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July 28, 2008

Why it’s not good to be the Obamessiah [Karl]

RCP’s Jay Cost notes (as noted here) that John McCain’s campaign still seems like a pudding without a theme, but also argues that Barack Obama’s campaign “is built around a faulty, occasionally absurd meta-narrative”: Obama’s narrative should be similar to [Bill] Clinton’s [i.e., generational change can invigorate a tired government and grow a sagging economy]. It’s tailor-made for a year like this and a man like Obama. But that is not the

An Afghan surge question for Barack Obama [Karl]

Even following his World Tour, Barack Obama is sticking by his opposition to the “surge” of roops to quell violence in Iraq.  He has consistently argued that the addition of troops would take the pressure off of the Iraqis to reach the political accomodation necessary to stability in the long term. At the same time, Obama is advocating a surge of troops into Afghanistan.  He is doing so despite his own opinion

Sick Furvert Harasses Goldstein and Son [Dan Collins]

Don’t worry, though. He’s proud to be an incontinent sheep. I’ve got to work today, so I thought I’d just package this up in a title that might get some RSS action. I’d feel sorry for this piece of work, if he weren’t such a POS. The conversation about the Bitter Critter and some good sleuthing on behalf of the commenters can be found here. Karl and Darleen will have

The Zen of Comment Spam (icky Oedipal edition) [Karl]

Blowjob. on Happy Mother’s Day! [Dan Collins]