The Mongrel Dogs Who Teach

Category: politics

  • The decline of American political reporting

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    As always, let me begin by stating I am an Obama supporter, so I’m a mite sensitive on the following. But it shocked me this morning to hear NPR’s coverage of the “debate” last night. We’ll leave aside the astonishing fact — which they tried to explain away — that forty minutes (nearly half the…

  • Bitter taste

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    {Minor edits for grammar.} For full disclosure, I am an Obama supporter, I feel he is the best candidate both in terms of electability and in terms of actual ability to do the job. I’ve watched his campaign with interest and rising enthusiasm. All of that said, I think people have to recognize that his…

  • Why We Fight

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    Every once in a while, someone comes along and says something that makes you wish you had said it first. For me, it’s often Keith Olberman. In this clip, he calls out President Bush and names him for what he is. Let’s hope it’s like we read in those fantasy novels — that naming someone…

  • Civics Lesson

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    I’m sure that this is going get me marked as a rabid Obama supporter (which I am not). But I can’t help but gush over his impressive response on the issue of church and state. In an interview with BeliefNet, he was asked, “You wrote in The Audacity of Hope about the role that faith…

  • Finally, an unvarnished truth from Senator Clinton

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    In the Jan 21 debate, on the subject of national security, Senator Clinton said, And if it is indeed the classic Republican campaign, I’ve been there. I’ve done that. See? She’s confessing that she and Bill really do steal plays from the Karl Rove playbook… she’s “done” a Republican campaign. Wait, wait. You say that…

  • Reagan Worship?

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    So Senator Obama has generated some heat by making the following remarks: I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not. He put us on a fundamentally different path because the country was ready for it. (I’m quoting…

  • Milestone of Hope

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    One year from today will see, at long last, the end of the worst presidency in the history of the Republic. Come what may, on 2009 January 20, George W. Bush will be unemployed and this nation will have the chance to begin, at least, to heal.

  • Clinton’s New Hampshire victory: What does it mean?

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    Short answer: A whole lot less than the punditocracy would like you to believe. Long answer: Oh, my goodness, people. Could we all just stop with the wild oscillations from day to day? No one in their right mind believed the polls showing Obama up by double digits in a single week. Clinton didn’t score…

  • The Impact of Tears

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    OK, so today during a campaign stop Hilary Clinton apparently teared up and allowed emotion into her voice. (See here for more if you need to.) And then John Edwards replied , “I think what we need in a commander-in-chief is strength and resolve, and presidential campaigns are tough business, but being president of the…

  • Review: Charlie Wilson’s War

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    Charlie Wilson’s War screenplay by Aaron Sorkin starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman InstaRating: 5+ stars out of 5 It took less than five minutes for this film to remind me why I miss Aaron Sorkin on TV.