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

    The Emperor's New Shock and Awe

    By Ripper on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 5:46pm |
    If you thought Sarah Palin's convention speech was aggressive, sarcastic and shrill, just wait. Sarah Barracuda goes for the jugular and swallows her enemies whole. If you thought the RNC convention was hateful, wait for the late-September barrage of swiftboating...
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    Cindy McCain - Sympathetic Figure?

    By CVille Dem on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 1:35pm |
    OK, It's hard to feel sorry for a multi-millionairess who dated a married man with children; and then married him herself.  But I was struck over these few days at how hard Cindy was working to be the loyal (read Stepford)...

    Inside Rove's Huddle

    By AmericanDreamer on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 1:35pm |
    Rove: John, we're going to you.  Remember, when you see the ball coming to you and you get nervous, just keep saying your special word over and over again...POW.  POW.  POW.  POW, and you'll be fine.Rove: Ok, now Jail Bait, you go over...

    One more time John, but slower this time.

    By kgb999 on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 4:39am |
    It was funny when John McCain had trouble remembering which Islamic sect was what and Lieberman had to whisper in his ear.  It was a gaffe, and great fun.  And then he made it again.  And again.  And now it...

    My Friends, I Am But a Humble Hero

    By Ripper on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 2:12am |
    I came to love my country so much that in that dark cell in Hanoi, I cam to see that America deserved to be able to torture, too.I love my country so much that I invite all who disagree with...
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    Fool Me Once and then fool me again over and over

    By Barth on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 1:00am |
    Cross-post from DailyKosThere must really be a playbook.  Just like any football team, the Karl Rove Republican Party, seems to always run the same plays.  And they often work.They work best when aimed at the men and women who report...

    Insert Buzz Word Here

    By Ripper on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 12:49am |
    Sorry. I have nothing to say. I am a Democrat. No buzz words allowed. :-(...
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    Fool Me Once and then fool me again over and over

    By Barth on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 12:48am |
    Cross-post from DailyKosThere must really be a playbook.  Just like any football team, the Karl Rove Republican Party, seems to always run the same plays.  And they often work.They work best when aimed at the men and women who report...

    $20M Challenge NOW: Spread The Word!

    By Ripper on Thu, 09/04/2008 - 9:13pm |
    Let's make this a $20 million night for Obama's campaign. Spread the word to every city and town and blog!CNN reports Obama has raked in $8 million so far since the Palin speech last night.Get on the web! Spread the...

    Morbid McCuriosity

    By Ripper on Thu, 09/04/2008 - 7:58pm |
    If you enjoy watching cars collide or skiers tumble downhill in slo-mo, then you'll love John McCain's acceptance speech tonight.I mentioned some of this in a previous several days ago, but here's what to watch for:1) Agents of Change: McCain...

    Who Does This Sound LIke?

    By Ripper on Thu, 09/04/2008 - 4:01pm |
    From blood, authority of personality, and a fighting spirit springs that value which alone entitles a people to look around with glad hope, and that alone is also the condition for the life which men then desire. And when that...
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    So Much for the Straight Talk Express

    By stillidealistic on Thu, 09/04/2008 - 2:56pm |
    I'm wondering why more Americans aren't more concerned about stuff like this:http://www.alternet.org/election08/96395/a_swarm_of_lobbyists_would_run_... knew McCain was in bed w/ the lobbyists...no big news there, but it was nice to see so much of it documented in one place.Yet another reason to...

    The Palin Monologue

    By EmmaZahn on Thu, 09/04/2008 - 2:10pm |
    The Palin monologue was a pretty good routine. . . lots of snarky one liners competently delivered to a friendly crowd.  Did McCain borrow The Tonight Show writers?  Gov Palin has a promising future -- in standup comedy (da-da-drum).But wait,...

    Sarah Palin = Dick Cheney (with no experience)

    By kgb999 on Thu, 09/04/2008 - 1:14pm |
    - Comes from a small state out in the middle of nowhere.- Unknown on the national stage (so they can invent narrative)- Not a chance of relating to someone not-white- Put on the ticket for red-meat GOP appealIt seems if...
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    Double Standard

    By stillidealistic on Thu, 09/04/2008 - 5:43am |
    Ran across this amusing, but very true analysis of the double standard going on with the Republican Party in the Huffington Post.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-ridley/your-pocket-guide-to-spea_b_12...'m sure you clever people could come up with even more......

    First Impressions of Palin

    By Ripper on Thu, 09/04/2008 - 2:09am |
    Wonder what others are thinking.I saw a sarcastic, mean-spirited woman who's capable of throwing low blows and slime like a true Republican. But just because she can read a teleprompter doesn't mean she's anything more than a vindictive, ladder-climbing ex-sportscaster....
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    Josh feels our pain

    By acanuck on Thu, 09/04/2008 - 1:25am |
    You gotta love it. Or at least laugh out loud.Josh just double-posted on the main page.Ooh, Palin's coming up....

    Mob Rule

    By Ripper on Thu, 09/04/2008 - 12:15am |
    The three-day hate.The RNC convention is turning out to be an incitement to riot. Not the protesters outside. The hate mongers inside.One after another, the speakers are appealing to the worst in their party faithful. Hatred of the left. The...
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    It's the party, stupid

    By Barth on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 11:45pm |
    cross post from DailyKosI have admired John McCain for many years.  When he went after the tobacco lobbyists in the 1990s, when he fought his own party on the need for campaign finance reform, when he attacked his own party...

    Reagan Redux

    By Ripper on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 10:58pm |
    Social super-conservatives. Crusading reformers against Washington politics. Economic idiots. Fear-peddling militarists. Personable liars.McCain and Palin are running as Reagan and are pivoting to sell the GOP ticket as CHANGE X 2, in hopes of besting Obama's message.The key for Democrats...
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    Palin: please fasten your seatbelts

    By acanuck on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 6:54pm |
    Some on the far right think Sarah Palin is a "game-changer." I think they are right. I doubt that in the long run she can win the election for McCain. And I doubt she was at all properly vetted, or...

    Will TPM Eliminate Duplicate Threads (like mine) From Archives?

    By azpaull on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 5:22pm |
    I certainly hope so - there's already more than enough to browse thru without 'em....

    W&Dick's&John's&Sarah's THIRD TERM, and Troopergate

    By azpaull on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 4:46pm |
    Let's see if we've got this right. So, she asks the Attorney General - who is A MATERIAL WITNESS because he made a phone call about the Gov's ex-bro-in-law - to refer the gov's complaint against herself to the State...

    Troopergate & Bush's Third Term

    By azpaull on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 3:55pm |
    Let's see if we've got this right. So, Gov. Palin asks the Attorney General - who is A MATERIAL WITNESS because he made a phone call about the Gov's ex-bro-in-law - to refer the gov's complaint against herself to the...

    Bread, Circuses, and Red Meat Top 10

    By Ripper on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 2:20am |
    The McCain campaign is tossing goodies to the GOP convention and to the unwashed masses. A top 10 list:1. Try to remember that John McCain was a POW.2. The liberal media hates Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter, so it's okay to...

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