The horse isn’t dead yet, which is why I continue to flog it

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Somehow, I'd forgotten about this one:Stevens, like a generation of Alaskan politicians before him, has regularly used Alaska's marginal strategic importance as a cover for political nest-feathering--which explains part of why a quarter of the $7.6 billion Alaska received from the federal government in 2002 alone...

The Real Issue With MSNBC

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I think this is the key part of Greenwald's post about Gregory replacing OberMatthews:Finally, and perhaps most notably of all, Olbermann's role as anchor somehow destroys the journalistic brand of.

On the Day I Became a True Reds Fan…

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...Great American was filled with vermin. These particular vermin were wearing blue shirts, typically festooned with a red "C" and including some form of adolescent bear. Roughly 70% of the occupied seats of Great American sported these vermin, such that the crowd as a whole cheered...

Paranoia runs deep

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Mjd makes an excellent point in the thread below that what the hard right really loves about Palin is that she drives "the Left" (this means people who believe in.

The Strawman Archetype

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Oh, sure, it's been done on American blogs too. But "decent" uber-wanker Nick Cohen gives us the full Republican-ressentiment script. Claim: "On the other, liberal journalists turned [Palin's] family into an object of sexual disgust: inbred rednecks who had stumbled out of Deliverance." Omitted: a single...

I defer to H. L Mencken

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And P.T Barnum.For several weeks the McCain campaign has been running this ad pretty much non-stop in Colorado.Today we got this:COLORADO SPRINGS — The banners, buttons and signs say McCain-Palin,.

Everything is a Lefty Smear

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Steve M. says just about all that needs to be said about this piece in the Times, wherein we learn that throughout her adult life, Sarah Palin has been distinguished.

A Man to Man Apology

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I'm not a McMegan fan, but this is pretty good:The key point is that when John McCain was called out on his insult to Chelsea Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Janet Reno, he apologized to Bill Clinton, and not to the people he actually disparaged.

Your Questions Answered!

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Q:Ilya asks whether Palin has libertarian tendencies.No. This has been...Admittedly, I do think that it's fair to say that Palin gives off a "western vibe." What this vibe seems to.

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