Archive for April, 2010
The Washington Post Slammed For Cause
Maryland Politics Watch is a relatively small blog. Recently, The Washington Post approached one of their bloggers, Adam Pagnucco, with an unsolicited offer that they presumably thought was going to be too good to refuse. Adam Pagnucco not only refused, he laughed in their corporate face, and proceeded to put them in their place in [...]
Same Wine, Same Bottle
Suppose consumers have tried your wine, and have decided that they don’t much like it. What do you do to recapture market share? If you’re the Republican party, you don’t change the wine, and you don’t even change the bottle. You just try to sell them the same old wine in the same old bottle, [...]
The Cowardice Of His Convictions
Speaking of the Republican Party’s “new generation of young and energetic leaders”, here’s Eric Cantor boldly displaying the cowardice of his convictions when asked about Arizona’s draconian new immigration law: Top Line hosts Rick Klein and David Chalian asked Cantor where he stood on the law four times, but the Virginia Republican refused to go [...]
The Conundrum Of Sarabeth
(1) Suppose a bunch of devout Christians, who believe in the efficacy of prayer, get together to pray for someone’s death. In the eyes of the state, are they engaged in a conspiracy to commit murder? To answer no is to take a position against the efficacy of prayer, which by the separation of church [...]
Idle Thoughts
How fervently do you think Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe thank their lucky stars every night that they aren’t up for re-election this year, and facing a far-right primary opponent of the Scott Brown or Marco Rubio variety? Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itBookmark in BrowserTell a friend
Obama’s First Military Tribunal Case
Yesterday, the Obama administration proudly kicked off the “first major hearing of a military tribunal on (their) watch”. The poster child for the Obama military tribunals is a mere child. Or, at least, that’s what he was when he was captured, before being bunged into Guantanamo Bay. He has now spent a third of his [...]
Three-dimensional Chess Champion, Redux
It used to be that only fervent supporters of Obama claimed that he was almost always deep into some three-dimensional chess gambit that critics of his words and actions couldn’t possibly hope to understand, and were therefore incompetent to judge. Well, now we have rabid opponents of Obama complimenting him for playing three-dimensional chess, and [...]
Monkey See, Monkey Do, Take Two
So now Texas is messing with Arizona-style immigration “reform”: A Republican Texas lawmaker plans to introduce a tough immigration measure similar to the new law in Arizona, a move state Democrats say would be a mistake. Rep. Debbie Riddle of Tomball said she will push for the law in the January legislative session, according to [...]
Just His Just Deserts?
For some strange reason, Arizonans Arizanies (boycotting the state is good, but why not add insult to injury?) seem to strongly disapprove (pdf) of John McCain’s job performance: John McCain might still beat Barack Obama handily were there a redo of the 2008 election in McCain’s home state, but the senator’s constituents now view Obama’s [...]
The Catch-And-Release Approach To Illegal Immigration
Nothing like a Republican primary to bring out the creative spirit in candidates. Pat Bertroche, a psychiatrist who is running in a Congressional primary in Iowa, was inspired to propose a catch-and-release policy for illegal immigrants. The Cedar Rapids Gazette tells all: “I think we should catch ‘em, we should document ‘em, make sure we [...]