Category: The Dish

The Appalachian geography of his district is compelling. I’m with Charlie Peters on this. Obama should not write off country folk. He should tackle racism head-on. And he should let them get to know him better.

A montage of his best one-liners. McCain might want to borrow a few of the age quips:

A great piece of local reporting.

The Washington Times takes a stand:

Cindy McCain refuses to release her tax returns. This is not just a questionable political decision that threatens to haunt her husband’s campaign for the next six months. It is also the wrong decision. Mrs. McCain needs to change her mind and release the returns as quickly as possible. How Republican John McCain, the presumptive presidential nominee who rightly fancies himself the king of transparency on Capitol Hill, and his campaign strategists can permit this open sore to fester is unimaginable.

Hilzoy has another devastating post about the past career of one of Washington’s more established whores lobbyists:

That was what Charlie Black was lobbying for: the support [Jonas] Savimbi needed to utterly destroy his country. Thanks to Black’s skill as a lobbyist, and his apparent lack of a conscience, Savimbi got it.

This is John McCain’s chief political advisor. Think about it.

Jeffrey Goldberg holds a contest:

Obama told me that his sensibility was partially shaped by the books of Philip Roth. This obviously has profound implications for American foreign policy, and for shiksas, as well. And so, a reader contest. In a couple of pithy sentences, tell us what the first 100 days of a Roth-influenced Obama presidency would look like. I’ll post the best responses. First prize is a piece of liver.

Kernels of wisdom from the finale of The Hills.

There is a husband’s scale in the 1930s marital guide. Check it out here.

NARAL versus Emily’s List. Enjoy.