Jay
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- : Immigration and civil rights attorney in Chicago. Way to busy to be screwing around on the internet but I can't help mahself.
Time for a nap kiddies
Very early on children learn cause and effect. Toddlers don't regularly walk into walls do they? However, abstract cause and effect situations are something that little kids don't really grasp.I've seen much hand-wringing, gnashing of teeth, and rending of clothes...more »
Posted on March 17, 2008 2:38 PM
Do you understand what you've done?
African-Americans are the single most loyal block of Democratic voters. They're absolutely solid voting record is the reason why Bill Clinton won handily and why Gore got the popular vote. Democrats can't win without African-American support. Let me say...more »
Posted on March 15, 2008 3:16 AM
Article I President or Article II President?
A common refrain from the Right is that they don't like judges legislating from the bench. Now what they really mean is judges who decide cases in ways that they don't like. Judges shouldn't render decisions that are effectively legislative...more »
Posted on February 6, 2008 12:15 PM
The Clinton's and their betrayals of the 1990's
This is a story about a forgotten time when a Democratic president sold out our ideals for the sake of...well...something.In general it seems that the Democrats remember the 1990's as a golden age. For some Americans it was. Poverty...more »
Posted on February 4, 2008 8:27 PM
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What's particularly stupid is that the Dems control what legislation comes up. So if they didn't want this to come up it wouldn't. A simple extension of the existing "compromise" would have been sufficient until next year.
Because the Dems control the agenda I'd say it's pretty clear that many of the Dems also want the power to spy on us and want to get the telcos off the hook.
Posted at June 20, 2008 8:30 PM in response to Why Obama's Support For FISA Cave-In Is Such A Downer
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Doubtful. She's been attacked all along and none of the players who complained about Sen. Clinton's treatment said anything. Prominent second wave feminists, in large part, ignored women of color to the point that women of color said fuck you and started their own shit. Don't expect second wavers to change now.
Posted at June 14, 2008 9:09 AM in response to Will White Feminists Speak up for Michelle Obama?
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Obama doesn't need their money and he'll be fine without them.
Posted at May 23, 2008 11:54 AM in response to Hillary's Top Fundraising Official Says There's "Risk" Of Obama Loss If She Isn't Invited To Be Veep
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Where's the part about Hillary losing African-Americans and young voters (I'm assuming this to be true but apologize if it's wrong) in a landslide?
Posted at May 1, 2008 5:35 PM in response to Pew: Obama Losing White Working Class Dems To Hillary In Landslide
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You should care. The Family is a lunatic group.
Posted at May 1, 2008 10:01 AM in response to Hillary's Preacher Said What??
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Another way it's like TV is the vapid commentary and lack of serious analysis on many "news" blogs.
Posted at April 30, 2008 9:48 PM in response to Blogs Become TV
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According to the web archive Maggie Williams, Clinton's campaign manager, was on the board last year.
http://web.archive.org/web/20070706100052/http://www.wvwv.org/aboutwvwv/index.cfm?id=3
Posted at April 30, 2008 2:09 PM in response to Nonprofit Women's Voices Women Vote Stops Suspicious N.C. Robo Calls
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Quite rightly? Only an idiot doesn't understand that different demographics produce different results.
Posted at April 22, 2008 6:50 PM in response to The Expectations Game
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Yep. He created something out of whole cloth. That evil man. No one had ever even thought about wedge-issues before he opened his mouth!
Posted at April 16, 2008 1:51 PM in response to Source: Hillary TV Ad Campaign Is Now 100% Negative In Most Pennsylvania Markets
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Predictably short-sighted
As if HRC can afford HER negatives to go any higher.
Posted at April 16, 2008 1:49 PM in response to Source: Hillary TV Ad Campaign Is Now 100% Negative In Most Pennsylvania Markets
