Why aren't white republicans ever asked to condemn the very vocal and bigoted wing of their party, but democrats are always asked to condemn unsolicited supporters of their campaigns that you find objectionable?
What's up with that?
love,
st3veh
29 February 2008
Dear Tim Russert
Saint John McCain still isn't denouncing, renouncing, condemning this guy.
Why aren't white republicans ever asked to condemn the very vocal and bigoted wing of their party, but democrats are always asked to condemn unsolicited supporters of their campaigns that you find objectionable?
What's up with that?
love,
st3veh
Why aren't white republicans ever asked to condemn the very vocal and bigoted wing of their party, but democrats are always asked to condemn unsolicited supporters of their campaigns that you find objectionable?
What's up with that?
love,
st3veh
Dear President Bush
Please keep attacking Barack Obama.
love,
st3veh
P.S. Is your approval rating in the single digits yet? Awesome!
Meanwhile, I think being attacked by the president helps Obama. These kind of criticisms may carry some weight when delivered by Hillary Clinton or John McCain, but having Bush give voice to the same concerns merely underscores the extent to which Clinton and McCain are arguing from a position that's deeply continuous with the mindset of the Bush years. How many people are surveying the mess Bush has made of things and thinking "we need more of the same?"It will do wonders for his approval ratings and chances in November.
love,
st3veh
P.S. Is your approval rating in the single digits yet? Awesome!
Dear Hillary
Tell your campaign people to not treat democratic voters as if they are idiots.
love,
st3veh
[via Atrios]
love,
st3veh
[via Atrios]
Nice Start
Cubs Win!
The Cubs kicked off their Cactus League schedule with a 12-6 romp over San Francisco as Theriot went 3-for-3 in the leadoff spot, Mike Fontenot and Felix Pie homered and Ryan Dempster pitched two innings in his first start in nearly five years.
But the big news was Fukudome's introduction to the majors, which featured a little bit of everything for the Japanese star.
Fukudome was hit in the back of his right shoulder by Giants starter Noah Lowry on the first pitch he saw in a Cubs uniform. He walked in the second and chopped a single over the third-base bag to score Theriot in a five-run third.
Dear Tim Russert
This McCain supporter hates Catholics as much as he hates Jews.
You're Catholic. Where's the outrage, Timmeh?
Shouldn't he denounce him?
I guess not.
love,
st3veh
You're Catholic. Where's the outrage, Timmeh?
Shouldn't he denounce him?
I guess not.
John McCain, naturally, is "very proud to have Pastor John Hagee’s support." Meanwhile, Hagee seems to hate Catholics about as much as Jews, and Muslims quite a bit more so. McCain has a lot to be proud of.
love,
st3veh
28 February 2008
Law vs. Love
In America, the Law is winning.
The main reason for this, I think, is not so much homophobia, as the fact that most heterosexuals simply cannot imagine falling in love with someone, and being told by their own government that they cannot marry him or her. The experience of gay couples is simply beyond most straight people's experience. If it happened to any of them, there would be outrage. Splitting husbands from wives, tearing children apart from their parents, using government to attack and punish and stigmatize family life: it's unimaginable. And yet, with gay couples, it's the law. And it's government policy. And one political party routinely celebrates attacking and demonizing gay couples and using every legal tool to undermine our families and relationships.That one political party is despicable, and we all know which one it is.
Dear Tim Russert
Will you please ask Saint John McCain to denounce this guy and reject his support?
love,
st3veh
Meanwhile, Glenn Greenwald sensibly wonders why it is that an African-American politician is expected to deliver thirty lashes to a black Muslim leader with despicable views like Louis Farrakhan, while it's completely acceptable for a white politician to actively and successfully cour the support of a white Christian leader with despicable views like Hagee.
love,
st3veh
24 February 2008
Oscars 2008
Yay, Glen and Marketa!
Yay, Jon Stewart, for bringing Marketa back out!
Yay, Taxi To the Dark Side, for (hopefully) moving this country back into the light.
Yay, Diablo Cody, for a heartfelt and real acceptance speech!
Yay, Forest Whitaker, for being there for Diablo Cody!
Yay, Helen Mirren, for being grace personified in that stunning red dress!
Yay, Johnny Depp, for being Johnny Depp, the coolest in the room, even though you didn't win!
Yay, Daniel Day-Lewis, for an eloquent, moving, and almost effortless acceptance speech!
