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By my count, there were at least six mocking comments made about community organizing in last night’s speeches [Mark Ambinder says it was four].   Which, in retrospect, may not have been a good idea. Here’s the reaction:
McCain canceled a photo op at a Habitat for Humanity project today. Yes, the same Habitat that happens to [...]

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And here we go again people.  Nothing matters tonight except Sarah Palin.  Don’t think that anyone is watching for any other reason.
And try your best to avoid the random camera shots of large white men dancing badly. Scarier than Rudy Guiliani.

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The best thing about the Republican National Convention is that the camera picks out the minorities pretty early and then keeps showing the same ones over and over again.  Because there are about 3.  And one of them is McCain’s adopted daughter. Oh, and they also keep showing the same young people.  Like anyone under [...]

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For you, gentle readers, I am going to sit through the Republican National Convention with as much  attention and intention as I did last week’s little Denver soiree.  I commit this selfless act because I know many of you have neither the will nor the stomach for such things.  Some of you might also be [...]

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Well, who knew that Sarah Palin would turn out to be the Lynne Spears of politics.  In case you’ve been recovering from your Labor Day Weekend hangover all day, let’s recap:

Sarah Palin is indeed the mother of the four-month old son Trig.  Her 17-year-old daughter Bristol is not Trig’s mother.
Because Bristol is five months pregnant.
John [...]

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We’ve had a couple of days now to mull over the Sarah Palin pick, listen to everyone blather on and on about good or bad, smart or stupid, forget about it in the wake of Hurricane Gustav and then think about it again.
In her favor:

She won me $35 in the office Republican VP pool.

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Prelude:
It’s a riot watching the PBS team.  They seriously sound like they are all about 80 years old (maybe because they are?), talking about the young people looking good dancing; cracking old people jokes about Biden’s orthodontist; loving them some Stevie Wonder.  It’s kinda funny (and a nice break from the MSNBC bickering despite [...]

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You might think it’s the second coming of JFK and FDR and MLK (and a little bit of Marilyn Monroe thrown in for good measure) with the frenzy that’s surrounding Democrats in Denver and the media that suckle at their breasts.  But no, it’s just a man — a historic, paradigm-shifting, silver-tongued man — accepting [...]

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Will Democrats ever stop loving Bill Clinton?  We keep forgiving him over and over again for all sorts of stuff. Why do we do that?  I mean, he did some crappy stuff over this past year and yet the roars and cheers keep coming.
Everyone is loving the Bill Clinton speech.  Pundits, bloggers, the audience.  Even [...]

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I know I shouldn’t get caught up in this stuff … it’s all orchestrated, it’s all just pageantry, it’s all just backroom deals and handshake agreements that will somehow end up hurting us or the party or something … and yet, I have to say that watching the roll call vote today gave me goosebumps.
It’s [...]

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