Since 2009 the political strategy of the Republican "loyal opposition" has been, essentially, to shit on Obama's carpet and then blame him for being a poor housekeeper. Take Obama's "failure" to close Guantanamo. In late 2009 he signed an executive order which Republicans successfully resisted by convincing idiots that this would be "letting ( Read more... )

Earlier this month I wrote about the problem with spending cuts: the government programs that actually spend stuff are very popular, and the programs that are most popular to cut don't spend much money in the first place.

Rep Eric Cantor (R-VA) apparently doesn't read my blog because he's proudly trumpeting YouCut, a revolutionary new GOP program ( Read more... )

I like what my friend Adam Conover wrote here about the various “Sarah Palin’s supporters are so dumb” videos that have been making the rounds:

It’s the easiest thing in the world to find the dullest, least media-savvy members of a group, shove a microphone in their face, and allow them to make themselves look foolish. You could do the same thing ( Read more... )

A few people are commenting on a good line by Marc Ambinder about Sarah Palin:

For Sarah Palin to come back from somewhere, she needs to set a goal. To start with, she might immerse herself in a single issue for a few years, become an expert, and then use it to launch a broader conversation about what America ought to look like. Her policy ( Read more... )

Patton Oswalt did a comedy bit a while ago about how the 2003 political landscape seemed like we were living in a bad alternate universe. For a few years it did actually feel that way to me - I found myself arguing with otherwise sane, rational people who said that torture should be legal, quagmire was success, that soldiers were safer than ( Read more... )

In my previous post pjammer asked why Mormon churches are being protested when black voters voted in favor of Prop 8 70/30. Others have pointed out the irony that Obamamania contributed to high black voter turnout which helped pass Prop 8.

Is this actually true? I ran the numbers and the answer is NOIn every case, black voters didn't influence the ( Read more... )

In my previous post about why I support Obama I mentioned that McCain's campaign and the RNC have "not just tolerated but quietly encouraged the worst sort of xenophobia, racism, and fear mongering". I had some back-and-forth on this point over the weekend and I think it deserves more fleshing out; if you haven't actually been paying attention to ( Read more... )

There's a mailer going out equating Barack Obama with terrorist causes, which is ironic considering that John McCain was just endorsed the KKK and by Al Qaeda, probably because he's recriuting for them.


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I believe in Republicans. Republicans have made my fortune. And I was raised in the Republican fashion. Republicans gave me freedom, but Republicans taught me never to dishonor America ( Read more... )

One of the biggest and most perplexing sea changes in American politics over the last 30 years has been the death of the Republican intellectual. At one time the South was a traditionally Democratic stronghold. At that time Republicans were exemplified by the Bush family - rich, intelligent, and successful ivy league educated businessmen. But ( Read more... )