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Monthly Archives: August 2008

Party Time

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Live blogging at Groton Headquarters. It’s still early, and we’re hoping for a bigger crowd, but it’s already getting a bit crowded. I’m sitting here by computer, which will serve as back up television, if we have an overflow. Some pictures: Mary and Liz (above) manning the table at the entrance. The assembled multitudes watch […]

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Divided?

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

The press has been playing up “divisions” in a Democratic Party that has, perhaps, never been more united. The idea that there is a vast reservoir of former Clinton supporters that will support McCain has always been somewhat ludicrous. The number of Clintonites who vote for McCain will likely be swamped by the number of […]

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The Times notices Suskind

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

It is only fair that I note after two posts on the subject (here and here) that the New York Times has finally covered Ron Suskind’s book, The Way of the World. Not on the news page, but in the form of a book review. If the Times news department had doubts about the book’s […]

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Kucinich rocks the house

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

He always made more sense than any of them. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLRYAzBJdb0[/youtube]

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Video Press Releases

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

More from your liberal media. I don’t watch much television, and of course we’re not in a swing state, so I haven’t seen this in action, but this post at The Washington Monthly is entirely and depressingly believable. John McCain doesn’t actually have to pay to run his ads on television. The networks take care […]

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Hillary Done Good

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

From my vantage point, bleary as I was late last night, I thought Hillary did a good job. Whether she meant it or not (and I’m not buying into the body language crap, yet another new low in journalism), is almost beside the point. As a man I presume was wise once said, “The secret […]

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Party Thursday! (and some meandering thoughts)

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

The Groton Democrats have a headquarters! It opened on Monday. We’re located at 303 Route 12 in the same building as Geico Insurance. We’re going to try to keep it open on a regular basis. If you’re from Groton, or would like to have the pleasure of being in Groton, drop by the headquarters on […]

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Grammar issue

Sunday, August 24, 2008

This morning’s Doonesbury makes note of a phenomenon that, upon reflection, I think is quite real. Why is it that just about everyone who makes reference to Bush’s last place finish puts periods in the phrase “Worst president ever”? We all do it and we all understand why, even if we can’t articulate it completely. […]

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Missile defense

Sunday, August 24, 2008

One of the eternal mysteries of American domestic and foreign policy has to do with the missile defense system, which we learned recently will be deployed in Poland. The system has never worked, and indeed, it seems almost impossible for it to ever work. It is sold as a defensive system, which will shoot down […]

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A brief follow up

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Just before I left for Vermont I noted in a post that the New York Times had failed to even mention Ron Suskind’s book, The Way of the World, or his charges that, among other things, the Bush-Cheneyites ordered the CIA to forge documents implicating Iraq in the events of 9/11. While perusing the Times […]

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