Just curious: Did they say what it is about her? Does the Jews for Jesus thing get any traction? Or her generally nutty Young Earth Xianity?

Posted at September 23, 2008 7:55 PM in response to Revenge of the Jewish Grandmas

NRSC Ad: Al Franken Jokes About Rape, Physically Assaults People
Wow. The NRSC's new ad against Al Franken doesn't pull any punches, calling him "unfit for office" due in part to the many sick jokes he's told over the years as a comedian:

Well, these are the people who thought Reagan was really a cowboy, and Ahnuld was really a futuristic, unstoppable killing machine.

Posted at September 22, 2008 6:17 PM in response to A Night At The Congressional Races

"according to a new CBS News poll conducted Monday-Wednesday of this week"

So the effect of her Buchanan-lite speech, Rudi's hissing Voldemort diatribe and Obama's abortion ad don't factor in?

I'll wait till Sept 15 to be really concerned or thrilled by any polls.

Posted at September 4, 2008 5:32 PM in response to Poll: Obama's Lead Disappears In Wake Of Palin Announcement

Dumbest move Obama has made is not backing Clark to the hilt, or at least "General Clark speaks with the knowledge of a wounded combat veteran and victorious general officer..."

I suspect there must be some personal feud between Clark and Obama. That's the only thing that explains this blown opportunity. Too bad.

Posted at August 18, 2008 8:36 PM in response to Vice President Joe Biden?

Well, if she thinks McCain's confused belligerence and lackluster record is "good experience" for the presidency, doesn't that suggest she's not a very good judge of what presidents should be and do, and doesn't that, in turn, suggest she's unfit for the office herself?

Posted at August 14, 2008 3:41 PM in response to McCain Recycling Hillary's Old Attacks Against Obama

Can a nobody gossip about politicians on a blog? Because I have seen it blogged that Susan Collins is living, breathing Senatorial proof that it is, in fact, possible to boink one's brains out.

I have no idea if there is any truth to this, but if there is, could somebody speak out? I swear I hate these pseudo-moderate Bush apparatchiks more than the straight-up wingnuts. At least Jeff Sessions is what he claims to be on the campaign trail.

Posted at August 13, 2008 11:22 PM in response to GOP Sen. Susan Collins: Edwards Is The Father

Um... what?

Posted at August 11, 2008 4:08 PM in response to Poll: Obama Holding Narrow Lead In Key Swing State Of Colorado

Well, it doesn't matter if it's a breaker for me since I don't live in WI and would still vote for him if I did. I'm pissed off, I'm not interested in burning down the party to save it.

Vulgar politics aside, how do you reconcile his vote against the Patriot Act and his normal assertive progressivism with his "comfort" with President McCain? Not snark, I'm serious. And his description of John McCain as if the last eight years, and especially the last five, never happened? That's just weird, and to me is the same sort of blinkered, lazy Beltway thinking that got Joe Lieberman back in the Senate (Joe? A demented vindictive crackpot? But I've known him for years....). I expect more from Feingold; if this came from my own Ken Salazar, I'd just roll my eyes and say "same old same old".

And McCain is a hard right-winger. If anything, the war, his need to vindicate his belief in militarism, has solidified his authoritarianism.

Feingold needs to trust his lyin' eyes, not his warm, fuzzy memories of an eight year old campaign.

As for Schweitzer: I've never been as big a fan as some, I seem to remember a few weeks ago he made some decidedly Archie Bunkerbufferish comments about "Teh Left", and he's not as likely to draw national media attention as Feingold.

Posted at August 11, 2008 3:45 PM in response to Feingold: McCain "Calls 'Em As He Sees 'Em"

My response below.

Posted at August 11, 2008 3:08 PM in response to Feingold: McCain "Calls 'Em As He Sees 'Em"

josephcast:
I don't have the power to throw anyone under any bus. I just want Russ Feingold to not be stupid. His vote against the Patriot Act was great. Progressive Patriots is a great idea. And neither will mean shit-all if John McCain gets into the White House.
Why is Russ Feingold "comfortable" with a man who is, literally, the incarnation of the Patriot Act in the Oval Office?
If Russ Feingold wants to have dinner with Senator McCain next February and gab about how much fun they had with McCain-Feingold, that's none of my business. As a Democrat and an American, it is my business if Senator Feingold is fluffing McCain on the record during the campaign.

As for "underhanded praise", this seems to be the defense? That Feingold was damning McCain with faint praise? Please.

Feingold calls McCain "very original" and a "maverick by nature." McCain's own TV ads call him the "original maverick."
[...]
But he doesn't take issue with McCain's presentation of himself as a politician with a deep independent streak.

"He is not a guy who wants to be chummy-chummy with political leaders of the party. He doesn't like that sort of constraint. He's an independent," said Feingold. "So he somehow managed to become the nominee of the Republican Party. But we all know it's not because he was somebody that was kissing up to the Republican establishment, to say the least."

Besides being straight out of McCain's own campaign ads, this is complete and utter bullshit. McCain has, as he gleefully admits, spent eight years kissing up to the Republican Establishment: MCA? the Webb vets' bill? FISA? Jerry Falwell? Tax cuts?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U5KZzgaB2k

Feingold has his head square up his ass, and judging from this interview, is more concerned with his social relationship with McCain than with policy and consequences of this election.

Posted at August 11, 2008 3:04 PM in response to Feingold: McCain "Calls 'Em As He Sees 'Em"