Submitted to a Candid World

Who knew that hope could be a liability? McCain’s campaign ads have taken a turn for the negative, the cynical, and the sickeningly pessimistic, by inverting Obama’s lofty rhetoric, selectively quoting his self-effacing humor, and essentially chiding the American people for believing in a candidate. How dare we?
In his latest ad, reproduced below, [...]

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I’m continually flabbergasted by the popularity of “The Confluence,” a site haunted by ex-Kos bloggers and Hillary supporters who long outlived their welcome. For one, the site seems to be fast approaching its inevitable end in disappointment, as more and more “shadow campaign” groups give up the ghost.  Most of the posts lately, like [...]

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The latest chain letter making its round on the internets, “FW: FW: FW: FW: RE: Why I’m Voting Democrat,” shares the same punchy aphoristic style and damning dearth of substance, ably mocked by Slate, common to all internet mass-mails. Even setting aside the deliberately incorrect truncation of the Democratic Party’s name, the Savage-brand oversimplification of [...]

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My friends and fellow Americans, has it really been that long? This week, the mutual admiration society division of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy - you know, the one that tries to name everything after Ronald Reagan - has pulled out all the stops to honor Rush Limbaugh as a voice that “remade American [...]

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