September 23, 2008

Grim Milestone Watch, Week 7: Obama Mails It In

My fingers trembled with anticipation as I touched the envelope. Electricity fairly crackled as I reverently touched this envelope, emblazoned with the most inspiring words I've heard since Chicago released "Wishing You Were Here" in 1974:

This is our moment. This is our Time.

Yes, Barack Obama had sent me, as a loyal registered Democrat since 1976, a letter. What did it say? What special services could I render to the campaign in these tumultuous times?

Continue reading "Grim Milestone Watch, Week 7: Obama Mails It In"

Van | 09/23/08 at 06:47 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

September 16, 2008

Grim Milestone Watch, Week 8: Channeling Huey Long

The Wall Street collapse introduces a crazy element into the election. While it's been building for months, the problems introduce a problem as urgent and immediate as Iraq into the campaign, although I still think Bristol Palin's pregnancy is the great dividing line between the tickets.

The financial tangle will enable some smart candidate, one open to trying new personae to communicate with his or her constituency, to try on some Huey Long-style populist table pounding. Share the wealth! Every man a king or queen!

I won't say who I think ought to channel the Kingfish, but he or she would say something like this:

Well, I know a lot of them smart Harvard or Princeton fellas are down on Wall Street, 'n they know a lot more 'n I do about stocks and bonds and credit swaps and derivatives and CBOs n' all those things we don't talk about that much in the country or Training Union. But I know they're not doin' too good a job a runnin' the place. Fact is, they're mostly running their businesses into the ground and leavin' the taxpayers to pick up all the pieces. Is that fair? Maybe we need some average fellas from Illinois or Arizona or Delaware or Alaska to come in and say what's what.

Who'll pick up the mantle of the Kingfish and start the ball rolling for some good ol' backwoods harangues?

Van | 09/16/08 at 08:49 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

September 09, 2008

Grim Milestone Watch: 9 Weeks Until Election Day

Since the mainstream press -- recently called the Flatline Media by a brilliant blogger -- loves its "grim milestones" for war casualties, Kesher Talk will start its own version today, Tuesday, nine weeks before Election Day. Our Grim Milestones on the road to Political Gotterdammerung will assess who's having the grimmest time on the way to the thrill of victory or the agony of defeat.

Today, the Grim Milestones are raining down on Obama and Biden, who still haven't figured out how to respond to McCain and Palin. Political momentum shifted rapidly to the GOP and is staying there. Of course that can change, so perhaps next week McCain and Palin may be floundering.

Now excuse me while I go register the domain name for PalinJindel2016.com.

Van | 09/09/08 at 10:14 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

August 12, 2008

Obama Delivers! (Some Mail)

No sooner do I wax eloquent about mailings from John and Cindy McCain than the mighty Democratic Party direct mail beast awakes, stretches, yawns, and delivers its first envelope of Obama campaign literature to me.

Alas, it had no glossies and no bumper stickers, but it was a pleasant, fact-free multi-piece mailing that even used my name repeatedly. I felt a shiver of connection with that, let me tell you. However, the piece referred to Hillary Clinton's campaign and how it "changed the America in which my daughters and your daughters and granddaughters will come of age."

Whoa -- I don't have any daughters, so obviously this personalized piece mail came to the wrong Van Wallach (yes, there is another one out there). Eager to see a hard reason to vote for Obama, all I found were attacks on the Republicans and passing referencs to Obama's time as a community organizer.

After hearing so much about Obama, some of the mailing did have a "where have I heard that before?" sound to it. My favorite part as with the money pitch, which scaled the heights of baffling grammatical constructions:

Dear Barack Obama, I agree! We are the ones we've been waiting for . . . we are the change we seek.

What on earth does that mean? We've been waiting for ourselves and we are something we have been looking for. That sounds like out-take dialogue from Pineapple Express to me.

Van | 08/12/08 at 09:41 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

June 01, 2008

I'm Sure Glad Her Name Isn't "Harriet Katzenellenbogen-Shapiro"

The Democrats are providing so much video entertainment these days that I'm running out of popcorn. Hot on the heels of Father Michael Pfleger, but with a different perspective, is NYC Hillary supporter Harriet Christian, now a Youtube Toober of the Day.

In her video comments in Washington, Christian lets it all hang out on the Democrats' not seating Florida and Michigan delegates, and declares that McCain will be the next president.

