October 2006

Triangulate That

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From Fishbowl NY

The softspoken Obama, who during an appearance on Meet The Press yesterday admitted he would consider a run for the White House, openly criticized the Bush administration in front of 500 or so magazine executives during a wide-ranging, 45-minute discussion, occasionally with Remnick’s prodding. “This is the most ideologically driven administration in my memory, so obstinate in resisting facts, dissenting opinions … [They entered the White House] with a set of preconcieved notions.” Obama said. “I think this administration has done great damage to this country.””I wouldn’t fit in with this administration [because I think] actually being informed is a good basis for policy,” Obama said to laughter. “OK, that’s a low-blow.”

Obama was particularly critical of the war in Iraq. “We’ve used up so much political capital [in Iraq],” adding that it is “going to take the current military the same amount of time it took the military to recover from Vietnam.”

After some lighthearted grilling, Obama said Remnick “sounds nicer in his columns, but turns out to be somewhat of a prickly guy.”

Remnick, who at this point could be considered the President of the United States of Magazines, forced Obama to address the topic of religion. “It’s not ‘faith’ if you are absolutely certain,” Obama said, noting that he didn’t believe his lack of “faith” would hurt him a national election. “Evolution is more grounded in my experience than angels.”

Literature as George Allen Would Have It

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Webb responds to the attack on his novels

Extended quotes over at Kos along with video

“Let’s start with Fields of Fire. It’s a classic novel of the Vietnam War. It’s been on the Commadante of the Marine Corps reading list for twenty years. It was the most taught piece of American literature in college courses regarding the Vietman War for many years.”

If George Allen was the standard for judging literature:

We’d know that Vonnegut is for firebombing a city

We’d know that Atwood was advocating a theocracy–who knows, maybe Allen is a fan of hers

We’d know that Scott Turow advocates wives killing their husband’s lovers

We’d know that Shakespeare is for suicide and a whole lot more

We’d know that Orwell was a fan of fascism

We’d know that Huxley was a fan of conformity

We’d know that Harper Lee was a fan of racism

We’d know that Kafka and Heller loved bureaucracy

We’d know Steinbeck was a fan of poverty

We’d know Ralph Ellison was a fan of white supremacy

We’d know Paton was pro-Apartheid

We’d know Warren really though Huey Long was a perfect individual

We’d know Stowe was an advocate for slavery

We’d know that Wright thought social inequality and racism weren’t big deals–and he advocated rape and murder

We’d know Voltaire really thinks all is for the best

But, alas, we don’t know these things. We do know that George Allen is an anti-intellectual fucktwit as are those who try and sell that story.

Russ Stewart is a Must Read

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I believe the term is en fuego 

For those who consider themselves to be political prognosticators, here’s a true-or-false quiz on the Nov. 7 election:

(1) Judy Baar Topinka will barely top 40 percent of the vote in the Illinois governor’s race, the worst of any Republican since Len Small got 40.7 percent in 1932.

(2) Democratic incumbent Rod Blagojevich will be re-elected with just over 45 percent of the vote, thereby setting a record for the lowest winning percentage in modern times. Democrat Edward Dunne won in 1912 with 38.1 percent, beating a Republican candidate (27.4 percent) and a Progressive candidate (26.1 percent).

(3) If Illinois had a Nevada-style ballot, which lists “None of the Above,” about a fifth of Illinois’ voters would opt for that choice.

(4) Green Party candidate Rich Whitney, simply by not yet being perceived as goofy, calculating, deceitful, arrogant, ungrateful, corrupt, phony or George’s Ryan heir — adjectives which attach to either Topinka or Blagojevich — will get the “None of the Above” vote, finishing with a remarkable 15 percent share of the vote, the highest for a third-party candidate since 1912.

(5) Blagojevich’s second-term administration will be wracked by a plethora of federal indictments and convictions of the governor’s cronies and fund-raisers, and Blagojevich himself could be indicted before his term ends in January 2011.

(6) Blagojevich will run for president in 2008.

(7) Blagojevich will be convicted of conspiracy and other federal offenses in time to join George Ryan in the federal slammer before Ryan is paroled.

If you answered “True” to the first five questions, don’t pat yourself on the back and think you’re a political genius. Instead, consider yourself able to discern the obvious. If you answered “False” to more than two, you’re likely Blagojevich contributor who is still waiting to get a return on the investment.

I excerpted a lot there, but that’s just the funny part–the analysis is on his site and  you should go read it.

Testing the New Site

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Testing the new site.

Only Use Archpundit@yahoo.com

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for the next few days. The other accounts will be back up soon.

Thanks.

Hey Buck

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Bite me, just bite me.

If anyone wants to revel in the Cardinals, go see Curry.