The Christianist right is a liberal hallucination, argues Daniel Casse. In his dreams.
Month: January 2008
GOP Fun And Games
So the lesson from Michigan is … a Republican who tells the truth about economics and resists left-liberal industrial policy gets pummeled by … conservatives; and the guy who proposes a Michigan Marshall Plan is the champion of the mainstream right.
An Intervention
John Cole and Ezra Klein think I’ve lost it on Clinton. Yep: it happened around 1993. Thanks for the input, though.
“It Came From Little Rock”
The Las Vegas Review-Journal endorses Obama.
Will Huckabee Turn On The Saudis?
That would be an interesting twist to his campaign.
“305”
This parody – originating on the web – just got picked up for small screen distribution. It deserves to. Think: The Office with Spartans.
Quote For The Day
"I’m not saying he [the minister] didn’t have good intentions, but it amounted to a spiritual rape. The exorcism occurred that afternoon, and then we ran into the evening church service. I’ve got hearing issues. I’m fairly hard of hearing; I had hearing aids at the time. This person was convinced that God had given word that I was supposed to give up my hearing aids, that God would heal my hearing. He did this in front of 300 people. I was psychologically vulnerable. I didn’t follow my better hunches. Even though it happened over 20 years ago, it’s hard to still not blame myself. … I knew there wasn’t a demon of homosexuality. The [minister] said that if I let him crush my hearing aids, then God would give me back my hearing. He said he would pay for them if God didn’t give me back my hearing. Then, he later reneged on that. For the next several weeks, I was faking that my hearing had been healed." – Scott Harrison, former member of the ex-gay movement.
The Ten Commandments Of Punditry
Blake Hounshell is too kind.
The Problem With Tim Russert
Yglesias explains:
This is a helpful example of how a journalist can be useless to all parties.
Paul Waldman unloaded memorably last October.
Obama In North Carolina
In ten weeks, his support has doubled. He now leads Clinton 36 – 32. Among African-Americans, he now has a 3:1 lead over Clinton. Since the NC primary is a long way off, this may not mean much except that the black vote in the South should not be under-estimated in a Democratic primary.
The Dish 