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Will Blog in the evening of the 29th–lots of stuff including endorsements and maybe predictions. Missouri endorsements are close to being done at the other site.
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A New Level Of Stupidty
A New Level Of Stupidty
The Post-Dispatch compares Waco to the Russian Hostage situation. The first hint that this is a stupid comparison is that there were no hostages being executed in Waco. The second, might be that there were hostages at all. The third might be that there is a difference between serving a warrant and trying to rescue hostages. The sheer number of differences is so vast, I’ll just stop now.
Semantic Vandalism continued Some of
Semantic Vandalism continued
Some of the more hysterical bloggers are calling Muhammed a terrorist and suggesting that the supersecret treehouse cool people connect the dots. Maybe so, but before applying this label could someone point out what his political message was? Until one can do that it would seem that asking for $10 Million was a motivation unto itself.
I’ve connected the available dots so far and I’m seeing a home grown loon. Now, it could be more, but why don’t we let the evidence that comes out determine our conclusions? Or are the dots only seen in the supersecrettreehouse black light?
By the way, in the sniper case I was wrong when I made a crack about it being a kooky white guy. My mistake. If there turns out to be a terrorist connection I will gladly post a retraction for a week straight.
Rule #5. Don’t mistake
Rule #5. Don’t mistake the “natural tightening” that occurs in the polls at the end of most races in competitive states for a true surge by the trailing candidate.
The Note explained this rule and the Chicago Tribune and the Political Wire need to follow it. J-Ry is @ 37% and not closing. The difference is a drop in Blago’s number. More frightening for J-Ry is he isn’t getting the normal return home numbers typical for this time of year. I imagine he will pick up a bit, but this has to be disturbing to his campaign. Trying to sell these changes as momentum or a surge is silly.
Interestingly, the poll shows Durbin under 50% and is the only one doing so. This sample may be slightly biased given Durkin seems to need to rob a bank to get noticed and a reduction in Durbin’s numbers doesn’t make any sense.
LMadigan putting some numbers on
LMadigan putting some numbers on Birkett
Trib has her up 6. The numbers may turn out to be worse for the ICFST since they year of everything going wrong is likely to reduce turnout.
Gay Bashing For $800 Alex
Gay Bashing For $800 Alex
Tapped has it covered. While I like Sanders in general, this was inexcusable. We ought to be inviting those of the Republican persuasion who support gay rights, not pushing them away.
Oh, and wait, it was nasty and homophobic and not in my damn party!
Note to Self–Disavow All Conspiracy
Note to Self–Disavow All Conspiracy Theorists
I don’t want to hear anything about Paul Wellstone being murdered from Freepers or Dem Underground. Nor do I want to hear about Iraqi connections to Oklahoma City of 6 Degrees of Separation and Bill Clinton. I especially don’t want to hear any of this crap from supposed liberals who shouldn’t be stooping to the wingnut level. Be the rational party and you’ll win.
Oh, and I especially don’t want to hear about the international conspiracy of atheistic scientists who are hiding the evidence for creationism.
Blago Still Up 12 While
Blago Still Up 12
While more data points are always needed–the Pantagraph poll was probably an anomaly. The Sun-Times is reporting a 12 point lead. Expect a bit more tightening (making my prediction a bit high), but this race is stable. Both the P-D and Trib endorsed J-Ry today. More on that later.
Thanks for the links There
Thanks for the links
There has been an upturn in traffic in the last couple days largely due to MY DD, Daily Kos, Thinking it Through, and William Burton. I highly recommend all four as worthy of at least daily reading.
Willam Burton posted to one of my favorite stories recently: Praying for a Judicial Revival. I believe this came out before the episode of West Wing in which CJ is told she is being prayed for by a group of evangelicals. It appears Aaron Sorkin is ahead of the curve.
Losing an entire family Paul
Losing an entire family
Paul Wellstone’s death is horrible, but the death of his wife and daughter is horrifying. I know several people who have worked with him in different ways and by all he was regarded as honest and humble-much in the same vein as Mel Carnahan.