bob herbert on the failure of GOP policies: the mask slips

Voting has consequences.
I don’t for a moment think that the Democratic Party has been free of egregious problems. But there are two things I find remarkable about the G.O.P., and especially its more conservative wing, which is now about all there is.
The first is how wrong conservative Republicans have been on so many profoundly important [...]

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second pres debate, SNL style

Stickin’ it to Brokaw and that goddawful debate format…
 

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neither snow, nor rain, nor gloom of night keeps these protestors from their appointed rounds

Anti-Palin rally in extremely soggy Juneau today. This just in from AK Muckraker over yon Mudflats way (more photos & story here):
 
The reports say about 300 people showed up. To give you an equivalent…  If that percentage showed up in Anchorage we’d have had about 3000 people! And that incredible turnout was not only in the pouring rain, but [...]

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the right man for the job

Unless you prefer your presidents cranky, unhinged, lying, and hypocritical. This amazing photo has been around for awhile, featured on Gawker last month. I decided to wait for a time till I really needed to post it. That time is now. As I rewatched a clip of Palin spouting invective against Obama, I noticed something I’d missed yesterday–two [...]

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better late than never, i guess. trying to salvage palin’s private email accounts

Haven’t they had time to delete the bulk of the smoking guns, a la Cheney? Here’s hoping the internets will reveal archived records, at least. And why did it take a private citizen to force the issue? Shouldn’t the government have remedied this situation months ago? I’m not clear on how ruling this relates to [...]

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showing your political stripes with coffee. there’s a right way to do it, and a wrong way.

First off, the 7-11 approach. (And given how many of those “liberal elitists” don’t drink 7-11 coffee, even better news that Obama’s ahead here):
 

Coffee drinkers vote with cups
by Jennifer Mooney Piedra | The Miami Herald
 
When it comes to that perfect cup of joe, coffee drinkers have lots of choices: decaf or high-test, cream or black. [...]

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big brother is listening. and passing around your calls just for fun.

Yet more chilling evidence of a lying, spying government with no oversight or regard for civil rights and Constitutional protections. Even worse than the initial discovery of the NSA listening in on your average U.S. citizen and soldier calling home from overseas, worse than the intercept operators who passed along the “good stuff” for others [...]

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krugman: moment of truth

OK, now Krugman is alarming me. Read his whole article here, wherein he basically says the Brits have it right, and we need to follow suit. Really, really soon.
 
The current crisis started with a burst housing bubble, which led to widespread mortgage defaults, and hence to large losses at many financial institutions. That initial shock [...]

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monegan responds to troopergate findings

You can also find a series of Troopergate breaking news segments, which have been slow to show up on YouTube thus far, on Countdown here.
 

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gail collins: dear old golden dog days

I miss the good old days. Remember when the presidential campaign was all about oil drilling? That sure was fun.
I miss August. August was neat. The Dow was over 10,000 and nobody had ever heard of Sarah Palin.
Remember how we used to joke about John McCain looking like an old guy yelling at kids to [...]

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