Nancy Grace is an Evil Witch
Last night Nancy Grace had Elizabeth Smart and she pestered and tormented the young lady about her abduction to the point where Ms. Smart had to put her in her place. The depravity of Nancy Grace is...
View ArticleMarragie Equality Tchotchkes
My friends, I write today to tell the Kos community about a new web site, www.heartmovement.com, thatI think will be of interest to a lot of progressives, especially those that are particularly...
View ArticleThe Biggest Impact on 2008 will be the Battlegrounds.
I remember 2004 all too well. The whole thing came down to three place: PA, OH and FL. Two out of three won and we all knew that. Unlike 2000, OH was the closest. Ohio is deep blue now...so who's...
View ArticleRudy is in...watch him flame out.
Rudy Giuliani has formed an exploratory committe for 2008. I predict his campaign will go up in flames. Read on for some interesting reasons why he can never be the nominee of the Grand Old Party.
View ArticleQuit Wasting Time Wishing for Impeachment
Why do so many of our most articulate contributors feel the need to post about impeachment when there is literally zero chance of it ever happening? Now that we're a majority party, it does us no good...
View ArticleInvestigate, yes. Think of dual-impeachments? Only in your dreams.
A couple days ago I posted a diary suggesting that impeachment fantasies are counter-productive. Needless to say I got a lot of strong, negative feedback. There are a few points I want to make in...
View ArticleThe Iraq problem is religious.
I was very pleased to see more and more people referring to the Iraqmire by its true nature: a civil war. Now let's take the next step and blame the root cause of this strife: Religion.
View ArticleMy Email to George Will
Kos is all over this but I wanted to share my Email with everyone here and it's way too long for a comment on the thread.
View ArticleYahoo, this is the most undereported story of 2006
Yahoo today has a gimmick about the most under reported story of 2006. You are suppossed to compose a pithy paragraph on the subject and post it to their page. The gimmick is that Lesley Stahl is...
View ArticleRoberto Clemente
This is going to be a strange diary. I dont' know where its going. I wish I could chanel Don Dellilo for about 15 minutes but I'll do my best. These are my thoughts about yesterday's terrible...
View ArticleWherein I heed Molly Ivins' Call In a very small way
Yesterday Ybruti had a great diary about Molly Ivin's January 6th column on the need for citizen action against the war in Iraq. I posted a comment about what I intended to do about it; I would write...
View ArticleOur Best Ticket in 2008...
Our best ticket in 2008 would be Obama-Webb. Seems a little short on experience at first but hear me out.
View ArticleThe Common Thread of Edwards on Iraq
I'm going to indulge in some dem-bashing. I know that right off the bat, this will irritate a lot of people. That the Dem in question is John Edwards insures that even more people will be irritated....
View ArticleThank You, Molly Ivins
Six weeks or so ago Molly Ivins in one of her last columns urged the American people to do SOMETHING to stop the escalation of the war in Iraq. I did something very, very small, inspired by her and...
View ArticleI know we can raise a few grand for this
Do you like to fuck with conservative? I mean do you REALLY like to fuck with conservatives? Can you swim in the event of a gangplanking? Then I've got an idea for you.
View ArticleWhy Kurt's Death is so sad.
This was a diary about how Kurt deserved better than to die during the Bush Presidency. But a commenter correctly pointed out that I was wrong to make that connection. Bush can't tarnish Vonnegut...
View ArticleLest we forget, "Rev." Sharpton is an idiot.
Last night in a debate with moron/gadfly Chris Hitchens, Al Sharpton implied that Mormons do not "really" believe in God. Yes, this is the same "Rev." Al Sharpton who last month kicked up a storm...
View ArticleTony Soprano's Tragedy is the American Tragedy: He Has to Live Here.
I know lots of folks have expressed an opinion about the Soprano's finale already. But I want to add my two cents, mostly because I think the last episode was so brilliant, and reflects in no small...
View ArticleLet me Shock the Edwards People
I believe that John Edwards is the weakest of the top 4 candidates our party has to offer in 2008. I have made this fact very clear and I often get troll-rated by people who support Edwards for making...
View ArticleImpeachment Poll
Impeachment is a magic word on DKos. Use it favorably and you will shoot to the top of the recommended list every time. It seems to me that this site, though not Kos personally, is way to the left of...
View ArticleSecond Choice Presidential Poll
I'm sure this has been tried before but I though it might be interesting to see who people would switch to if their first choice was not an option. (They dropped out or did something really stupid to...
View ArticleUpdate: Roberts had a seizure.
Tucker Carlson just announced that NBC has confirmed that Chief Justic Roberts was hospitalized not for taking a fall, but for a "seizure" of some kind.
View ArticleIt's time to Move On Again....really.
I thought the Senate resolutions against Moveon.org were utter nonsense. But now I'm beggining to think that the reaction to it is a bit overblwon as well.
View ArticleJon Stewart just destroyed Tweety
Chris Matthews was the guest on The Daily Show tonight and Jon Stewart gave him the what-for. Not about what you might be thinking, but about something just as important.
View ArticleHuckabee officially goes for the gutter.
Yesterday Sam Brownback dropped out of the GOP race. While his support was very, very small, he was the candidate who most appealed to the die-hard Right to Life Crowd. (At least most of that crowd....
View ArticleBill-O in Fine Form Tonight (DKos smeared again)
I was flipping through the channels and saw that Bill O was interviewing a Navy SEAL who just wrote a book about the death of his heroic teammate. I wanted to hear what the SEAL said so I was willing...
