Where do you start when you hear everything at once?
Today marks the first time since Michigan and Florida’s “elections” that Obama would be ahead of Clinton even with the inclusion of both states in the delegate count. Keep in mind, too, that Obama wasn’t even on the ballot in Michigan, and so Clinton would receive a disproportionate (and fraudulent) boost from the inclusion of [...]
My original first choice endorses Obama! He, to me, once seemed the right person at the right time, until his lackluster debate performances helped stamp out the fire. He’s back now, and on the right team. A governor with real foreign policy experience, fluent in Spanish? It’s almost too good to be true. I know [...]
Lot’s to talk about here. After all, it’s a 37-minute speech. But it’s sunny out 45 degrees outside, so I’ll save the commentary for later. It wasn’t quite perfect, but far better than anything anyone else running for president ever (did I say “ever”?) has ever said on the issue(s) of race in America. The [...]
I’m obviously by no means the first to criticize modern news media. Moreover, when I do get my feathers ruffled by it, it’s not because of corporate ownership and the like, which many of my friends are much quicker to criticize. I don’t mind editorializing; in fact, I love it. What I do mind is [...]
What’s saddest to me about Geraldine Ferraro’s remarks? I won’t say they’re “racist,” since she has a right to make a claim about a candidate without being, in effect, censored in the face of such accusations. But they’re certainly “racially charged,” and definitely inappropriate coming from a Democratic “leader” of her stature. If anything positive [...]
Exactly. Added 3/15/08: Here’s an example of what I’m alluding to. OK, so Clinton seems to be way ahead in Pennsylvania at the moment (although, Obama will almost certainly close that gap–if not pull ahead–by April 22). But it’s gonna take more than Democrats to elect the next president; and a win among Democrats doesn’t [...]
It was March 2004. Spain dealt with the Madrid bombings by electing a government that would meet the Spanish public’s new taste for vegetarian restaurants, and raise it with a vote for marriage equality. In Wisconsin, meanwhile, we were throwing displeased glances from the gallery onto the State Senate floor, while they were passing the [...]
Tangents for the Chasing
