The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

    Will Hilalry Walk?

    By Ripper on Wed, 05/07/2008 - 3:59am |
    If Obama wins Indiana minutes from now, the count will be  3 and 2. Hillary will have two strikes and, if James Carville is right, three balls....

    FLASH: Hillary Nearly Bursting With Shit

    By Ripper on Wed, 05/07/2008 - 2:00am |
    Doctors from the Mayo Clinic were flown into Indianapolis tonight to relieve the pressure in Sen. Clinton's innards. A preliminary examination showed she was full of crap from eating all the shit sandwiches she was forced to eat by falling...

    Hillary Declare Earth Flat

    By Ripper on Wed, 05/07/2008 - 1:41am |
    "Weve broken and the tie," she said in her speech in Indiana. "It's full speed on tothe White House."Will someone please sign the commitment papers? Please?...

    Sizing Up the Night

    By Ripper on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 11:43pm |
    Looks like Hillary lost the "Big State" tonight. There goes another phony metric....

    Caught Between James Carville and the Deep Blue Sea

    By Ripper on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 4:14am |
    If the politics of personal destruction is the new arsenal of our democracy, its most formidable weapon must be guilt by association. From former Weather Underground member William Ayers to Tony Rezko to Rev. Wright, no stones have been left...

    Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Banshee's Curse

    By Ripper on Mon, 05/05/2008 - 6:18am |
    ACT IProfessor emeritus of anthropology Indiana Jones is hired by an international consortium that promises a rich endowment for his old college if he will fly to Little Rock, Arkansas, to interpret symbols inscribed on an ancient document recently discovered...

    Chicago Trib: Indiana, go with Obama

    By Ripper on Mon, 05/05/2008 - 2:02am |
    Chicago Tribune reiterates its endorsement of Obama for Indiana readers here....

    An Open Letter to George Stephanopoulos

    By Ripper on Sun, 05/04/2008 - 4:05am |
    Dear Mr. Stephanopoulos,As tomorrow's "This Week" will find you in Indianapolis hosting a live town hall meeting for Hillary Clinton, allow me to offer my congratulations and advice. I am crossing my fingers that the blogosphere, in its infinitely mysterious...

    It's Raining, It's Pouring, Obama is Snoring

    By Ripper on Sat, 05/03/2008 - 1:57am |
    The sky hasn't quite fallen yet, but it has been drenching Barack Obama's parade in faintly yellow precipitation for the past six weeks. In Biblical terms, this would qualify as raining for 40 days and 40 nights.So since the creek...

    Help research the "Obama lies" list rebuttal v2.0

    By Ripper on Fri, 05/02/2008 - 12:20am |
    How about some help making a clean copy of the rebuttal to the 70 Obama Lies list?I saw the post this week that asked for the rebuttal, so I followed the comments and picked up a copy from Google's cached...
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    Lamontgate: blessing in disguise

    By acanuck on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 7:28pm |
    Everyone quoted today as rushing to vouch for WVWV's bona fides is a member of its board of directors -- the group that has oversight responsibility for its actions.Why is this supposed to persuade anyone?Especially when, confronted by prima facie evidence...
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    Let's raise the gas tax $2.00/gallon and pay directly to the wealthiest.

    By jollyroger on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 2:12pm |
    *"We are the laughing stock of Europe because we keep [gasoline] taxes so cheap," notes Matthew Simmons, chairman of a Houston-based investment bank for the energy industry, Simmons & Co. InternationalA modest proposal:Jumping off from a suggestion broached by (!)...

    Feet of Clay, Heart of Gold: Why I Still Support Obama

    By Ripper on Wed, 04/30/2008 - 11:07pm |
    Rev. Jeremiah Wright's defiant insistence on a tragically wrong world view gave Obama no choice but to cut all ties and say good-bye to his longtime pastor. Obama obviously has struggled with that decision, but he was right, finally and...
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    Who's paying Wright to write?

    By acanuck on Wed, 04/30/2008 - 1:25am |
    Suddenly, three times in four days, Jeremiah Wright blitzes the airwaves. All to promo his forthcoming book -- and not, we are assured, to torpedo Barack Obama's White House bid. Then a disquieting fact emerges: avowed Clinton supporter Barbara Reynolds...
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    What is Edwards Waiting For?

    By CVille Dem on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 8:40pm |
    We all saw him on Colbert, joking that he was the most "sought-after white male" in the Democratic contest.  We saw him joking that he wanted to be bribed with a Jet Ski.  Ha!  Ha!  So funny!OK, John, why are...

    Their Next Campaign Missive: "Ride, ride, ride, hitchin' a ride"?

    By azpaull on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 11:56pm |
    Today's campaign e-mail from the Nader crew carried the subject line:  "We Need Gas Money."  That was clever and cute... even though I hope he has to walk....

    Obama Says NO to NC Debate, So How About a NEW Format?

    By azpaull on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 7:40pm |
      The Obama campaign's talking points about the debate refusal are that the debates are twisted thru the media's filters. So, why doesn't Clinton (or Obama) propose a NO-MEDIATOR DEBATE, where they question each other?  I think this would be...

    Exchange With My Good Florida Clinton-Supporting Friend on What Last Night Means

    By AmericanDreamer on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 2:21pm |
    My good Clinton-supporting Florida friend wrote me this morning that it's "time to rethink all this":"Clinton has now won NH, NJ, NY, CA, PA, OH, TX , MA, FL, MI, MD - all  the states worth counting and the states we...
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    For election weary TPMers

    By mageduley on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 10:07am |
    I thought everyone would like a little pick me up and persepective of why this campaign is so passionate.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i23Y0J1_wMLet's get inspired all over again....
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    I am just plain sick of Hillary

    By CVille Dem on Mon, 04/21/2008 - 7:47pm |
    I won't go into the many superficial things about her that drive me crazy, but the substantive ones include:Her vote to give George Bush the authorization to invade a country that was no threat to us, knowing that he could have...

    Fun With Bumper Stickers

    By AmericanDreamer on Fri, 04/18/2008 - 2:28pm |
    Some I have seen (all available from www.Cafepress.com, among surely many other outlets)  Middle-Class White Guys for ObamaI Hated Bush Way Before It Was CoolLatte-Drinking, Prius-Driving Democrat for ObamaBitch is the New Black (Tina Fey wins the award for closest-to-instantaneous journey from...
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    Hillary vows "MASSIVE RETALIATION" against Iran.

    By mageduley on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 2:18am |
    If you doubted that Hillary is more of a war monger than John McCain, see tonight's debate when she vows "massive US retailaton" against Iran if Israel is attacked. She extendend these remarks to not only include Israel, but also vowing to inject our military...

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