View ArticleWhy Immigration Matters to Wing-nuts
First look at my signature line. I often get complimented on it, even by people who disagree with the substance of my posts. "Unrestricted immigration is a dangerous thing -- look at what happened to...
View ArticleOn the Ocassion of Kurt Vonnegut's 85th Birthday.
Today would have been Kurt Vonnegut's 85th birthday if we didn't lose him about six months ago. This diary will be a short tribute to his memory and to Rememberance Day. (More about that on the flip.)
View ArticleMy Predictions (because I have nothing better to do.)
I've been meaning to write a detailed and incisive prediction of the 2008 election cycle for months. Of course, real life kept getting in the way of that loft goal. So today I will settle for making...
View ArticleGrading the Iowa Speeches
My Internet was down on the night of the IA Caucus so I watched MSNBC's coverage pretty much wall to wall. So I'm going to give you my impressions of the speeches-victory, conscession or somewhere in...
View ArticleFive White Guys Walk into a bar....
and everyone fell asleep. I just want to get down my thoughts on the GOP debate and I realized that I had too much to write in a comment.
View ArticleMy Predictions Again (Because I still have nothing better to do.)
OSU seems to be on the way to another Big-Ten Embarrsment so I thought I'd write up a predictions diary insted of reliving the Rose Bowl. For the record, these were my predictions before Iowa:...
View ArticleWhat Does Hillary Do Next?
I was dead wrong about NH. Yesterday I had Obama winning by 16. I could kick myself for that because I knew that the emotional moment was going to help Hillary with women voters but I just got cauht...
View ArticleDrudge: Exit Polls Favor Mitt.
I've been checking Drudge every day or so to see what the next bull shit scandal will be. Right now he has results of an exit poll for Michigan up. It seems that Dems for Mitt may have achieved their...
View ArticleObama: The most votes, so far.
The national media and even a lot of people on this site are beginning to act like Hillary is the presumptive nominee again. I find this interesting to say the least. We've had three contests so far...
View ArticleMy Sister Asked Me "Why Obama"?
The other day my sister asked me "Why Obama?" This was in repsonse to a flippant PS on an email sent to our cousins along the lines of. "If you don't know who to vote for on Tuesday, vote for Obama."...
View ArticleBecause I like Being Wrong
as much as the next fella....here goes my Super Tuesday 2008 predictions thread. Feel free to Nelson Munce "Ha-ha!" me if you see me on the street after tomorrow night.
View ArticleBreaking: Huckabee Takes Kansas (Holy Shit, Toto.)
Fox News has just announced that former Governor Mike Huckabee has beaten John McCain in the GOP Caucus in Kansas.
View ArticleObama Takes the lead in Rasmussen Poll.
Just 5 minutes ago, Rasmussen reports posted the results of its daily national tracking poll and the result is a seizmic shift toward Obama. Yesteray Hillary had an 2 point lead. Today Obama has a 4...
View ArticleStunning Vitriol from a Clinton Surrogate.
Last night before Hillary spoke in Youngstown, OH she was introduced by Tom Buffenbarger, the president of an Aerospace machinists' union. To say he was "dismissive" Of Obama is to understate the...
View ArticleTomorrow, a streak will end.
UPDATE: It's actually 31 straight contests. I forgot about getting all 4 right on the Saturday after Super Tuesday (ME, LA, WA and ND...or NE...wherever that last one was.) I'll rummage for the...
View ArticleLarry King is the worst.
This might be short but I have to vent. I still maintain that Larry King is a worse cancer on the body politic than anyone Fox News has to offer.
View ArticleAll I know for sure (Obama VP speculation)
All I know for sure is that it won't be Biden. There's always a false buzz around some old, tired name. Remember the NY Post reported that it was going to be Kerry-Gephardt last time around. I think...
View ArticleA Delicate but Important Point
Governor Palin is the mother of a four month old boy who has Down Syndrome. She found out about his condition while four months pregnant. She chose not to have an abortion, a decision which is as...
View ArticleBuild the Narrative: Choosing Palin showed terrible judgment.
I know that many people are anxious to stop talking about Sarah Palin and start talking about John McCain instead. But the best way to bridge that is to talk about Sarah Palin as a reflection of John...
View ArticleIf Ayers is Such a Big Deal, Mr. Kass....
RealClearpolitics.com has a link to an article By John Kass in the Chicago Tribune. The thesis of the article is that William Ayers's previous life of crime should be a big deal but it is being...
View ArticlePersonal Predictions for Tuesday
Okay, this is something of a vanity diary. But I wanted to make a permanent, public record of my predictions for the election. And yes, I know this is a vanity diary but let me justify it by saying...
View ArticleTed Olson and Jimmy Breslin (Just a Thought)
There is a front-page diary about the surprising turn of events where Ted Olson has taken up the cause of marriage equality in California. I don't know the man so I can't guess at his motives. But...
View ArticleFree Rice Friday (action/fun) UPDATED x4
Yesterday there was a prominent recommended diary by newyorknewyork about the wonderful web sites freerice.com. In the comments section, I proposed making a game out of the fact that many of us are...
View ArticlePassword Help
I am sorry to clog the feed here but I just logged in for the first time in years tonight. I was pretty active on here from 2005 to 2010 but haven’t been on in years.At one point I lost the password to...
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