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Big night at Drinking Liberally

Thursday, October 2, 2008

By far the biggest night we’ve had. Over 30 people according to my wife’s count. Here we are drinking liberally: And here we are, or some of us, watching the debate: A quick observation about the debate. Had she been anyone else but Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin would have been mocked for her performance tonight. […]

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Joe Courtney votes against the bailout

Monday, September 29, 2008

Anyone on Joe’s email list, which probably includes most of my readers, knows by now that Joe Courtney voted against the bailout, since he sent an email to announce his vote. You can verify it here, and yes, if you follow the link, the bailout legislation was attached to a bill: To Amend the Internal […]

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The debate

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Apparently, the conventional wisdom is coalescing around the idea that Obama was the winner last night, though maybe it’s just the blogs I read. Immediately after it appeared to me that the media was working overtime to make it a McCain win. I always hearken back to the Bensten-Quayle debate at times like that. The […]

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Post debate

Saturday, September 27, 2008

I can’t improve on what Digby has to say about the debate: It’s very hard for me to gauge this debate because to me John McCain is quite obviously a crazy, intemperate, nasty old bastard. He was sarcastic, contemptuous and patronizing. I really, really loathe him. But then, I loathe Rush Limbaugh and Glen Beck […]

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Sara Silverman on how to win in Florida

Friday, September 26, 2008

Before I posted this video I sent a link to a friend, to get his opinion as to whether I should post it. I thought it was funny, but I didn’t want to offend. I won’t mention my friend’s name, since I have a sort of policy about exposing anyone else to abuse, but he […]

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Vote Now!

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

A good friend and loyal reader just alerted me to the fact that PBS is conducting a poll on whether Sarah Palin is qualified to be Vice President. The right wing is trying to stuff the ballot box. We must rise up in righteous anger and do the same. Vote here.

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Random notes

Monday, September 22, 2008

This is one of those days in which things happen so fast it makes your head spin. I’ll confine myself to passing on some random observations. First, a point that seems obvious, upon reflection. Dean Baker points out that there must definitely be something wrong with a bailout proposal that has corporations clamoring to be […]

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Compare and Contrast, take 2

Friday, September 19, 2008

From the Jed Report. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmfeesYmx1Y[/youtube]

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Protecting retirement

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Two videos for your edification. One in which Chris Matthews takes Congressman Eric Kantor (R) to the woodshed, and one in which ABC exposes McCain’s hypocrisy on economic issues. I’m posting them just for fun, but also to point out that in both, these Republicans argue about the fact that they are trying to save […]

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Upside down

Thursday, September 11, 2008

This is not the way it’s supposed to work. Local newspeople are supposed to be in awe of presidential candidates and are supposed to toss softballs. National newspeople are supposed to be the fearsome interlocutors. Check out John McCain’s lame responses to fairly aggressive questions from a newsman on WCSH in Portland, Maine. Note, by […]

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