Back Slowly Away from the Gun
This is not a GBCW diary.For one thing, I don't like them. Most of them are I-get-the-last-word-after-all-ha-ha kinds of things by people going away mad. The rest read more like suicide notes.I don't...
View ArticleMitt Romney is the GOP's Michael Dukakis
In 1988, Democrats nominated the former Governor of Massachusetts, Michael Dukakis, as their candidate for President of the United States.Dukakis is considered by many--including me--the most hapless...
View ArticleOn Respect, "Mental Illness" and Religiosity
The science/religion/respect/disrespect topic has reared its head again here, with some ugly characterizations. This is a big topic but I'll try to be brief.To start with: I don't think there is a...
View ArticleThe Cowardice of Mitt Romney
Well, it’s apparently been decided. AP is reporting that Mitt Romney has selected Paul Ryan as his Vice Presidential running mate.Now attention will turn to gaming out what this means and how it shapes...
View ArticleRunning Against Paul Ryan is Exactly What Team Obama Wanted (Updated)
Paul Ryan as VP! Oh, noes! Please, please don't throw me into that briar patch! Anybody remember that Paul Ryan was actually created as a national figure by Barack Obama...so he could use Ryan's...
View ArticleWikiLeaks, Security, and the Strange Case of Julian Assange
A lot has been made of the uncharacteristic actions of the Swedish, British and US governments in relation to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Right now, UK military and police are laying siege to the...
View ArticleIs Mitt Romney Cursed?
You kind of have to wonder.Mitt Romney certain brings a lot of his own disadvantages to the party. He's unlikeable, demonstrably avaricious, dishonest, and a political "Etch-a-Sketch", and his track...
View ArticleThe Clown Car of Darkness (UPDATED)
There was a time when American politics didn’t involve one party that was stark raving mad.We are about to watch a week of lunacy unfold in Tampa. Not harmless lunacy like Moon-landing-denial—RIP,...
View ArticleEight Strategies for Kicking GOP Butt in 2012
So...since the recent flurry of attention over my lament at the completely unfunny Republican Clown Car of Darkness, celebration of Team Obama's aikido mastery, identification of the Romney campaign's...
View ArticleYour One-Stop Resource on Republican Economic Policy Failure
Now and then, a friend asks me where s/he can find a one-stop source of solid, irrefutable data documenting the failures of Republican economic policies. Usually, it's because the friend is in a...
View ArticleFighting the Last War (UPDATED)
One of the recurring warnings/lessons/pitfalls in military history and strategic training is the propensity for armies to prepare and plan for the last war they fought, rather than the next.This is...
View ArticleThe Words At Long Last: A Personal Perspective on the 2012 DNC
Okay, here's the thing about this Democratic National Convention, in my view.Rallies can be great, but there's a body-level thing that happens in humans when involved with a mob swept with...
View ArticleMitt Romney: The Opposite of Entitlement
Watching Mitt Romney's truly appalling attempt to twist the murder of four members of the American diplomatic corps into an indictment of the Obama administration, what strikes me more than anything...
View ArticleHow Obama Should Debate Romney
Earlier, this diary asked how the President should address Gov. Romney during the debates. I don't find that question all that interesting, but the larger question of tactical approaches to the debates...
View ArticleSudden Synchronicity of Fear Inducement
Short diary, but hey: anybody see what could be a pattern here? Just blue-skying:We've got supposedly Al Queda bomb threats on university campuses (yeah, right--because they're so great about warning...
View ArticleSorry, Erick: Mitt Romney Is The *PERFECT* Conservative
One of the many strikes against Mitt Romney's candidacy has been a regular drumbeat of complaint by movement conservatives like Redstate's Erick Erickson that Romney isn't sufficiently ideologically...
View ArticleOccupy Retrospection: What Occupy Apparently HASN'T Learned
There is a diary on the Community Spotlight list right now which purports to analyze what we have learned from the Occupy movement.Unfortunately, though well-written and researched, it does nothing of...
View ArticleTraditional & Social Media Collide Over Obama/Romney Debate
This'll be brief, but it's interesting to me, and...well, this is where I write about stuff that's interesting to me.Today, in the digesting of the first Presidential debate, we are confronted with the...
View ArticleWhat Do You Say to Friends Who Won't Vote, or Vote Third Party?
One result of the widespread cynicism about public institutions that grew out of the Sixties era—combined with the thirty-year Republican war on government's capacity to do its job—is a large number of...
View ArticleRomney's Instincts Betrayed Him
This'll be brief, but I thought it was interesting enough to share.As I reflect on Romney's attempt at a gotcha moment on the Benghazi attack, it strikes me that this is his entire career in a...
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