One of the things that stuck in my mind about Barack Obama’s “bitter” statement was the fact that he used the statement to make some claims about the Clinton administration that were quite simply false. I meant to look for some references to the economy in Pennsylvania under the Clinton administration yesterday, but I got busy with managing my own economics and frankly, I forgot. However, I wasn’t the only blogger thinking Obama’s gratitous slap against the Clinton administration...
Daily Archives: April 14, 2008 11:04 pm
Bush OK’d Torture Meetings
It’s official… “President Bush says he was aware that his top aides met in the White House basement to micromanage the application of waterboarding and other widely-condemned interrogation techniques.” And he says it was no big deal. “I’m aware our national security team met on this issue. And I approved,” Bush told ABC News’ Martha Raddatz on Friday. “I don’t know what’s new about that; I’m not so sure what’s so startling about that.” It’s true that it has...
The Most Severe Famine Ever?
THE MOST SEVERE FAMINE EVER? F*ck American conservatives! Just f*ck the rotten murdering bastards. My wife is Filipino. A main food staple for the Philippines is rice. What we pay to buy food for her family back home has tripled in the last six months. People are now starving to death in the Philippines. Mainly homeless people now, but people nonetheless. Sure beggars are still allowed to beg, but doing it no longer keeps them alive. They used to...
Snob-Obama is Not Just Out of Touch. He’s From Another Planet
This is how the Republicans are trying to define Barack Obama: Too Liberal, Too Out of Touch. “I know what makes people there ‘bitter.’ It’s slick-talking politicians who look down on their beliefs and values.” Michael Goodwin wrote in Sunday’s Daily News about his small town in Pennsylvania. The well-circulated quotes from Huffington Post — of Obama telling a closed, well-heeled fundraiser that people in small towns in Pennsylvania are bitter and cling to religion and guns out of...
Blake Fleetwood
Blake Fleetwood was formerly on the staff of The New York Times. He has written for The New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, The New York Daily News, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the Village Voice, Atlantic and the Washington Monthly on a wealth of issues. Blake is also a contributor at The Huffington Post. Blake was born in Santiago, Chile and moved to New York City at the age of 3. He is a graduate of Bard College and Columbia University (graduate...
Dear Sen. Obama (from an African-American woman)
Go read: Dear Sen. Obama (from an African-American woman) on Obama’s Annie Oakley reference to Hillary Clinton. And on the flip side Joe Gandelman views things a little differently. Sphere: Related Content
Nobel Laureate Refuses Olympic Torch
There’s been a lot of news about the upcoming Olympics in China and the various protests and calls for boycotts. NPR reports today that “Kenyan political activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai turned down an invitation to participate in the Olympic torch relay in Dar Es Salam, Tanzania.” Listen Here as Maathai “explains her decision and shares insights about recent political developments in Kenya.” CNN has more news on Kenya here. Sphere: Related Content
Professor Obama’s Failure As A Teacher
I almost never watch broadcast or cable news because I can’t go more than a few minutes without hearing something absurd. I watched perhaps 7 minutes of This Week on Sunday (4/14) as I was eating breakfast, just enough time to see part of a round table with Donna Brazile, among others. (I don’t link to sites that I cannot support so you’re either going to have to take my word or look up the transcript yourself. Citing the...
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