What really grabs me is her name -- Christian. The opportunities for creative headline-writing are huge: "Christians go to war over Obama." "Christian wants to throw Obama to the lions." Can you imagine the shrieks of rage if she were Jewish and saying what she says? What would Jews For Obama have to say?

Fortunately, she has a Telfon-coated name that completely severs any links to the Jews. Thanks, Harriet! (The check from ZOG is in the mail.)

Van | 06/01/08 at 05:51 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

March 30, 2008

McCain-Leiberman: It's a Lock

I heard Sen. Joe Lieberman on ABC's "This Week" this morning going mano-a-mano with George Stephanapoulos. Lieberman sang a stirring love aria to Senator McCain, hitting high notes such as his appeal to moderate Democrats and independents (I'm both, so I listened with both ears).

It's obvious to me: McCain is going to go for a fusion ticket with Lieberman as VP. Unless he decides to go really innovative with Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana or some other innovative choice, McCain has made his choice. Get ready for an old-fashioned White House seder with all the fixins!

Also spracht Kesher Talk.

Van | 03/30/08 at 10:38 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

March 04, 2008

Rendering Unto Caesar, God and the Yankees

My camera phone came in handy as I snapped this photo of the car of a New Yorker who wants to cover all his bases in temporal and spiritual realms. Or perhaps he a true believer who is showing his allegiance to two saviors.

Van | 03/04/08 at 10:33 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 05, 2008

Super Tuesday in NYC

UPDATE: I gave the minority voting anecdotes their own post here. Minority as in voting Republican in Manhattan.

Well, look who's blogging! Yeah, I know. I have been really burned out. I do plan to get back in the saddle eventually. Maybe even soon.

But I had to stop in and deliver a Super Tuesday report. Most of it is up at Pajamas Media (scroll down), including video from the John McCain rally this morning in Rockefeller Plaza. Part of McCain's speech, plus short interviews with several supporters.

Continue reading "Super Tuesday in NYC"

Judith | 02/05/08 at 10:46 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

The mathematics of complex voting schemes

Discussion on my email list. (I don't think anyone read Jay Cost before talking about this, but he discusses the same problems here.)

Jim:

.....But it's not as though it's in the Dems' interest to have Republicans voting in their primary--presumably the opposite is true.

Ben:

Mathematically, it would be very much in their interest, although neither side chooses to think mathematically. (mostly because to be in politics you have to get so psychologically vested in "your guy".)

THe problem is this: Republican primary voters are a subset, Democrat primary voters are a subset. Performance in a vote among a non-random subset does not predict performace in the general vote. A mathematician named Kenneth Arrow actually won a Nobel for figuring out, basically, that no election system is perfect, and all can give skewed results.

For example, let's assume an election in which all 100% of the people will vote in both elections, and in the primary, 50% will vote in the Republican Primary and 50% in the Democrat primary. Let us assume also that even though this is the case, people may switch parties and vote for the opposite in the General election, if it is a preferred candidate.

Let us assume 4 candidates:

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Judith | 02/05/08 at 06:12 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Voting while Republican in NYC

[ UPDATE: New stories below added Tues night. And even a TV personality was subjected to the paper ballot .... um, confusion, in NYC. Ken Wheaton has a Brooklyn voting story about gross incompetence. ]

Photos and video here. from the John McCain rally in Rockefeller Center, this morning. Below, some stories from the front lines of voting booths in liberal Democratic Manhattan, on Super Tuesday:

Richard of Hiphop Republican says:

I voted in Chelsea and the guy gave me a democrat ticket even though I had Republican under my name. I then asked if this was the right ticket and he screamed OOH A Republican out loud!! I was very upset I voted at the Fashion High School on 24th street. To make things worse they gave me a bright red ticket that seemed somewhat strange. Are they allowed to shout out Republican? I felt there was no privacy at all they tried to be nice but you could tell they were shocked to see a black Republican and so young!

it seems like anyone could vote they never asked for id. Any guy with the same name could vote for another person, many people have the same name first and last and I am scratching my head trying to figure how they determine whose a voter.

