Submitted to a Candid World

John Edwards, disgraced: the former Senator & presidential candidate just now admitted to having had an affair with a campaign staffer, while his wife was at death’s door no less.  A sickening betrayal of family and country.  Imagine the arrogance of running for President while knowing this was out there.  Ugh.

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Commenters to this blog have pointed out - correctly - that Senator Obama’s spin isn’t always literally “true.” Granted. But McCain’s campaign of hate and anger really crosses a line with this ad (entitled “Painful” - the one accurate part of the ad) as the “bipartiasan maverick” continues distort the facts to smear [...]

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Talk is growing on the question of whether Hillary Clinton’s name will be on the ballots at the Democratic Convention in Denver. There’re a lot of reasons to think that, just for the sake of catharsis, it should be: as one die-hard Hillary supporter put it (see below), it needn’t be about disrespect to [...]

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Slate has been kind enough to produce a run-down of all the misdoings of the Bush administration; well worth a look and a grim shake of the head.
Also, next Thursday, we’ll be hosting Carnival of the Liberals here.  If you have a piece of liberal/progressive blogging, of which you’re particularly proud, please send it in!

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Mike Lukovich of my home paper, the “Atlanta Journal-Constitution,” is the only cartoonist that comes close to rivaling Tom Toles.  Toles’ take on negative campaigning: a tacit acknowledgment that McCain is out of ideas.

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Since the Swiftboat Veterans for Truth debacle of 2004, Democratic politicians have operated under the theory that every negative campaign attack - even the most absurd - merits a full reply. Indeed, this theory finds support in other elections: Dukakis’ failure to respond to Bush’s negative attacks in 1992 made him seem weak and [...]

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