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Monthly Archives: August 2008
We Will Not Grow Up
Commentary here will pause for a week – a bit of vacation, a week visiting family in Cincinnati. New commentary will resume on Thursday, September 4, or shortly thereafter – although there may be some shorter posts as possible. … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, American Childishness, Assessing the Surge, Attacks on Obama, Bill Clinton versus Obama, Celebrity, Defending Georgia, Democratic Convention, Empty Threats, Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton Shows Real Class, Hillary Clinton's Convention Speech, McCain on the Leno Show, McCain the Warrior, McCain versus Russia, McCain's Many Homes, Michelle Obama's Convention Speech, Nouri al-Maliki, Obama: Uppity, Russian Empire, Timelines for Withdrawal, Tony Rezko
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Big News from Denver and Bigger News Elsewhere
Monday, August 25, 2008, and the Democratic National Convention opened. Yes, pre-packaged hurrah-for-our-side silliness, but the first day had its moments. The last Kennedy left standing, of the four brothers – coming off surgery to remove what they could … Continue reading
Posted in Cheney, Cindy McCain, Democratic Convention, Democrats do Something Right, Foreign Policy, History Being Made, McCain, McCain: Hot-Head, Michelle Obama, Michelle Obama's Convention Speech, Neoconservate Thought, New Cold War, Nouri al-Maliki, Patriotism, Post-Racial America, Race and America, Russia and Georgia War, Russian Empire, Ted Kennedy, Ted Kennedy in Denver, The Russo-Georgian War, Timelines for Withdrawal, Withdrawal From Iraq
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Anticipating the Democratic National Convention
See John Harwood in the New York Times blog, The Caucus. Political conventions have been dying, even if dying very slowly: The first blow came from presidential primaries, whose growth in recent decades has taken the power to select … Continue reading
Posted in Attacks on Obama, Chris Matthews, Democratic Convention, Frank Rich, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Shows Real Class, Interfering in the Democratic Convention, Journalism, Keith Olbermann, Maureen Dowd, McCain, McCain's Free Pass, McCain's Many Homes, Obama Chooses Biden, Obama's VP Choice, Petraeus for VP, Rick Brown
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The Biden Gambit
Saturday, August 23, 2008 – Obama and Biden Team Makes Public Debut (Reuters) – and that was that: Obama tapped the Delaware senator, a leading voice on international affairs, as his vice presidential running mate earlier on Saturday. … Continue reading
Moving Beyond Jesus
Thursday, August 21, and a news item from Reuters no one ever expected: A slim majority of Americans, including more conservatives and Republicans than previously, want to keep religion out of politics, a survey released on Thursday found. … Continue reading