Pamela says:

it's not funny.
I just hung up with the Republican County Committee and she said they have been getting calls with this very complaint all morning.
I have to vote my paper ballot because of my move and I don't doubt that my paper ballot will wind up in the garbage (also heard Republican side of machines were "locked")

Jim says:

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Judith | 02/05/08 at 05:13 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 04, 2008

Obama Gets Retail Politics Right in CT

I gave Barack Obama high marks for visibility in the Super Tuesday primary in Connecticut. I've had two mailings from him and an automated phone call and I've seen several of his ads on TV. Hillary? Who's that? The GOP is mostly invisible, although I've seen McCain signs sprout locally. I'm hoping to see some bright-eyed volunteers working the train stations tomorrow and Tuesday, a staple of local elections.

This gives Obama the edge in terms of top-of-mind awareness when I vote in the Democratic primary bright and early on Tuesday. As is my wont, I'll do what I can to be an insurgent troublemaker, as when I voted for Ned Lamont in the 2006 Democratic primary for the Senate, then voted for newly independent Joe Lieberman in the general elections. What fun that was!

I'm still holding out for a McCain-Lieberman fusion ticket, which is not far-fetched. In December, Joe endorsed John. Gay Patriot, among others, has blogged about the possibility, with a jaundiced eye, however. And Lieberman has flat-out said he would not be VP under McCain.

But you never know what might happen when a nation turns its lonely eyes to Joe, woe-woe-woe.

Only in Connecticut, kids, only in Connecticut.

Van | 02/04/08 at 10:46 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

January 30, 2008

Rudy's Brilliant Strategy: The Race for 2012, When Time Ends

I'm disappointed that Rudy Giuliani dropped out of the GOP race. But after intensely gazing at my navel for hours on end, I realized he has in fact run a brilliant, long-term campaign geared NOT for 2008 but for 2012.

Rudy, I am firmly convinced, is positioning himself to be the president-elect on The Day That Time Ends. Surely you've heard of it?

Days after the 2012 election, everything changes in a big way on December 21, 2012, according to interpreters of Mayan calendar. We should be thinking about who we want to be president then to usher in a new era of global consciousness and very possibly the return of the god Quetzalcoatl. Apocalypse 2012 is a good overview of the issues, nicely spooky website. The website 13 Moon gets right to the heart of the excitement:

Pacal Votan's prophetic call is alerting present-day humanity that our biological process is transforming, approaching the culmination of a 26,000 year evolutionary program. Bringing the return of universal telepathy, heightened sense capacity, and self-reflective consciousness, this is a return to the sacred domain of our inner technology. This grand cycle of evolution will culminate winter solstice, December 21, 2012 AD.

So Rudy is probably thinking Clinton or Obama will be elected in 2008 -- the tides of history are running against the GOP. He's no doubt telling himself, "As the Day of Dread approaches, panic will break out, chaos will explode, social order will break down, the Yankees will win the World Series. Who's better prepared to handle that than me? Hillary? Obama? Get real -- I've looked death and Donna Hanover in the face and survived both!"

Certainly, I always associate Rudy Giuliani with "self-reflective consciousness." If that's not enough, consider that a rare white buffalo was born in 2007 on a farm in Wisconsin. Here's the picture. Pretty freaky, isn't it? You can't discount those baby buffalos.

So be honest with yourself: Who would you want going nose to nose with the great and terrible Quetzalcoatl when he returns in his chariot drawn by flaming polar bears to embrace Mother Gaia and usher in an era of telepathic vegan planetary consciousness (not to be confused with the Age of Aquarius, the Harmonic Convergence, the Singularity or Y2K)? Do you hanker for the new man of hope, Barack Obama, to face him (with help from Oprah), or perhaps Hillary Clinton (supported by Bill, who would be pestering the Big Q about hooking up with doe-eyed virgins before they're sacrificed?)

So don't cry for Rudy. It's all part of The Plan. He'll be back in a big way in 2012 (cue ominous music) Before Time Runs Out.

Van | 01/30/08 at 11:19 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

January 28, 2008

Coincidences

Item: December 20, 2007: Gwen Kopechne, the mother of Mary Jo Kopechne, killed in an auto accident with Senator Ted Kennedy, dies in a Pennsylvania nursing home at the age of 89. She survived the death of her only child by 39 years.

Item: January 28: Senator Ted Kennedy, looking healthy and even Jack Kempesque with his white hair, endorses Barack Obama for President.

