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I've revised the cartoon a little - made it more explicitly about opposing genocide in Gaza, and erased the star…
conservatives are happy to judge women, queer people, immigrants and the poor based on nothing but conspiracy theories and internet…
conservatives are happy to judge women, queer people, immigrants and the poor based on nothing but conspiracy theories and internet…
We're human. We judge everything on incomplete information. I judge each and every comment I read. I judge people I…
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Category Archives: Elections and politics
Power Rankings: They’re Cool, They’re Funny, They’re…uh….
I’m not sure I remember a political primary quite like the 2012 GOP primary. There have been primaries with weak fields (the 1988 Democrats, the 1992 Democrats, the 1996 GOP, the 2008 GOP), and there have been candidates who have … Continue reading
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It’s Getting So You Can’t Tell a Woman She Has to Sleep With You to Get a Promotion
I haven’t had much to say about Herman Cain’s sexual harassment of a couple former subordinates, because frankly, nothing I could say would be more damaging to Cain than his own…er…”evolving” statements have been. Protip: When denying a sexual harassment … Continue reading
Presidential Election Irresponsible Speculation, er, Discussion, Thread
The other side’s primaries are so much fun. From my perspective, it’s all entertainment, no skin in the game. I had a long argument with a couple of my housemates about the GOP primary and the upcoming presidential election. My … Continue reading
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Musky, Victor Mature-Like Scent
I’m sorry, but with Rick Perry’s embrace of Steve Forbes’ flat tax, I’ve got this old SNL sketch on permanent loop in my brain. Yes, that really is Teve Torbes — er, Steve Forbes. Someone thought it would be a … Continue reading
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Cain in Vain
There’s a reason that people almost never make the jump from the private sector to major elected office. For all the blather about career politicians, politics is a skill, and an incredibly difficult one. The ability to craft one’s message, … Continue reading
2012 Power Rankings: The Herb Cain Edition
Well, it’s been about two months since I did these, and what a two months it’s been! Rick Perry’s gone from Great White Hope to Racist Idiot. Michele Bachmann’s gone from clear frontrunner to barely hanging on. Herman Cain has … Continue reading
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Rogue Leaders or Bad Institutions?
Steve Waldman — a “a fellow traveler of the Bush administration” and onetime Iraq War supporter — writes: ((I’ve added paragraph breaks.)) I no longer trust my own government to be the provider of a civilized society. No government is … Continue reading
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Chris Christie is Fat. Isn’t That Hilarious?
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is fat. He is. There’s no getting around it. Just like me, Christie is fat, and just like me, there’s very little he can do about it. And this, according to far too many on the … Continue reading
Why Progressives Don’t Support Ron Paul
I’m a month late on this, but there’s a lot in Conor Friedersdorf ‘s post on progressives and Ron Paul that I agree with. And if I were a 40-year-old Democratic politician, I’d conclude, after watching Obama, that I could … Continue reading
Will Republicans Lose The Presidential Election Through Overreach?
I’ve been suspecting that Obama will lose the 2012 election. Presidential elections seem determined, more than anything, by the state of the economy; if people’s incomes aren’t growing in the months before the election, the incumbent loses. There’s a certain … Continue reading
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@Megalodon: Yes, but god forbid that we judge Charlie Kirk on his extremely lengthy record of public speech on practically…