James Fallows: When a party is willing to hamstring the country’s overall prospects, as “collateral damage” in its effort to weaken the other party, the results are bad for everybody. To choose one example, about which I have more to say in an upcoming magazine article: Everybody knows that “green tech” / “clean tech” businesses [...]
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Why to Vote (Democratic): Republicans Can’t Govern Edition
November 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment · AR, Politics
Tags: 2010 elections·conservative logic·GOTV·Jamelle Bouie·James Fallows·Mike Kelly·Paul Krugman·Ron Johnson
Why to Vote (Democratic): Al Franken Edition
November 1st, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Politics
-AR
Tags: 2010 elections·Al Franken·GOTV
Why to Vote (Democratic): The Other Side Edition
November 1st, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Politics
-AR
Tags: 2010 elections·GOTV
Why to Vote (Democratic): Bill Maher Edition
November 1st, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Politics
“I know progressives are disillusioned, you know, you hate the Democrats. Well, I hate my cell phone company, but I don’t replace it by rubbing dogshit on my teeth.” and “Now in case Democrats and independents don’t have enough motivation to get out to the polls, let me offer a little Halloween message of what [...]
Tags: 2010 elections·Bill Maher·GOTV
Pro Mudslinging
October 29th, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Politics
We’ve been rather hard on Meg Whitman on this blog. So in the interest of fairness,* I thought I’d second Paul Waldman’s defense of Whitman’s refusal to refrain from negative advertising. Negative advertising gets a bad rap in political campaigns, I think because it’s so often abused. There are plenty of reasons to criticize specific [...]
Tags: 2010 elections·California·California Governor·Jerry Brown·Meg Whiman·Michael Arcuri·Michael Arcuri's Bad Call·negative advertising
No, You Apologize!
October 27th, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Politics, Supreme Court
As a student and critic of the art of public apologies, it’s always fun for me to have a new twist on the subject. Such as the completely unwarranted, out-of-the-blue, 20-years-after-the-fact demand for an apology from the woman your husband sexually harassed. That’s the new tactic invented by Virginia Thomas, wife of Clarence Thomas and [...]
Tags: Anita Hill·apologies·Clarence Thomas·Ginni Thomas·head stomping·I'm sorry if you were offended·Lauren Valle·Move On·Rand Paul·Tim Profitt·Virginia Thomas
What She Said
October 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments · AR, Politics
When I first saw this ad, I thought it was one of the most effective campaign ads I’d ever seen. Turns out, it’s not even the best ad by Jerry Brown using video of Meg Whitman to be released in the last two weeks. That would be this ad: I would have loved to have [...]
Tags: 2010 elections·California·California Governor·campaign ads·Jerry Brown·just desserts·Meg Whitman
What He Said
October 20th, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Politics, Sports
From the very first words I had published on the Internet, I’ve tried to come up with clever ways to tie the world of sports to more important issues. Never have I been as successful as Bill Maher in this clip: -AR Update: The HBO police have taken the video off the web, but here’s [...]
Tags: Bill Maher·bleeding heartery·Brett Favre·Christine O'Donnell·Michelle Bachmann·Sarah Palin·white men
Stuff I Wish I’d Written
October 20th, 2010 · No Comments · AR
This. If I were black and had grown up in the inner city, the answer would be this. -AR