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The Problem with John Edwards' Urban Radicalism
[Cross-posted from ProgressiveHistorians. Many thanks to Elle, who clarified my thinking on this subject.](Photo (far left): LaGuardia Community College)Don't worry, I'll get to the problem later....
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Why is This Man Running for President?
[Cross-posted at ProgressiveHistorians, My Left Wing, and MyDD.]Hint: It's not because he expects to win.Mike Gravel is, by all accounts, a bit of a nut. He hasn't served in elective office for...
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GBCW
[Cross-posted from ProgressiveHistorians.]Folks who think that "Goodbye, Cruel World" speeches only happen in the wacky world of the blogosphere need to think again. Such speeches have a long and...
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Rhetorical Nukes, and When to Use Them
[Cross-posted from ProgressiveHistorians.] What's the difference between great Presidents and really, really bad Presidents? Well, great Presidents say things like this:
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Can We Stop Talking About the White Guy, the Black Guy, the Hispanic Guy, and...
[Cross-posted from ProgressiveHistorians. Image courtesy Eastern New Mexico University.]You know, John Edwards, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, and Hillary Clinton.Of course, I've just stereotyped them...
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Restoring our Constitution: WWLD? (What Would Lincoln Do?)
[Cross-posted from ProgressiveHistorians.]Admit it. When you think of the perfect President, Abraham Lincoln is the guy you dream about. The craggy, homespun looks, the humble origins, the brilliant...
View ArticleTired
I'm tired, so tired.I'm tired from the election, my God, am I tired. But elections are always tiring, and in their aftermath euphoria turns too soon to exhausted bitterness, because we expect...
View ArticleHave the Bannings Proved Billmon Right?
[Cross-posted at ProgressiveHistorians. Please note that my opinions are mine only, and reflect neither on my site nor on any of the people mentioned in this article.]In the history of every...
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The Most Hypocritical Action Ever From Our Side
[Cross-posted at ProgressiveHistorians and My Left Wing.]Here's a question for the moralists among us. Two guys, two ridiculously offensive statements. Guy One compares black female basketball...
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2008: Dewey Beats Hillary?
[Cross-posted at ProgressiveHistorians, MyDD, and My Left Wing.]Five months ago, I wrote a diary in which I compared the current crop of GOP 2008 hopefuls with their counterparts in 1948. In that...
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Why the Republican Presidential "Turn" is a Myth
[Cross-posted at ProgressiveHistorians, MyDD, My Left Wing, and TalkLeft.]For some time, there has been a meme in political discourse indicating that Republicans choose their Presidential candidates...
View ArticleRules and "Rule Hunters" at Daily Kos
Let's start off with a quote from Elise, which was a response to my previous diary, Have the Bannings Proved Billmon Right?:First, there are rules here. I don't understand why rules are so hard for...
View ArticleObama's Foreign Policy: Much, Much Weaker Than Richardson's
[Cross-posted at ProgressiveHistorians and My Left Wing.]Via TPMCafe, the highlights of Obama's "Five Ways America Must Lead Again" speech:The first way America will lead is by bringing a responsible...
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Book Review: Jeffrey Feldman's "Framing the Debate"
[Cross-posted at ProgressiveHistorians, MyDD, and My Left Wing.] I'm both a supporter and a skeptic of the doctrine of political framing as promulgated by Berkeley linguist George Lakoff in his now...
View ArticleBreaking: Sen. Biden misrepresents history
[Cross-posted at ProgressiveHistorians.]I hate short diaries, but I'm going to post one here. You all know about Biden's famous history of stretching and misrepresenting the truth. Well, he just did...
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Why is a Law Degree a Prerequisite for the Presidency?
[Cross-posted from ProgressiveHistorians.]Below, compiled from Politics1, are the terminal degrees of the announced Democratic and Republican candidates for President:
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My Foreign Policy Interview with Bill Richardson
[Posted at ProgressiveHistorians, Daily Kos, My Left Wing, MyDD, Never In Our Names, European Tribune, Eteraz, and Nation-Building.]
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Palestine, Israel, and the Abuse of History
[Cross-posted at ProgressiveHistorians, My Left Wing, and European Tribune. Image: Palestinian tribal boundaries in 1759, courtesy Wikipedia.] As I wade with trepidation into this thorny and...
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The Last Progressive: A Review of Al Gore's The Assault on Reason
Herbert Croly, Walter Lippmann, and Al Gore[Cross-posted at ProgressiveHistorians, My Left Wing, and MyDD.]
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Jews Eat Babies
[Cross-posted at My Left Wing. Image courtesy Uncyclopedia.]Yeah, you heard that right. They eat babies. Moreover, they eat Christian babies. And Muslim babies too. The jury is still out on...
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