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Pre-Election Omnibus

By DF on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 8:10pm | Politics

I've had a number of things on my mind over the last couple of weeks, but I've been quite busy.  There are several topics that I've wanted to write about.  However, I really won't have the time before Tuesday.  I also doubt that anyone will care as much after that, so I've decided to plow through a few them of them as haphazardly as possible.  Here we go!

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Palin Endorses Democratic Ticket?

By DF on Wed, 10/22/2008 - 3:09pm | Politics, Humor & Satire

From The Stumper, at Newsweek:

Deep thought: Did this scarf come out of the $150,000?

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Heed My Screed

By DF on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 8:51pm | Politics

"Anti-American" is ideological rhetoric which is intended to engender fear, hatred and division among the citizens of this nation.  It is equating a difference of political opinion with treason.  It is drawing craven ideological lines between which Americans are "real" and which are not.  It is what Joe McCarthy did.  It is what Michelle Bachmann, Nancy Pfotenhauer and, by extension, John McCain et al.

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Yep.

By DF on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 2:22am | Politics

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Remember, Remember the Fourth of November

By DF on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 2:53pm | Politics

About a month ago, I wrote about the importance of remembering the motivation behind the firing of U.S. Attorneys, which has come to be known as the U.S. Attorney scandal.  At the time I found the relative quiet about the scandal in the run-up to the election a little disturbing.  Thankfully, a few things have changed since then.

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Debate live-blog

By DF on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 9:17pm | Politics

6:15 PDT: Late start.  I'm not sure what Brokaw's question about who would be Treasury Secretary was in aid of.  On the "How is the bailout supposed to work?" question, Obama seems to be giving a competent explanation of the potential danger of the credit crisis.

6:18 PDT: Did John McCain just say that he's going to fix the economy by ending the culture of lobbying and cronyism in Washington?  Why should anyone believe that when he can't do it within his own campaign?  Also, earmarks!

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Hello, world!

By DF on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 2:11pm | Politics

Greetings, fellow travelers!  Thanks to the Dag guys for giving me the opportunity to do some guest blogging at dagblog.com.

For my first post here, I wanted to offer a quick thought.

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