I used to really enjoy The Daily Show. I watched it for years nightly. Whether John was on ‘my side’ of an issue or attacking it he was usually intelligent and respectful. His commentary gave me a second point of view and I respected him for it. It’s never been a secret where Johns politics [...]
Continue reading...I firmly believe that as a nation we have spent and continue to spend our time paying the price for our failure of will in the Viet Nam war. Not only did that failure lead to the huge price we paid during the cold war but more importantly it has contributed to an defeatism that [...]
Continue reading...Amanda Marcotte resigned from the John Edwards campaign. Of course I think we can all agree that this was most likely a resignation in name only. My personal thoughts? One of the following things happened. She was asked to leave because even after one of the least sincere apologies of all time after a spanking by one of [...]
Continue reading...Since things tend to get deleted in Amanda Marcotte’s universe, I have updated my post on her apology to include the text. Worth having safe. [tags]edwards, election, netroots, apology, amanda marcotte[/tags] Popularity: 4% [?]
Continue reading...Finally I can agree with the radical-feminist-nutroots on something. John Edwards is a wimp. As I mentioned earlier the response to ‘bloggergate’ was hopelessly lame. Now it turns out Edwards failure to correctly handle this situation is complete as he loses the support of even the minor target group he tried to kiss up to. [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 8, 2007
I have started a diary on the John Edwards campaign site. I figure they probably won’t like what I say, but I can’t be any worse than the people they already hired onto the campaign. [tags]edwards, diary, election[/tags] Popularity: 3% [?]
Continue reading...Let’s face it, the Edwards Campaign has a big problem still on it’s hands and the recent attempt at middle of the road spin isn’t going to change it. For a great discussion of why this problem still looms, check out the FAQ by Dean Barnett. However let’s recap where we are. John Edwards is so disconnected [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Poor Edwards. I think this typifies what his campaign will be like in the same way I think it typifies what the man is like. Well meaning Desperate to be popular Entirely misguided Leading to the empowerment of screaming whack jobs Recently candidate Edwards’s organization put Amanda Marcotte in charge of the official John Edwards blog. She was hired no [...]
Continue reading...You know sometimes it’s funny to watch people self destruct and in the case of presidential candidates it’s pretty cool to watch them do it early. As we move into the first presidential election that will be run full out in a world where blogs are powerful it will become more clear that our “blog [...]
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Monday, April 2, 2007