I'm glad to see we're on the same side of this issue.

It's like you can read my mind.

Posted at July 4, 2008 5:02 PM in response to Top signs of Netroots overreach

Honestly, I don't expect anything more damaging than the McClellan book.

A cabinet secretary tell-all wouldn't be as damaging as a former press secretary. When a former press secretary says "we were bullshitting y'all in the worst way," that undermines the whole legacy, the whole agenda, at once. It taints every administration claim -- past and present -- with the potential of fraud.

Bush's legacy is toast. I'm kind of surprised the guy can get out of bed in the morning.

Posted at May 30, 2008 3:17 PM in response to Who's next after Scottie?

Thanks for some good analysis, Eric et. al.

Posted at May 29, 2008 3:07 PM in response to What's Obama's Route To The White House?

Moreover, mom's a feminist, and she's no dummy. But that doesn't keep her from feeling that Hillary is somehow particularly monstrous because of her gender.

Posted at May 29, 2008 10:39 AM in response to Seriously folks, you can stop writing about how angry Hillary makes you now.

Right. And on that one, I'm agnostic. I think it might be a 50/50 split.

Posted at May 29, 2008 10:33 AM in response to Hillary's Briar Patch

To repeat: I'm not accusing anyone of being "a sexist."

What I suggested was that our perceptions of people are shaped by expectations about gender.

I think that's as true for women as it is for men. No one gets to wear a badge saying "I'm a woman, so I'm not affected by that."

Frankly, my mother hates Hillary with a passion -- and in her case, I'm certain it's related to gender, because she's very frank about saying that "when women go bad, they're even worse than the worst men," and offers Hillary as an example.

Posted at May 29, 2008 10:28 AM in response to Seriously folks, you can stop writing about how angry Hillary makes you now.

Legalize cognitive enhancement drugs!

Posted at May 29, 2008 8:56 AM in response to Dreams from the Left: The Shape of Things to Come

Did Bush or Cheney ever generate this level of personal animus?
I don't remember seeing anything like it before.

I agree with Andrew that the Clinton campaign has been "cynical and disingenuous." I'm glad they lost. But one reason to pull back from the brink of Hillary hatred is that it's possible, just possible, that gender has something to do with it.

I hasten to say that I'm not accusing anyone of being "a sexist." I don't think sexism is a disease that some people have, while other people are disease-free. But I do think that gender shapes our perceptions.

When Bush lies to get power, he's an asshole. Nuff said. What do you expect?

When Hillary lies to get power, she's a monster. She has an abnormal, inexplicable thirst for power. She'll do anything. She never sleeps. She has a brazen disregard for criticism and public opinion -- you'd think by now she'd get the point!

I'm not denying that she lied to get power. I'm just suggesting that we need to be a little suspicious of our tendency to feel that there's something unusual, exceptional, monstrous about it in her case. That perception could, possibly, be related to gender. Another reason for us to chill a little.

Posted at May 29, 2008 8:41 AM in response to Seriously folks, you can stop writing about how angry Hillary makes you now.

Obama is extremely good at reclaiming American identity for the Left. Personally, I'm thrilled that this is the ground the Right has chosen to fight on. He'll mop the floor with them, and leave a lasting political realignment as his legacy.

Anyone still remember this?

"It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.
Yes we can.
It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom.
Yes we can.
It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.
Yes we can.
It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballots; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the Promised Land."

Posted at May 28, 2008 10:06 PM in response to Mark Schmitt on the GOP's New Identity Politics ... and How Obama Should Respond

Jesus H. Do you want to compare the quantity of violence by feminists versus violence fueled by male sexism? As a man, let me plead with you not to go there. My side is going to get slaughtered. (Metaphorically.)

Posted at May 28, 2008 9:56 PM in response to On Angry Women (Take Two)