Posts filed under “General”
Bullets 11/17/11
“All day, all week, Occupy Wall Street.” Liveblog on the New York Daily News website, by far the best coverage of the OWS Day of Action. Timothy Egan calls out Newt Gingrich for his hypocrisy on Freddie Mac. Take away line: “In his latest incarnation, Gingrich poses as an outsider who will break up the Washington establishment [...]
The Press Blackout
More on the latest OWS developments later tonight. But for right now, we know that the New York Police Department is currently defying a court order to let demonstrators return to Zuccotti Park. One of the most egregious aspects the NYPD’s raid on Zuccotti Park was the detention of reporters who were attempting to cover [...]
Poll Shows Obama Leading Republican Candidates
A new Politico/GWU poll lays out some hard numbers that show the difficulty a real Republican candidate will have when running against President Obama. Via Jed Lewison at DailyKos: N = 1,000 Registered “likely” voters Margin of error ±3.1% Field Dates: November 6-9, 201 President Obama: 43 Generic Republican: 43 President Obama: 49 [...]
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Crack Journalism
Not exactly sure what a “Washington Times” is, but they seem to be great at getting to the bottom of things with access to reliable sources conspiracy theorists: According to a source who is friends with the Cain campaign, not only is the Rick Perry campaign involved but also the Mayor of Chicago and former Obama White House Chief [...]
Who’s Going To Police The Police
In the past 48 hours, the main focal point of the Occupy Movement has moved from Zuccotti Park in New York City to Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, California after what can only be called a senseless act of aggression by the Oakland Police Department. Armed to the teeth, a small army of riot police [...]
The Generic Candidate
Republican Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts has been taking a lot of flak these past few days after a Democratic organization, American Bridge, found evidence that the Brown campaign plagiarized Brown’s personal values statement on his website off of a speech excerpt from former North Carolina Senator Elizabeth Dole‘s website. Always the one to display [...]
Rick Perry does it Bush Style
Having fallen to third place behind Herman Cain in multiple election polls, Rick Perry has had to adjust his approach to winning the hearts and minds of Republican voters. One interesting way he’s decided to do this is by raising his profile as a good ol’ boy. Taking one out of the George W. Bush [...]
Distractions, Distractions
Back in 2009 when Joe the Plumber told Time that he had disavowed the Republican Party forever, former 1115 contributor Sarabeth predicted that he would “know better than to bite the hand that feeds him” and eventually return to the GOP. Little could she have predicted that he would come back in such a big [...]
This Guy
“If you’re going to be an extremist, you’re not allowed to have exceptions.” Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itBookmark in BrowserTell a friend