Archive for August, 2008

Larry Craig Memorial Bathroom

I went there. It was everything I hoped it would be, and more. Below are two photos. The first is outside the bathroom where Idaho Senator Larry Craig had teh gay sex. The awesome thing is that the Republican National Convention has set up a welcome station RIGHT OUTSIDE THE BATHROOM where you can ask [...]

ISO St. Paul closets; some reflections on Denver.

I’ll be in Minneapolis for the next week, watching the Republicans feign concern over Hurricane Gustav and working vigorously to out closeted, self-hating lithe and fit gay Republicans. I can promise more frequent blogging than from Denver as well as some more adventurous reporting. My goal in Minneapolis is to find as many strange and [...]

GOP to Rock You Like a Hurricane!

John McCain is likely to shake things up this week and deliver his acceptance speech from the rubble of the World Trade Center the ‘devastation zone’ that we used to call the gulf coast.
From Politico:
McCain was scheduled to deliver his acceptance speech Thursday but now may do so from the devastation zone if the storm [...]

Who the hell is Sarah Palin?

It’s official. John McCain has picked Sarah Palin to be his Dick Cheney. So now the main question is: Who the hell is Sarah Palin???
Well, Sarah Palin is the 44 year old second year Governor of Alaska. Prior to becoming Governor she was on the city council and later the Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska (pop. 8,471).
On [...]

Ben’s Thursday Night

Ok, so we’ve been a little slack this last week. We have been neck deep in hope and are just now starting to dig ouselves out. Thee is just so much to talk about! What are the bathrooms like at a 80,000 person political rally? Would you recognize Madeline Albright if she didn’t have a [...]

As (not) Seen on TV: Brian Schweitzer

If you missed it, Brian Schweitzer, the current governor of Montana, gave one hell of a speech last night at the Democratic National Convention. Judging by the fact that it was only broadcast on C-SPAN, you probably did miss it. Luckily we have the video. Thank god for the inter-tubes! (via TNR)

Update: The big networks [...]

Sorry Keith.

I could watch Rachael Maddow make an ass out of Pat Buchanan all day long. Still, if you are getting sick of hearing Chris Mathews lecture Keith Olbermann on how much Barack Obama has in common with Bill Cosby, you may want to change it on over to C-SPAN.
C-SPAN is commercial free, and best of [...]

Exclusive Pinko Pics: Michelle Obama!

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This year is the 75th Anniversary of the Works Progress Administration, which means it’s also the 75th Anniversary of the design and printing of some completely awesome posters. From 1935 to 1943, the WPA Poster Division designed, printed, and distributed millions of posters to raise awareness about public issues and civic life. Many of these [...]

Some quick observations from Denver.

I had a few minutes between events in Denver and I’m working on a long post about the bad puppets  protests on Sunday but I wanted to offer some initial thoughts. This shit is interesting, to say the least, and whatever it looks like on television it’s just madness here. Managed, police-state madness clad in [...]