I’ve noticed and noticed in the comments here and elsewhere that many people ascribe a lot of the hatred of Palin among women—especially liberal women—to envy. Palins beautiful, Palin’s got it all, her husband’s a hottie, and so forth. I … Continue reading →
Charles Blow pushes the civility program and chides the left for blaming the right for the Tucson slayings. His column is fairly hard-hitting, especially considering that his sympathies are clearly with the left. He nevertheless calls its campaign at linkage … Continue reading →
This recent thread about Palin and hunting engendered a lively exchange in the comments section, including a discussion of the following comment by a liberal on another blog, “Only arrogant humans think it’s ok to take a life.” What could … Continue reading →
Sasha Abramsky is the author of a book called Inside Obama’s Brain. Maybe he’s spent too much time there, because he’s emerged befuddled. In this Salon piece, Abramsky starts promisingly: In 2008, candidate Barack Obama fashioned an appeal to independent … Continue reading →
There was a discussion in the comments section of Thursday’s post about the widespread hatred of President Bush known as Bush Derangement Syndrome. Here are some remarks from commenter “kolnai” describing the attitude of a group of liberal friends of … Continue reading →
Ryan Lizza of the New Yorker details how voting for Obama’s agenda did in the House Democrats this election cycle. And then he concludes they should have done more of the same. Yes, they should have pressed ahead and passed … Continue reading →
Pelosi is toxic for the Democrats. I don’t care how much money she raises; her retention as the Democrats’ House leader would send a strong message—and function as a constant reminder—that the Democrats don’t hear what the people are saying, … Continue reading →
This is why. Obama is still president, and can veto anything they try to pass. Despite the huge scope of their House victory, the Democrats still control the Senate, albeit by a small margin. And Republicans are not popular with … Continue reading →
More random reflections on looking at this map of House results: Quite a few states are either all red or all blue. But among those that are mixed, not too many are spotted. In other words, the red-blue divide within … Continue reading →
Here’s Bookworm, writing a month ago in response to a question about what she used to believe about Republicans: He was curious as to what I believed. My answer was a simple one: “When I was a college Democrat, I … Continue reading →
What would Reagan say about the dilemmas facing us today? Actually, we kinda know what Reagan would say, because he kinda said it already. I was listening for the first time to a well-known speech Reagan gave back in Goldwater … Continue reading →
…Wow. Just wow. [Hat tip: Ace.]
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