Yay, Jon Stewart, for bringing Marketa back out!
Yay, Taxi To the Dark Side, for (hopefully) moving this country back into the light.
Yay, Diablo Cody, for a heartfelt and real acceptance speech!
Yay, Forest Whitaker, for being there for Diablo Cody!
Yay, Helen Mirren, for being grace personified in that stunning red dress!
Yay, Johnny Depp, for being Johnny Depp, the coolest in the room, even though you didn't win!
Yay, Daniel Day-Lewis, for an eloquent, moving, and almost effortless acceptance speech!
23 February 2008
Time to Drink
If you work for Hillary.
Has Thomases been in a coma for the past two months? But there's the usual Clinton brazenness as well. Her entire message since Iowa has been a constant cooptation of Obama's message - yet he's the plagiarist? And she and her husband clearly played the racial card - and yet Obama is using Karl Rove tactics? If I worked for her, I would have hit the Cabernet hard a while ago.
Desperation
17 February 2008
Winter Residency, Night 1, 15 Feb
Wilco played 31 songs.
Let me repeat that.
31 songs.
Amazing. Exhausting. Inspiring.
Here's GK's take on the setlist.
Let me repeat that.
31 songs.
Amazing. Exhausting. Inspiring.
Here's GK's take on the setlist.
12 February 2008
A Good Night
It's a good night in the Hill household.
Obama continues his hot streak, sweeping the Potomac primaries convincingly.
The Illini interrupt a cold streak with a road victory at Minnesota.
More of both, please.
Obama continues his hot streak, sweeping the Potomac primaries convincingly.
The Illini interrupt a cold streak with a road victory at Minnesota.
More of both, please.
More Bad News for Hillary
That one county she won in Washington.
Well, it turns out she didn't win.
Of course, that doesn't matter because Washington state is full of latte-drinkers.
Well, it turns out she didn't win.
Of course, that doesn't matter because Washington state is full of latte-drinkers.
When Obama Wins
It doesn't count, says the Clinton campaign.
I can't wait to hear why they don't count.
My understanding, though, is that this doesn't really count because it's a small state, much as Utah doesn't count because there aren't many Democrats there, DC doesn't count because there are too many black people, Washington doesn't count because it's a caucus, Illinois doesn't count because Obama represents it in the Senate even though Hillary was born there, Hawaii won't count because Obama was born there. I'm not sure why Delaware and Connecticut don't count, but they definitely don't.I suppose Virginia, Maryland, and D.C. don't count either.
I can't wait to hear why they don't count.
09 February 2008
The Sandberg Game
I remember this like it was yesterday. (It should warm you up in these rapidly dropping temps. I hear the wind howling already.)
Sandberg actually hit two game-tying HR in this game, both of Hall of Fame closer Bruce Sutter, and if you've seen the replays, one of the indelible images of them is Sutter getting another ball from the umpire after the second one with a look of pure anger and disbelief on his face. Sutter was having one of the best years of his career -- up to June 23, 1984 he had 16 saves in 18 opportunities and a 1.16 ERA.
If I had to choose one of the two HR to be more significant, more stunning, I'd have to choose the second. The first, hit in the ninth inning, led off the inning. The second was hit with two out and Bob Dernier on base, and brought the Cubs back from two runs down. What a lot of you might not remember is that Dernier walked on a 3-2 pitch that was very, very close to being a called third strike -- and that would have ended the game.
Complete and Devastating
Obama's win in Washington state.
The three other wins were nice too (Louisiana, Nebraska, US Virgin Islands).
The three other wins were nice too (Louisiana, Nebraska, US Virgin Islands).
Saturday Night Music
fountains of angst brings you fountains of wayne...
and yes, i pretty much stole their name and changed wayne to angst when i originally named this blog.
video via Atrios
and yes, i pretty much stole their name and changed wayne to angst when i originally named this blog.
video via Atrios
07 February 2008
Superdelegates
The more I read about them, the less I like.
Turns out you can't endorse a Republican and still be a superdelegate in the Democratic Party.
Thanks, Zell.
But it would be a real shame if the end result of overwhelming voter participation and a contested primary was to throw the election to unaccountable party elites.Except this heartening news for my favorite Senator Joe Lieberman.
Turns out you can't endorse a Republican and still be a superdelegate in the Democratic Party.
