Last night, at an Obama town-hall event in Oregon, Rep. Pete DeFazio (D-Ore.) was rather candid in his criticism of John McCain, and broached a subject we generally hear very little about. DeFazio, an Oregon superdelegate who endorsed Obama today and introduced him at the event, went on an extended critique of McCain, saying voters […]
John McCain appeared on The Daily Show this week, and Jon Stewart raised a point that conservatives generally don’t want to hear. “Don’t you think, these past few years, in terms of a recruiting tool for bin Laden and al Qaeda, I mean, let’s say al Qaeda is trying to fire up their base,” Stewart […]
Among the difficulties facing Hillary Clinton’s campaign right now is a bleak financial picture. The campaign has been broke before, but bounced back at key intervals. Now, however, Clinton spent heavily on a lackluster performance in North Carolina and Indiana, the results did not spur a new round of contributions, and her debts are beginning […]
Guest Post by Morbo I’ve never seen a real platypus, but I’d like to. I’ve been interested in these animals since I was kid and someone gave me a book about odd animals of the world. And the platypus is definitely odd. It has a bill like a duck and lays eggs but is covered […]
Guest Post by Morbo So there’s this 40-foot cross atop a hill in Holmen, Wisc. The problem is, the property is owned by the local government. Apparently, it’s quite a deal. They light it up every March, and you can see it from miles away. Of course, not everyone is in favor of the government […]
Guest Post by Morbo No one likes to see photographs of dying 2-year-old children. But when those children are dying because of a war your country started without justification, a war that has since gone horribly awry, sometimes it’s necessary to see photos like that — so you understand the gravity of the situation. On […]
Guest Post by Morbo A lot of folks are into NASCAR. I’m not, but if you enjoy it, more power to you. Some of the organizations sponsoring cars at NASCAR events these days are a little unusual. This year, the National Day of Prayer Task Force sponsored a car. You can see it here. The […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * Insult to injury: “Burma’s ruling military junta today impounded United Nations food shipments bound for the storm-ravaged Irrawaddy Delta, forcing a temporary suspension of U.N. aid deliveries. A U.N. official later said shipments would resume tomorrow, and the United States said it has received approval to fly in a […]
Any suggestion that Hillary Clinton would start to back off in the face of insurmountable odds continues to be false. Today, her campaign unveiled a PowerPoint presentation, distributed to every Democrat in Congress, pointing to her performance in key, competitive House districts. The gist of the argument is that Hillary has beaten Obama in the […]
A couple of weeks ago, John McCain talked about the importance of increasing the size of the U.S. military. To entice more volunteers, he said, the government should focus on incentives: “[O]ne of the things we ought to do is provide [the troops with] significant educational benefits in return for serving.” A few days later, […]