Olbermann Pounds Nail Into Clinton Coffin

[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=cdbgELgiBQM] Again, Keith Olbermann cuts to the chase: You actually used the word "assassination" in a time when there is a fear, unspoken but vivid and terrible, that our again-troubled land and fractured political landscape might target a black man running for president. Or a white man. Or a white woman! You actually used those … Continue reading Olbermann Pounds Nail Into Clinton Coffin

Poetry: Where Your Vote Really Counts

Tired of the never-ending Democratic Primary and annoyed that, in the end, your vote might not really count anyway if the Super Delegates opt to nominate the candidate not in the lead when all is said and done? As in many other aspects of life, poetry offers a much-needed alternative. Blogsboro.com is running an election … Continue reading Poetry: Where Your Vote Really Counts

I’m Not Dead

...but I certainly feel like I've been buried alive lately! [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdnljEV7MP4] Speaking, tangentially, of being careful what you wish for*, I'd totally understand if Obama was really close to just saying "screw y'all" and handing the nomination to Clinton. Hunter S. Thompson's sentiment -- paraprashing someone else, I believe -- "In a democracy, people usually get the kind of government they deserve, and … Continue reading I’m Not Dead

I just can’t resist

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It6JN7ALF7Y] [from the Jed Report, via Ben Smith] And for some background, the Washington Post's Mary Ann Akers dug up Sinbad, the comedian who accompanied Clinton on that harrowing peace-keeping mission to Bosnia in 1996, along with other noted crisis negotiators Sheryl Crow and a pre-teen Chelsea Clinton, for this enlightening flashback: In her Iowa stump speech, Clinton … Continue reading I just can’t resist