Philosophy
From Marty Peretz, Editor of The New Republic,
- Hmmmm
So, how many houses will the Democratic VP pick have? Does Obama announce his pick today or let the eight house story run as far as it can? UPDATE: Note to blogosphere: mentioning that John McCain spends over a quarter of a million dollars a year on household...
- Hillary Clinton And The Sexist Chicken And Egg
The postmortems of Hillary Clinton's Presidential run (Aspazia's is the one that started me on this question, although the folks at Shakesville have been all over this from the start) have all rightly mentioned the blatant and horrible sexism...
- Bugs, Daffy, And That Looney Campaign Tune
Jeff Greenfield, over at Slate, wrote this piece, arguing that Obama will defeat Clinton in the end because Obama is Bugs Bunny and Clinton is Daffy Duck: Bugs is at ease, laid back, secure, confident. His lidded eyes and sly smile suggest a sense that...
- Fox News' Sexist Remarks On Hillary Clinton's Age
We all know that since Republican presidential candidates have an uncanny ability to get caught in embarrassing scandals and to trip over themselves left and right, Fox News will do whatever it can to try to discredit Hillary Clinton, their most feared...
- Release The Clinton!
First it was the economy, stupid. But apparently not only did trickle-down Republicans not get it, they regressed and went backwards, so it's time for President Bill Clinton to come back and school everyone in what can only be described as a masterful...
Philosophy
Post Clinton, Ergo Propter Clinton
From Marty Peretz, Editor of The New Republic,
Worse can be said of Bill Clinton's stumping in Connecticut for Joe (and Hillary's endorsement, too.) When Clinton came into the state, Lieberman and Lamont were running dead even in the polls, more or less. Clinton's appearance began Lieberman decline.The Clinton visit happened first, Lieberman's defeat after, therefore the second HAD to be caused by the first. Post hoc, ergo propter hoc. What Marty fails to realize is that on the morning of Clinton's visit, I made pancakes. THAT was the real cause...beware the flapjack. And Hillary, if you are even thinking of running in '08, I've got some batter left in freezer...
- Hmmmm
So, how many houses will the Democratic VP pick have? Does Obama announce his pick today or let the eight house story run as far as it can? UPDATE: Note to blogosphere: mentioning that John McCain spends over a quarter of a million dollars a year on household...
- Hillary Clinton And The Sexist Chicken And Egg
The postmortems of Hillary Clinton's Presidential run (Aspazia's is the one that started me on this question, although the folks at Shakesville have been all over this from the start) have all rightly mentioned the blatant and horrible sexism...
- Bugs, Daffy, And That Looney Campaign Tune
Jeff Greenfield, over at Slate, wrote this piece, arguing that Obama will defeat Clinton in the end because Obama is Bugs Bunny and Clinton is Daffy Duck: Bugs is at ease, laid back, secure, confident. His lidded eyes and sly smile suggest a sense that...
- Fox News' Sexist Remarks On Hillary Clinton's Age
We all know that since Republican presidential candidates have an uncanny ability to get caught in embarrassing scandals and to trip over themselves left and right, Fox News will do whatever it can to try to discredit Hillary Clinton, their most feared...
- Release The Clinton!
First it was the economy, stupid. But apparently not only did trickle-down Republicans not get it, they regressed and went backwards, so it's time for President Bill Clinton to come back and school everyone in what can only be described as a masterful...