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Monthly Archives: October 2008

Paranoia Strikes Deep

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Sarah Palin is campaigning in Pennsylvania and is denouncing the “unconscionable voter fraud” going on in Pennsylvania. While the media is dutifully running with, and misrepresenting the story, it is an issue unlikely to have much resonance with the voters, particularly coming from the representatives of a party that is widely suspected of stealing the […]

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McCain Guilty by Association

Monday, October 13, 2008

John McCain is so eager to latch onto each anti-Obama right wing meme that he doesn’t stop to consider possible boomerang effects. The latest non-issue working the right into the lather is Obama’s association with ACORN, a community organizing group that, among other things, tries to register low-income voters. Unfortunately, the group pays the folks […]

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Krugman wins Nobel

Monday, October 13, 2008

If you did a search for the word “Krugman” on this blog you’d find multiple instances. He obviously knows of what he speaks, and he’s been right almost all the time. Now he’s won the Nobel Prize in Economics. It is to be hoped that a President Obama would tap him for advice.

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Permit me to disagree

Sunday, October 12, 2008

I usually agree with Frank Rich, but I must humbly beg to differ with his latest column. He makes the rather obvious observation that McCain’s current campaign tactics are bottomed in racism, though the McCain campaign would never be so tacky as to be explicit about it. Code is sufficient. But this brought me up […]

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Signs of Fall

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Yesterday the Town of Groton sponsored the annual Fall Festival at Poquonnock Plains Park, and we Democrats had a booth, pictured below. Lots of folks stopped by and had their pictures taken with Barack. We registered some voters, handed out pins, and gave people yard signs. Actually, so far as Obama signs are concerned, we […]

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Reflexive Liar or Merely Inarticulae? I report, you decide

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Fox News, of all entities, reports today that Sarah Palin contradicted John McCain’s take on the Bush Administration’s decision to take North Korea off the list of state sponsors of terror. Let me hasten to add that I don’t read the Fox site myself; I was steered there by the good folks at Americablog. They […]

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A Little Barack Music

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Sent by a reader. Thanks Liz! Will Galison and His Orchestra: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJW67YfLWgs[/youtube]

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Palin’s test scores

Friday, October 10, 2008

If these are genuine we are in real trouble. I realize some people are poor test takers, but this is pretty bad. Bush is a genius compared to this lady. By the way, this is a shout out to a long time friend with whom I once had an argument. I maintained that he was […]

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Friday Night Music-Alejandro Escovedo

Friday, October 10, 2008

A Liberal Drinker told me about this fellow, and sent me some links, for which I am very grateful, since it’s getting harder and harder to come up with new artists to feature. I’ll readily admit I never heard of the guy before, but he’s pretty good, and I like the fact that he appears […]

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Courtney Endorsed by VFW

Friday, October 10, 2008

At the request of a Courtney fan, I’m posting this video. By the way, I’ve had some experience with the constituent services that the speaker mentions in the first few minutes of the video. I represent a lot of people seeking social security disability. In about 10% of the cases we win, there are incomprehensible […]

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