It's strange the timing worked out on this. But as a Democrat I can see the value of Sen. Kennedy's endorsement. If Obama is the nominee, I would like to see Sen. Kennedy campaign aggressively and visibly for his fellow Senator, barnstorming the nation and voicing his support.

Senator McCain might like hearing that vocal support, too.

Van | 01/28/08 at 07:48 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

January 26, 2008

Enthusiasm Builds McGreevey Run for President

Recently I wrote about why former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey should challenge Clinton and Obama for the Democratic nomination. I'm gratified that the concept of a more gay-focused candidate is getting more attention. As I noted, racial and gender tension is not enough; the Democrats need to bring a big old heapin' bowl of sexual identity tension to their primaries. THAT's what America needs now. Why, the Associated Press says so, so it must be true:

Even as they expect to support whichever Democrat gets the presidential nomination, many activists are disappointed that the three leading contenders rarely mention gay-rights topics unless responding to a question.

"They don't want to broach civil unions, marriage, equalizing benefits for same-sex couples," said Jennifer Chrisler, head of the Family Equality Council, which supports gay and lesbian families. "The vast majority of politicians don't lead, they follow."

McGreevey, who identified himself as a "Gay American," would be a great candidate to openly discuss these issues and make them part of the electoral give-and-take. He can bring a fresh perspective to the race and talk about topics that the others duck.

I'm working on some nifty campaign slogans -- does the worldwide KT audience have any suggestions?

Van | 01/26/08 at 07:42 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

January 16, 2008

Democratic Race: Let's Get Jim Into the Mix

Like many Democrats, I have felt great unease at the racial and gender tensions ripping through the Democratic primaries, as HIllary and Barack and their various toadies castigate the other side for fairy-tale reasons.

The Democratic race suffers not from too much tension, but not enough. The solution that springs gazelle-like to my mind is that the race needs a third candidate, one who can be a uniter, not a divider, somebody all Democrats can rally behind as a fresh new face for the Democratic Party.

And that man, rising to the moment in the hour of the Republic's greatest need, is . . . Jim McGreevey.

As the former Governor of New Jersey during the "Camelot years" of 2002-2004 and now a student at General Theological Seminary, McGreevey combines the executive experience and religious zest of Mike Huckabee with the crisis-tested moral authority of Hillary Clinton. And, he's gay, and I think it's time for the Democrats to have a gay nominee for president, don't you?

Continue reading "Democratic Race: Let's Get Jim Into the Mix"

Van | 01/16/08 at 10:31 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

January 15, 2008

A Crooked Jew Resigns

Ed Jew, to be exact. (01-10) 15:03 PST San Francisco - -- Suspended San Francisco Supervisor Ed Jew resigned from his seat on the Board of Supervisors Thursday, and now it's up to the political novice who has been serving . . . more »

Asher Abrams | 01/15/08 at 11:07 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

December 14, 2007

GOP Royalty Rides Forth for Glory in 2008

Two themes are intertwining in the presidential campaign these days. First, many people feel blase about the Republican candidates. The New York Times says so, so it must be true. Second, many people feel uneasy about Hillary Clinton as president, . . . more »

Van | 12/14/07 at 07:00 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

December 02, 2007

Hillary v. Barack: Get Me Rewrite, Sweetheart

A few days ago the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ran an intriguing article about Spelman College women discussing how to vote next year: The dozen or so Spelman College women had come together in a basement classroom, after hours, to hash over . . . more »

Van | 12/02/07 at 12:08 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

October 23, 2007

Copyright claims: the latest censorship tool

The Jihadist Formerly Known as Cat Stevens asked YouTube to remove a video wherein he expresses the wish that Salman Rushdie be burned to death, claiming copyright infringement. YouTube complied, although the video was not a pirated song or music . . . more »

Judith | 10/23/07 at 09:58 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

October 15, 2007

Our new Google overlords

. . . more »

Judith | 10/15/07 at 12:41 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

September 20, 2007

Giuliani on rogue dictators roaming NYC

Rudy on Iran, in CNN video interview. And other foreign policy questions about which he is very blunt. There is no mistaking, no wishy-washiness, abouty his foreign policy positions. And he's still polling ahead of, or head-to-head at least, with . . . more »

