Barack Obama campaign just put another nail in it's own coffin. Today, the Obama campaign mocked John McCain for not being able to use a computer. None on that campaign bothered to Google why … [Read more...]
Archives for September 12, 2008
Let’s talk about issues: Health Care (Updated)
I've done a significant update below - I had the tax effect of McCain's "reform" of the tax code exactly backwards, but now I'm sourced back to McCain's top economic advisor, Doug Holz-Eakin. Here's a comparison of the two plans from the … [Read more...]
Obama Porn: 3 Quick Links
I don't know how to creatively weave these links into original commentary, so I'll just lay them out. An important message from the Obama Campaign... Time has a .pdf of Prof. Obama's Constitutional Law III exam. I wonder if McCain or Palin … [Read more...]
When Checks and Balances Fail
WHAT: When Checks and Balances Fail: The Media and Civil Liberties in the 2008 Election WHO: Eric Alterman, The Nation Ellen Hume, MIT Center for Future Civic Media Callie Crossley, Program Manager for the Nieman Foundation for Journalism, … [Read more...]
Dianne Wilkerson – Past Due
Dianne Wilkerson - Past Due, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. Worst Mailer Ever I just got this mailing from State Senator Dianne Wilkerson. She's running for re-election against Sonia Chang-Diaz.What's ironic is the "PAST … [Read more...]
Dianne Wilkerson and black representation
Walker offers roughly the same assessment of Dianne Wilkerson that her handful of supporters on this site have been putting forth: "I've known Wilkerson since 1989, before she ever ran for office. I wrote the first stories about her tax … [Read more...]
“So Sambo Beat The Bitch” Sarah Palin
"So Sambo beat the bitch!" This is how Republicrat Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin described Barack Obama's victory over Hillary Clinton in a restaurant in Wasilla a few days after Obama locked up the Democratic Party presidential … [Read more...]
Question 3 Opponents Reach New Low
The debate over Question 3 hit a new low today when dog track supporters tried to discredit video footage of deadly greyhound injuries that occured last year at Massachusetts dog tracks. In a letter in this morning's MetroWest Daily News, … [Read more...]
Job requirement: curiosity
Over the last eight years, we've seen what a lack of curiosity and independent thought can do to the country. And, bringing the focus back to McCain, we are seeing the promise of what an utter lack of curiosity and interest in domestic … [Read more...]
Primary round-up and OPEN THREAD
If you're not reading the new PolitickerMA site, you're just not paying attention to Mass. politics. It's a great resource that is adding a lot of coverage to the state rep/Senate primary races -- which desperately need media … [Read more...]