Thanks, Zell.
Don't Cry For Me
Don't worry.
Now it seems to me that, logically, one problem with self-financing ought to be that it hurts fundraising. The reminder that the Clintons are multi-millionaires would seem to me to make giving them a modest cash donation of $250 or $500 seem like a less attractive proposition. Does it turn you into an Obama donor? Of course not. But maybe you donate that money to the poor, or to a favorite congressional candidate, or you buy yourself something nice. After all, why would you donate money to someone much richer than yourself? Of course, if Clinton wins you give her money to pay back her loan because you're looking for favors from the White House. But from where we're sitting now, but for now, what's the point?I won't.
Of course regular people may not look at it that way. I've had more than one person, including people who aren't necessarily Clinton supporters but who aren't Clinton-haters either, tell me they will "feel sorry" for Clinton if she loses. From where I sit, a multimillionaire US Senator has an okay life whether or not she gets elected president. But obviously a lot of rank-and-file Democrats feel a deep, personally connection to the Clinton family in a way that transcends the banal reality that the Clintons are much, much better off than the average American.
Yes We Can
Small donor magic.
Yes, we can.
Donate here.
The fact that they've proven small donor democracy not only viable, but operationally preferable, has the potential to completely change the way campaigns are run, and do so much for the better.No $5 million loans to ourselves here.
Yes, we can.
Donate here.
Classy Republican of the Day
Shorter Mitt the Loser: If Obama or Hillary win the Presidency, we'll all die and the terrorists will win. That's why I quit. It has nothing to do with the fact that I couldn't beat John McCain in New Hampshire, Florida, or California.
06 February 2008
Most Ridiculous Spin of the Day
Obama is the establishment candidate.
Hillary is the insurgent.
Bwhahahahahahahaha.
Exactly how stupid does union-buster and Hillary pollster Mark Penn think we are?
Very.
Hillary is the insurgent.
Bwhahahahahahahaha.
Exactly how stupid does union-buster and Hillary pollster Mark Penn think we are?
Very.
A Word to the Youth
A Question for Democrats
Are you really sure you want to nominate Hillary?
Read this and then answer.
It doesn't end well.
Read this and then answer.
You can't nominate someone who supported the war, and even worse, still thinks it was a good move to support the war.I've read this script before.
Rather than concede that her support for the war was a mistake, on Thursday Clinton launched into an elaborate re-litigation of her reasons for backing the war (contradicting her first point) before rejecting the idea that she was naive to trust Bush. All this came, somehow, in the service of pledging, with caveats, to bring "nearly all" U.S. troops home from Iraq "within a year" of her election. If there was a consistent thread, it was that Clinton believes herself to have always been right on Iraq—both when she was for the war and now that she is against it.
None of this should be surprising when considering Clinton’s evolution on Iraq. Indeed, Clinton set herself up to run for president as both a pro-war and an anti-war candidate—depending on the contingencies of the war and the politics of the moment.
It doesn't end well.
05 February 2008
04 February 2008
Expectations
Deep breath people.
Hillary should win quite a few states tomorrow. Super Tuesday favored her all along. It was supposed to be her coronation.
Obama just needs to keep it close. If he keeps it close, especially in California and New York (states she must win), he'll be in good shape. The next set of primaries favors him.
Think delegate count. Not popular vote.
Keep it close.
Yes, we can.
Hillary should win quite a few states tomorrow. Super Tuesday favored her all along. It was supposed to be her coronation.
Obama just needs to keep it close. If he keeps it close, especially in California and New York (states she must win), he'll be in good shape. The next set of primaries favors him.
Think delegate count. Not popular vote.
Keep it close.
Yes, we can.
03 February 2008
13-0!
Glorious, for two days.
That about sums up the life of a Cubs fan.
The San Diego series was forever etched onto my heartbroken fifteen year old heart.
I learned the true pain of being a Cubs fan.
I still hate Steve Garvey.
At least I could see 2003 coming, especially after Game 6.
It was glorious.
For two days.
That about sums up the life of a Cubs fan.
The San Diego series was forever etched onto my heartbroken fifteen year old heart.
I learned the true pain of being a Cubs fan.
I still hate Steve Garvey.
At least I could see 2003 coming, especially after Game 6.
It was glorious.
For two days.
Yes, We Can.
02 February 2008
01 February 2008
(More) Friday Night Videos
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