I decided to tune out the GOP primary coverage and return to Hockey Night In Canada once it became clear that Ron Paul's speech would consist of reciting the entire first side of 2112 with extended solos. (I did like the warm-up line about how...
2012 Republican Primary
Pierce dissects Bobo's defense of Mittens so I don't have to.
Hopefully Paul-curious progressives heard the bit where kindly old Ron Paul noted that "South Carolina is known for their respect for liberty." This is a good summation of the kinds.
It's still great that we have Newt around as a moralizing blowhard working to keep America's traditional values sacrosanct by ensuring that marriage is between one man, one woman, his congressional aides, his geometry teachers, someone he just met at a wine&cheese social.... Also, I'm pretty sure...
I understand that I have been admonished to not write about such trivialities, but having come across Larry Johnson interrupting his search for the Whitey Tape to give his reaction.
I'm not sure which assertion is more absurd -- the idea that Obama thinks there should be a constitutional "provision for the redistribution of wealth," or the idea that men.
It does seem worth noting that his stump speech is pretty much all lies. But since he said them, one can hardly expect a transcriber journalist to question them. Now, if someone had misquoted him about Love Story, on the other hand, that would be...
This is the kind of thing I'm referring to when I say that it's absurd to deny that Romney is a mortal lock, whether he narrowly wins or loses South.
Always nice for someone to let you know right away that their analysis isn't going to be worth your time: While Romney is not yet a prohibitive favorite... Sure. Lamar!.
As Lindsay says, Katha Pollitt's column on Ron Paul is excellent. I'll quote another important passage: It’s a little strange to see people who inveigh against Obama’s healthcare compromises wave away, as a detail, Paul’s opposition to any government involvement in healthcare. In Ron Paul’s...
it turns out he's somewhat opposed, if we can interpret "social programs led to the collapse of the British Empire" and "the British National Healthcare system is a devastating program.
David Brooks has an argument that the co-winner of yesterday's caucuses is a different type of conservatism. Unlike that upper-class swell Mitt Romney, you see, Santorum offers a frothy agenda.