This song by The Who is not just the theme song for the television series “CSI”; or one of the greatest songs in music history. This song is the anthem of the 2008 Presidential Race. The chorus of “Won’t Get Fooled Again” goes as follows: “I’ll tip my hat to the new constitution Take a bow for the new revolution Smile and grin at the change all around me Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday Then...
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It’s About Time: Sean Wilentz on Obama Playing the Race Card
I have felt all along that the Obama campaign has been the campaign playing the race card, not the Clinton campaign. Sean Wilentz was on Tucker today talking about his piece on the subject in The New Republic. Watch it: Wilentz says in Race Man, How Barack Obama played the race card and blamed Hillary Clinton: Sphere: Related Content
The Illusion of Freedom
I was reflecting on something Oprah Winfrey said about Barack Obama at a rally in California: “Being free means you get to think for yourself and you get to decide for yourself”. One does not have to search very hard to realize the 2008 American Presidential Elections are far from free. Information regarding each of the candidates has been meticulously filtered and “purified” by the news media and celebrity pundits. We are seeing and hearing only what the media...
Who Will Endure?
I watched the debate last night between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. It was clearly the best debate between the two of them—— interesting and substantive. Hillary Clinton was the stronger debater. She clearly showed that she is “a fighter” and that she has command of the issues. She demonstrated her foreign policy knowledge, and she stood up against personal attacks from Tim Russert about submitting her income tax returns due to her five million dollar loan to the...
I’m a “Whiner”–and I Don’t Intend to Stop Whining
This primary has demonstrated nothing if it has not demonstrated how Americans view misogyny as opposed to racism. Let me begin by stating that I know that the United States is a very racist nation, and nothing I am about to say should be interpreted to mean that I think racism is not a huge problem in our country. Bigotry of all types abound here–racism, misogyny, gay-hating (the term “homophobia” is just to soft for me), hatred of the...
What Jerome Said
I’m posting lite today for a multitude of reasons including pressing business matters and the fact that I have grown weary and wary of the growing the divisions amongst progressive bloggers over this primary season. There’s a lot ugliness in the news and on the blogs today and a lot of speculation surrounding a piece on Drudge Report. I’m not going to get into analyzing it or it’s origins, I’m just going to say I agree with Jerome. I’m...
SNL: Bitch Is The New Black
The Saturday Night Live “writers are back with a vengeance.” Last night SNL featured a “devastating opening skit about how in the tank the news media is for Obama and how totally unfair it is to Hillary.” (VIDEO HERE) Then they moved on to a Tina Fey “commentary on the Weekend Update that shockingly was also very pro Hillary.” (VIDEO HERE) Here’s the rough transcript via MYDD: Sphere: Related Content
Is The Obama Bubble Bursting?
It really is inevitable, that the bubble known as the Obama phenomena would go on forever with out bursting. Today there’s discussion on just that. Jeralyn has the scoop at Talk Left. As Paul Krugman notes, the bursting of the Obama bubble is “it’s already starting – probably too late to have much effect on the nomination fight, but in plenty of time to affect the general election.” That is something voters need to think about in the states that...
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