January 2008 – Page 134

A Blogger-Soldier Killed In Iraq

And he left a posthumous post to be remembered by:

I had a pretty good life, as I noted above. Sure, all things being equal I would have preferred to have more time, but I have no business complaining with all the good fortune I’ve enjoyed in my life. So if you’re up for that, put on a little 80s music (preferably vintage 1980-1984), grab a Coke and have a drink with me. If you have it, throw ‘Freedom Isn’t Free’ from the Team America soundtrack in; if you can’t laugh at that song, I think you need to lighten up a little. I’m dead, but if you’re reading this, you’re not, so take a moment to enjoy that happy fact.

The Future Of Conservative Politics?

Rod Dreher on Huckabee. Here too. He is certainly the logical consequence of Bush. What that has to do with conservatism as such is another matter.

“The Most Innocent”?

Clinton’s new line in New Hampshire. It sounds like a veiled reference to the cocaine stuff again.

Free At Last?

Lisa Schiffren:

Deep in my psyche, in the place that kind of misses the toothache I’ve been prodding at with my tongue, I am having a tiny little pang of missing Hillary. Not her, but hating her. Hating Hillary has been such a central political impulse for so long now — 15 years — and I have had to work so hard to keep it up as she became more appealing looking, less shrill, more human — I don’t really know what I will do with that newly freed strand of energy.

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, ok?

“Looking For A Bunker To Hide In”

Economists react to the unemployment news.

It’s The Guitar, Stupid

Le Monde covers Huckabee:

The guitar is a fundamental element of his strategy. It permits him to reassure those who would never imagine voting for a Baptist from the Bible Belt (southern states where evangelical Protestants are very present).

A Harlem Blogger

A first-hand account of last night:

I was wrong. And it feels really good to be wrong. The rest is black history.

Democratic presidential hopeful and New York Senator Hillary Clinton gives an impromptu press conference at the Gala Cafe restaurant 04 January 2008 in Manchester, New Hampshire, four days the 08 January state primary. By Stan Honda/AFP/Getty.

“Ashen”

Fallows on Clinton’s entourage last night:

And Bill Clinton!!! Who managed a wan smile but for seconds on end stood motionless, as if traumatized or stuffed.

Not Good For Clinton

Drum speaks for many:

I’ve been sort of fitfully supporting Hillary Clinton for the past few months, but I have to say that I don’t feel any disappointment tonight over her loss. Just the opposite, in fact.

Month: January 2008