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Change is about the policy, not the people. [updated]

I drank a lot of Kool-Aid the last two years, so maybe this post is coming from that perspective. Also I donated money to Barack Obama every time he  appeared on television from time to time so I have a vested interest in rooting for the guy. Accordingly, this post may end up wildly naive. [...]

Sunday reading.

PINKO DAILY BRIEFS: Andrew sparked a little firestorm over his what-the-hell-Hillary-hatred. I’ll have more on this later today but my quick take is maybe a little surprising: I think it’s fine. Everything so far … all the appointments and names floated etc. … it’s all fine, Hillary included. I’ll get into that more later. First, [...]

Why we drink. (Courtesy current)

Abbreviated weekend edition.

PINKO DAILY BRIEFS: Hi! I’m mad late for something, so a couple quick bites. The Obama girls are going to Sidwell Friends! Yes, they are attending private school and it’s not hypocrisy it’s fine leave them alone. I’ll come back to this later. Barack Obama is getting his government together; this is a good rundown [...]

Oh my god.

So I won’t post the video here to spare Stirling and others the actual sight of a turkey being slaughtered, but this interview with Sarah Palin is out of control. I’m not being sarcastic either … that bird is cooked.

TownHall.com Pundits Are So Lame

Townhall.com pundits are all over MSNBC and CNN as the conservative response to liberal bloggers. They’re terrible. They’re all pro-life women (what?), they’re all very angry and I haven’t seen one of them make a good point in five months. I was watching Amanda Carpenter, who is a regular, and she does this thing where [...]

Adolf, Newt. Newt, Adolf.

Okay I know that Newt Gingrich is positioning himself to run against Obama in 2012 but do we need this shit already? From O’Reilly: 
“Look, I think there is a gay and secular fascism in this country that wants to impose its will on the rest of us, is prepared to use violence, to use harassment. [...]

The winner is …

Yesterday Missouri was called for Barack Obama, putting the final electoral vote count at 365-173. These were our fearless predictions on Election Day. The winner? Erik Moe! Erik got closest with a 358-185 call. Erik you were 12 off! What state? Indiana and that random Nebraska vote add up to 12 … was that the [...]

Thursday: On optimism, Obama, van Damme and sexy Kirk.

PINKO DAILY BRIEFS. Tuesday I was angry. People seemed to respond well to that, but today I’m excited. Can I be excited? There are good reasons. Barack Obama’s lead keeps growing! They are counting more votes, it was 52-47 now it’s 53-46! I know he already won but the bigger the lead the better. Other [...]

Current TV

Have you ever watched this shit? It’s kind of great. I was watching on the plane home from San Francisco and I couldn’t stop. They did a great segment on Japanese fashion and didn’t make anyone look silly or othered, and they did a 10-minute thing about ethanol that made sense and was oddly dramatic. [...]