Olbermann’s Special Comment on Recent Violent Hate-Mongering
This fired me up. To think of the great risk Obama takes every time he walks on a stage somewhere to speak, and that some Republicans (particularly the ones at the top of their ticket) are not outspoken against their lunatic supporters is absolutely horrifying.
Today’s Heading Right Radio w/ MediaLizzy
Lizzy Blackney invited me to join her program today, and we had a great ole bi-partisan love fest. (She makes it easy, being very thoughtful and intelligent and such.) We discuss many things, including the role of the millennial generation in this election, our high hopes that next week’s final debate will deliver some major [...]
McCain Underpromises, Overdelivers; Still Grumpy Old Republican
Looks like John McCain’s campaign-by-distraction strategy is continuing to buoy his candidacy. He lowered the bar on expectations significantly by injecting the suspicion that he was ill-prepared and dodging the debates, then he leapt over it with heavy makeup, a neat combover and a combination of condescension and name-dropping that was intended to frame decades [...]
Bring It, Republicans
It’s pre-game and I’m more excited than I’ve ever been for any UCLA-USC matchup. (I confess that I only wrote that so I could note, joyfully, that the Trojans CHOKED last night. *cue maniacal laughter*) Whatever the reason for his bizarre vacillation, I’m glad that McCain got with the program and decided to show up [...]
Palin Uncomfortable, Defensive in Gibson Interview
It’s surprising that the Barracuda was not a little more poised in her big ABC prime time debut. After throwing down the gauntlet in her RNC speech, she certainly invited the media scrutiny that has followed. I expected her to perform better. Since I didn’t watch it live, but read about it first and watched [...]
… And Tonight We’re Gonna Party Like It’s 1999.
Mainly because I still liked John McCain then, before he caved in defeat to the Karl Rove Machine and spent the last eight years in step with his party’s crazies in hopes that he’d be back in action tonight. Unfortunately, his moment has passed and the Republican philosophy has failed, at home and abroad. What [...]
Sans Guiliani, It’s a Solid Night for Repubs
I managed not to turn off the television when Guliani led the home crowd in a cackle of distasteful laughter at the work of community organizers. Beyond that, it was the most inspired performance by the Republican leadership we’ve seen this year. Romney and Huckabee were passionate and appropriately firm in asserting the (misguided) Republican [...]
Hybrid Media Love Fest at HuffPost Luncheon
A cast of entertainment, media and political heavyweights discussed the role of new media in the 2008 election this afternoon. Moderated by Charlie Rose, the lineup included Rahm Emanuel, George Stephanopoulos, WaPost’s Katharine Weymouth, Will.i.am, YouTube’s Chad Hurley and the guy who plays Barack Obama on Saturday Night Live. While a lot of the usual [...]
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