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
Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword
Even Saturday Night Live knows it’s all over for Hillary Clinton: “Sore loser, racist supporters, no ethical standards — qualities Senator Obama simply cannot match.” I don’t think she’ll be referencing this one any time soon!
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
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
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:
Lucky to be Black
I really am trying to lower my political caloric intake right now — and, for the most part, have, thanks to a hectic few days of dealing with the adventures of buying a house — but the events of the past week have simply been unavoidable and difficult to let go unremarked upon. The posts I haven’t written this week would
Olbermann on Ferraro
[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=qXBXD2zizIY] “This is not a campaign strategy, this is a suicide pact.” Amen.
Spitzer steps on his own d…
I liked Eliot Spitzer, in theory, when he came roaring into Albany, taking over as our Governor from the lame George Pataki and, determined to break the stalemate between state Democrats and Republicans, promised to steamroll anyone who got in his way as he drove the unethical from the temple in one glorious sweep of righteous fury!
Bill Maher does journalists’ job for them
One of the more frustrating things about mainstream media coverage of this year’s Presidential primaries has been their short attention span and preference for the low-calorie sensational stories over the meatier issues of the day. ie: Samantha Power calling Hillary Clinton a “monster” (a comment which, taken in context, is hard to argue to with) is somehow more
Know Hope
April 22nd is a long way off and my nerves are a little bit frayed right now so I’m going to step away from politics for a while here on the blog and focus on some other stuff (see below). For a final bit of perspective on the meaning of last night’s results, I cede the floor to the inimitable Andrew Sullivan: