Archive | February, 2008
The Missoulian: No Hooters for Them
I’m impressed. The editorial in today’s Missoulian, following a less than impressive news story earlier in the week, is an impressive critique of the kind of soft patriarchy that characterizes the Hooters restaurant chain: The fact is that Hooters is a business that values its female employees first and foremost for their sex appeal. That’s why we [...]
Continue reading...End This War Now…or Uh, At Some Undefined Politically Safe Time
9. February 2008
Matt Taibbi does, and he’s not feeling terribly supportive of the Democrats who have done nothing to actually end the war. Pelosi seemed especially broken up about having to surrender on Iraq, sounding like an NFL coach in a postgame presser, trying with a straight face to explain why he punted on first-and-goal. “We just didn’t [...]
Continue reading...My Super Tuesday Predictions
5. February 2008
1. McCain in a blowout, winning all the big states. Willard completely loses it , reversing his positions on abortion, gun control, taxes. He admits that he’s mostly been making it up as he goes. Finally, he tearfully admits that he voted for Carter in 1980. National radio talk show hosts Rush Limbaugh and Sean [...]
Continue reading...Yes We Can
5. February 2008
I’ve decided to go ahead and make the choice for America’s Democratic voters as they head to the polls today. Given the massive reach of this blog, I expect one campaign to announce they are suspending operations and another to begin work for the general election. Give that importance, let’s get to my choice, and [...]
Continue reading...Newsflash! Mitt Romney’s Son is Rooting for His Father!
5. February 2008
I know I am hard on Charles Johnson sometimes, but today’s piece about Mitt Romney is a total embarrassment. I’m tempted to ask what the advertising rate for the piece was. I think it’s certainly newsworthy to note, in a full piece, that a candidate’s son thinks he will win the caucus, don’t you? You just [...]
Continue reading...Your GOP Caucus: Ideologically Pure
3. February 2008
Another of the glowing appraisals of Montana’s irrelevant GOP caucus in today’s Missoulian offered two tidbits to think over: Deschamps suspects one of the 104 people voting in Missoula’s caucus Tuesday is actually a Democrat. The names of new caucus members are checked against a national voter database operated by the Republican Party, Deschamps said. It [...]
Continue reading...Note to Self
3. February 2008
Do not, I repeat, do not stop to help a car with 15 License plates on the side of the road: Proctor Republican Rep. Janna Taylor is the only woman in the Legislature with a concealed weapons permit… “As a female, I’m not going to carry (my gun) in plain sight,” she said. “It’s also my right [...]
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- Tester-Burns Debate
- A Somewhat Cynical Observation about Mansfield-Metcalf
- Montana's Max: Nutcakes!
- Dennis Rehberg: Master of the Oblivious
- Off to See Hillary and Obama
- Idaho Anti Wolf Coalition Falls Short (18)
- Blogs and the Media: Kemmick and Crisp (17)
- Tester-Burns Debate (14)
- The conscience of a liberal: why I am considering abstaining in the Iraqi War Referendum vote... (14)
- The Religious Right's Trump Card Exposed (13)
- Questions and One Thought After the GOP’s Last Day
- Fixing Failing by Predetermining Passing
- Rehberg’s 14 Minutes and the Media’s Response: Which Was Worse?
- Some More Thoughts About Denny’s Stunt in Washington
- DHS now officially seizing and searching laptops
- NorthWestern Energy makes me sick
- I just lost my appetite
- McCain confuses Somalia and the Sudan
- Some Questions I’d Like to See Someone Ask Steve Daines
- Our Endorsements for the Democratic Primary: Bullock, Juneau, and Hunt
10. February 2008
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