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Monthly Archives: January 2009

Caroline Kennedy’s candidacy

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

By no means am I a Caroline Kennedy partisan. I will lose no sleep if she is not appointed to the Senate. Nonetheless I’m a bit mystified at the heated opposition her “candidacy” has generated in certain corners of the blogosphere, particularly at Firedoglake. In the latest piece on the subject, “Eli” argues that a […]

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I want one

Tuesday, January 6, 2009
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Coming Events

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

It’s that time again. While we ordinarily hold our Drinking Liberally Meetings on the first Thursday of the month, we decided that wouldn’t be such a good idea this month, considering the first Thursday was a holiday. So this month, and this month only, we will meet on the Second Thursday of the Month, once […]

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Unmitigated gall

Monday, January 5, 2009

It’s hard to decide which is more egregious: the gall of John Yoo and John Bolton warning Barack Obama to stay within the constitutional limitations of the presidency, or the outrageousness of the New York Times decision to give these two fascists a platform. I have said on numerous occasions that both the courts and […]

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Harry Reid says that Bush is the worst president ever

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Harry Reid states the obvious: Bush is the worst president ever: Given that he believes that, we must wonder why he did such a terrible job opposing the man, and why he caved in to him at almost every turn. (Video from Think Progress)

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My nomination for the Bush turning point

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Bush is busily trying to burnish his legacy, and while the Washington Post appears to be assisting in every way possible, it’s a pretty good bet that the American people have now arrived at a settled judgment that even the “liberal” media won’t be able to alter. Many of the articles discussing this subject date […]

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Franken lead swells

Saturday, January 3, 2009

The recount is, as far as I can see, over, and Franken is ahead by 225 votes. You can watch the proceedings at theuptake.org.

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Friday Night Music-Mavis Staples

Friday, January 2, 2009

Thanks to a reader for this suggestion, as well as a few more that I’m keeping in reserve. I never heard of this lady before, but I enjoyed this song.

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Obama’s Vietnam

Friday, January 2, 2009

A case can be made that the best President this country has had, since Roosevelt, was Lyndon Johnson. It’s more than arguable that Kennedy did not have the political skills needed to get the Civil Rights bills through Congress, not to mention Medicare and a host of other initiatives. Johnson had all the tools to […]

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