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5 months ago

in HBO censors gay bishop during inaugural invocation at national mall today on AMERICAblog
Rick Warren: The Purpose Driven Bigot
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houstonray Nicer than what I would have added after "Driven..."

8 months ago

in McCain Advisers Freaked Out by Al Qaeda Preference for McCain on The Washington Independent
Awesome post, especially the (apt) description of Woolsey. Context matters.

8 months ago

in The Torch Is Passed on The Washington Independent
"What she represents finally is a turning of the dial, the torch being passed to a new generation of women."

Let's see if I've got this straight: The torch has been passed because Palin is a monumental disaster, who has accelerated the collapse of the McCain campaign?

What a concept.

10 months ago

in No Experience Necessary on The Washington Independent
John McCain is not qualified to be president, so what difference do Ms. Palin's qualifications make, either way?

10 months ago

in Palin’s ‘Luxury’ Jet Didn’t Sell on Ebay on The Washington Independent
From the Los Angeles Times, 9/6/08:

"On Friday, McCain exaggerated Palin's actions regarding the state airplane. In her speeches, she has said she put the plane up for sale on EBay, carefully omitting that it didn’t sell there and was sold, at a loss, through a plane broker. McCain's version was that "she took the luxury jet that was acquired by her predecessor and sold it on EBay. And made a profit!"

Liar, liar, pants on fire.

10 months ago

in The Great Populist Divide on The Washington Independent
Interesting overview. Urban populations are rising now, rural ones steadily declining. Perhaps an urban populism will emerge and look very different from Wasilla wahooism..

10 months ago

in Mayor Palin: ‘Under God’ Stays on The Washington Independent
I heard that John McCain was a POW. Is that true?

10 months ago

in Palin McCain’s Dan Quayle? on The Washington Independent
What silliness.

When Quayle was picked in 1988, GHW Bush was ahead in the race. McCain is losing. When Quayle was picked in 1988, GHW Bush was coming off Reagan's two terms. McCain is coming off two terms commonly regarded as the worst in US history. When Quayle was picked in 1988, GHW Bush wasn't desperate. McCain is.

"...the Democrats are forgetting the important point: Quayle was on the winning ticket." Thank you for playing "Really Bad Analogy."

10 months ago

in Ironically, Palin Opposes Sex-Ed on The Washington Independent
Here's Eagle Forum question #11, which suggests that the Governor does not know much about history (maybe it's a home-schooling thing):

11. Are you offended by the phrase “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance? Why or why not?

SP: Not on your life. If it was good enough for the founding fathers, its good enough for me and I’ll fight in defense of our Pledge of Allegiance.

[The Pledge of Allegiance was written in 1892. "Under God" was added in 1954.]

10 months ago

in Breaking: Food Not Bombs house among Saturday raids on The Minnesota Independent
On a tiny-teeny-weeny scale, isn't this a "preemptive war"?
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