Tag Archive 'Republicans'
Bookworm on Sep 16 2008 | Filed under: African-Americans, Barack Obama, Race
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is now accusing Republicans of speaking “code” to make racist remarks about Obama:
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius accused Republicans on Tuesday of injecting race into the presidential campaign, arguing that they are using “code language” to convince Midwesterners that Democrat Barack Obama is different from them.”Have any of you noticed that Barack [...]
Bookworm on Sep 04 2008 | Filed under: Media matters, Republicans, Sarah Palin
I periodically check out Yahoo’s most popular news to see what AP articles are getting the most play according to the Yahoo picks (which, except for including Ann Coulter, skew liberal). It’s fascinating to see the AP headlines, each of which is snarky, dismissive or critical of Palin in some way, even the “positive” ones:
Palin [...]
Bookworm on Aug 14 2008 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Israel
Joe Lieberman has been persona non grata for pal-ing around with the Republicans, but the media was incredibly excited to discover that a few “leading” Republicans have moved over to the Obama side — as if nobody has ever heard of RINOs in the first place. Aside from the fact that these RINOs are leaders [...]
Bookworm on Aug 07 2008 | Filed under: Conservative ideology, Republicans
Thanks to ex cathedra, I’ve learned that the guy in that fun video in my post yesterday has prepared a tighter video statement of his conservative beliefs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acQluy7nymw
In commenting on the video, USMaleSF notes that he agrees with the conservative principles, but not the Republican party affiliation. I understand that attitude. Conservatism is a belief system, [...]
Bookworm on Aug 05 2008 | Filed under: Democrats, Republicans
There’s a rather excited headline in today’s NY Times:
GOP Drops in Voting Rolls in Many States
You can just hear the huzzahs all over liberal households in America: “Republicans are vanishing. The Dems are getting stronger.” Well, maybe.
There’s something interesting, though, in the very first paragraph of that same story (emphasis mine):
For more than three years [...]
Bookworm on Aug 01 2008 | Filed under: Congress, Democrats, Energy, Media matters, Republicans
You’ve all heard the question that is the title of my post, haven’t you? Is an audience necessary for a sound to have meaning or even existence? And what if, in our world, the intermediary to the audience bugs out? That’s today’s question, as Republicans vigorously debate the new drilling despite the fact that, Pelosi [...]
Bookworm on Jun 16 2008 | Filed under: Africa, Democrats, England, Europe, John McCain
J. R. Dunn has a wonderful antidote to political despair. I have some optimistic predictions of my own:
I think the current gas crisis, coupled with the holes being punctured into Global Warming, and China’s status as No. 1 C02 polluter, will create a popular ground swell that will force the Demos’ hands (1) on ANWR [...]
Bookworm on May 16 2008 | Filed under: Democrats, Presidential elections, Republicans
One of the first things you learn as litigation defense counsel is that you will lose if you let the plaintiff control the case’s message. It’s easy to let this happen, because the plaintiff comes out of the gate like gangbusters, and the defendant finds himself, logically, in a defensive, purely reactive posture. [...]
Bookworm on May 13 2008 | Filed under: Uncategorized
I’ve decided it’s time to jettison entirely the words “Left” and “Right” when used with reference to political ideologies. I came to this conclusion after a very interesting discussion with my mother. While we were talking about the military Junta in Burma, she let drop the fact that she believes that all tyrannies [...]
Bookworm on May 09 2008 | Filed under: Democrats, Republicans
My kids used to go to a wonderful little private school. It was a stretch to afford it, but I felt the benefits outweighed the burden. Then the tuition went up, and up, and up. So we left. The wonderful little private school is now precisely like all the other private [...]
Bookworm on May 09 2008 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Democrats, Jews, Republicans, Uncategorized
When I was growing up, my best friend had the most wonderful grandparents. They were an incredibly flamboyant Polish couple who escaped the Holocaust because the woman was so charming she was able to talk the Nazis into letting them leave (with the help of some diamonds as bribes). He was pretty charming [...]
Bookworm on Apr 15 2008 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Conservative ideology, Democrats, Presidential elections, Republicans
Conservatives believe that it is dangerous to tumble into bed with someone instantly. They’re appalled by the raunchy hook-up culture amongst our young people, one that says it’s okay to have sex on the first date, as long as you try to line up reasonable precautions to limit some of the damaging fall-out (such [...]
