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When you say "nonstop ads," I'm assuming you're claiming that Clinton (thanks for clarifying that it's Clinton you were talking…
It's a weird question, because I think that if I knew the intent behind the question, I would answer it…
Cosco, could you please clarify which female candidate ran "nonstop ads pointing out that the male candidate" is sexist, and…
an absolute inability to string a sentence together in a meaningful way This is not only untrue, it's a deranged…
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Author Archives: Jeff Fecke
I Have a Book I'd Like to Sell You
As of late last night,The Valkyrie’s Tale is officially available for purchase through my publisher, Lulu.com. The trade paper version clocks in at 444 pages and costs $24.95 plus shipping (but no tax). If you’re in a hurry and/or you’d … Continue reading
Posted in About the Bloggers, Whatever
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Whine, Whine, Whine
I mean, who could think there’s anything wrong with the economy? The US government took control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Sunday, placing them in a government “conservatorship” to help avert a financial system meltdown from … Continue reading
Posted in Economics and the like
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Abortions for Some, Miniature American Flags for Others!
This is the stupidest election ever: Days before the anniversary of September 11, on the same morning that John McCain and Barack Obama released a joint statement pledging to avoid politics in light of the anniversary of the terrorist attacks, … Continue reading
Posted in Elections and politics
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Playing to the Base
Somewhere out there — okay, over on Fox, probably — Karl Rove is laughing maniacally. This, you see, is the way Karl drew it up in 2000, and 2002, and 2004, and 2006. Screw the muddled middle — they don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Elections and politics
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Bullsh–!
Peggy “Elián González Was Saved By Magic Dolphins” Noonan, this morning: Because she jumbles up so many cultural categories, because she is a feminist not in the Yale Gender Studies sense but the How Do I Reload This Thang way, … Continue reading
Posted in Elections and politics, Media criticism
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A Party That Looks Like America
Jesse Jackson used to have a stock story tying diversity to his mother’s patchwork quilt, which featured all the colors of the rainbow. After Jackson used the line at the 1984 convention, comedian Mark Russell riffed on that, saying that … Continue reading
Posted in Elections and politics
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Sarah Palin, Liar
The whole kerfuffle about Sarah Palin’s family has obscured a more important problem: that Gov. Palin is an unrepentant liar. She lied to America in her very first speech to us, when she declared, “I told Congress, ‘thanks but no … Continue reading
Posted in Elections and politics
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Good Call, Barack
What do you do when your opponent picks a radically anti-choice vice presidential candidate? Well, if you’re a normal human being with an ounce of political sense, you remember that most Americans are pro-choice, and you react accordingly. Ladies and … Continue reading
Hmmm…
The Bush Administration has led me to stock up on tinfoil hats over the past eight years, and I’m aware of that, so understand that I don’t want to suggest that this cross-border raid into Pakistan might have been timed … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, International issues
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There was commentary on things he said, quotes from prepared speeches, quotes from interviews. So you're saying that a candidate…