me: “You still mad at me?” Barack Obama’s basketball: “A little, yeah.” me: “Anything you want to clarify, walk back, that sort of thing? I’m nothing if not fair.” Barack Obama’s basketball: “Really, you’d let me do that?” me: “Absolutely. Go for it.” Barack Obama’s basketball: “Okay, fine, thanks. Yes. I would. First off, I didn’t mean to suggest that Obama wasn’t completely black. He is. Very black. Like, so black
September 2012
September 1, 2012
Saturday College Football open thread [Darleen Click]
In about an hour USC opens against Hawaii in a run for the national championship. That’s all I’m sayin’ right now. Open for all trash talk.
September 1, 2012
GOP convention viewership down more than 40%. Mark Levin asks, why? What does it augur?
Let me answer semi-briefly: 1) The message seems managed and contrived. Lots of talk of liberty, inclusivity, growth — and yet at the same time, we’re told Obama is a nice guy who sold us hope and change but who hasn’t succeeded at giving us what he promised. Now, why they’re going with this message is obvious: it’s the, it’s okay, you maybe fucked up in ’08, but it’s not
September 1, 2012
What ‘contradiction’? [Darleen Click]
This is more JeffG’s bailiwick than mine, but even I understand this attempt at “gotcha” is full of crap Mitt Romney Speech Line Contradicts 2009 Claim He Wanted ‘Liberal Policies’, Obama ‘To Fail’ Despite saying he wishes “President Obama had succeeded, because I want America to succeed” in his GOP convention speech, Mitt Romney hasn’t always felt that way. Just after Obama was inaugurated, Romney explicitly said he wanted the
September 1, 2012
September fundraiser begins today [sticky; newer posts below; WEDNESDAY UPDATE; FINAL UPDATE SATURDAY]
I’m too exhausted to come up with a clever beg. If you like this place and find it useful, please donate. Running this thing takes up a lot of my time, and the only spending money I have, which I’ve been using lately to take anti-Zombie measures, comes from these fundraisers. Thanks in advance. Wednesday update: A little over half way home. Thanks to all who’ve contributed so far. On