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Cecsa’s Snark Break Video: The Tide Is Turning

28. March 2008

Well done mashup - it’s like the Yes, We Can video for semi-middle-aged rock fans! Cesca says… The song and the speech compelled me to take a break from the snark to assemble this mash-up as a tribute to everyone who has endured this seven-year-long dark ride; and to everyone who hopes that America can and [...]

Obama Ads In Pennsylvania

22. March 2008

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These are very good ads - they answer of the questions people have and they are aimed at working class voters without talking down to anyone. They’d be perfect for the November election, too. Share This

Obama’s Speech On Race

18. March 2008

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I watched the whole thing this morning and it was best, more honest and intelligent political speech I’ve ever heard. Here’s the whole thing… Share This

Spitzer & Divorce Law In Spanish Settled Lands

13. March 2008

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Restaurant in Socorro, New Mexico on Flickr - Photo Sharing! I was waiting for Susie Bright to comment on the Eliot Spitzer thing and she didn’t disappoint - with a couple of great posts in the past two days. Something totally unexpected, though, was a really interesting conversation with a Spanish reporter about the ’standing at [...]

Steve Earle - Rich Man’s War

11. March 2008

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Been listening to a lot of Steve Earle lately and damn, he’s good. This clip has no video quality to speak of but the audio sounds good (the lead guitar is heavy in the mix) and the spoken intro is awesome. And here’s a really great and great sounding in studio recording of the same song [...]

Black Ops

5. March 2008

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I heard about this a couple of days and I kind of suspended judgement on it - but now the Clinton campaign is lying to Fox news about it…and there’s obviously something to it. Read this Daily Kos diary for a lot of detail. Daily Kos: Clinton campaign making Obama “blacker” And as Troutnut said… Make of that [...]

My Voting Predictions

4. March 2008

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Flickr Photo Download: Conflicted Primary Voters? The polls all show things too close to call, but it’s early Tuesday morning and my guess is as good as anyone…so here goes; I’m hereby predict that Obama will do better the polls are showing right now and will win Vermont, Texas, Ohio and may take Rhode Island. He’s beaten [...]

Hillary Wants You To Crap Your Pants, Too!

29. February 2008

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Here’s her gross new ad. This is real, not a parody. And the very first comment at TalkingPointsMemo sum up my feeling exactly… Honestly, I’d rather have a president who was calm, collected, and had good judgment, as opposed to a president who has a history of poor judgment, and generally gets angry and erratic when the [...]

McCain And Iseman - No Big Deal?

21. February 2008

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Cash Money on Flickr - Photo Sharing! So far - and it’s very very early - that’s the mainstream media’s take. They are buying into the right wing talking points about the New York Times, and buying into the sex angle - which is the least interesting part of this. But Litbrit has an article worth reading [...]

Statement McCain Just Issued Tonight Was Written In December…

20. February 2008

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The John McCain issued a statement just tonight about the New York Times Vicky Iseman story…but they issued the exact same statement MONTHS ago. Handy that they had it laying around, isn’t it? “It is unfortunate that rumor and gossip enter into political campaigns,” said the statement from Jill Hazelbaker, the campaign’s communications director. “John McCain [...]