Judith | 09/20/07 at 10:57 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

August 31, 2007

Why Wait? Hold the Primaries NOW

Americans are people in a hurry. Patience is not a national virtue. Christmas decorations hit stores around Halloween, the Internet gives immediate access to news and Kesher Talk. In that spirit, we should acknowledge that nobody wants to six months . . . more »

Van | 08/31/07 at 06:40 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

August 27, 2007

Bush's Bold Move for Attorney General

September 1, 2007, Chappaqua, New York: President Bush rocked American politics today when he announced his nominee for Attorney General, to replace Alberto Gonzales. Speaking at the quaint train station in this commuter town in the New York suburbs, with . . . more »

Van | 08/27/07 at 07:29 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

July 16, 2007

Giuliani in the hood

UPDATE: Rudy and Barack are refusing to comment. But they ought to go after Romney next, just to annoy him: The naughty video hit the Internet on the same day GOP candidate Mitt Romney started airing a new ad fretting . . . more »

Judith | 07/16/07 at 09:15 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Is Bush a neo-liberal?

According to a new study, the thick lumpy political center breaks down into several discrete categories. Strategists and the media variously describe independents as “swing voters," "moderates” or "centrists" who populate a sometimes-undefined middle of the political spectrum. That is . . . more »

Judith | 07/16/07 at 02:40 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

June 08, 2007

Fred Thompson's Platform on a T-Shirt

This is an unofficial campaign product, but it does boil down a possible winning platform to three compelling soundbites. Take a look and see. . . . more »

Van | 06/08/07 at 06:28 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

June 03, 2007

GOP '08: The Fear and Loathing Ticket

I told myself I wouldn't pay attention to the 2008 election until 2008, but I see that resistance is futile. What broke through mental barrier was the posting on Little Green Footballs of California Representative and GOP presidential candidate Duncan . . . more »

Van | 06/03/07 at 06:55 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

May 10, 2007

A "progressive" domestic Jewish agenda for 2008?

A "progressive" Jewish coalition is soliciting emails to presidential candidates, in support of "A Domestic Jewish Agenda for 2008," a compilation of the predictable liberal Dem list of the past 40 years, along with cliched unexamined descriptions (for example, the . . . more »

Judith | 05/10/07 at 09:22 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

April 11, 2007

RJC on Pelosi

Re: My earlier assertion that Pelosi is a Rove mole because she will swing a lot of centrists over to the Republicans: the campaign is already starting (via Instapundit): I am a supporter of the RJC but that ad is . . . more »

Judith | 04/11/07 at 04:14 AM | 5 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Bill on Hillary vs Pelosi (the comix version)

Speaking of Nancy "Peace in Our Time" Pelosi, Attila at Pillage Idiot took up the mantle of photoshopped political comic strips when Allahpundit laid it down (and took his off the web, much to the chagrin of many fans). Attila's . . . more »

Judith | 04/11/07 at 03:34 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Is Nancy Pelosi a Rove mole?

[ UPDATE: Jules Crittenden: "Pelosi and Lantos, looking for love in all the wrong places." LOL. ] [ UPDATE: I moved the Pillage Idiot stuff here. Plus more Pelosi comix links! ] [ UPDATE: Allahpundit is also disgusted by the . . . more »

Judith | 04/11/07 at 01:59 AM | 5 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

March 30, 2007

Rudy puts his foot in it

Although we are supporting Rudy Giuliani for POTUS, we are not blind to his less-than-sterling qualities. And it doesn't bother us when others are made aware of his less-than-sterling qualities, especially when some of those can be seen as advantages . . . more »

Judith | 03/30/07 at 06:00 PM | 1 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

March 28, 2007

The pilgrim voter's progress

Pugnaciously libertarian blog Hit and Run gives a guarded sidelong peek at possibly grudgingly allowing that Rudy Giuliani might be attempting to convince them he is fiscally somewhere within their ballpark. Drawing forth this comment: As it stands now, I . . . more »

Judith | 03/28/07 at 07:19 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

March 20, 2007

Giuliani is the seed crystal

The latests Gallup poll shows Rudy still comfortably out in front of the Republican candidate field. We have been following the Giuliani candidacy since its first stirrings. In fact, we were fantasizing about a Giuliani presidency since the 2004 GOP . . . more »

Judith | 03/20/07 at 12:54 PM | 17 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Don't be afraid of the M-word, Obama!

[ UPDATE: Jihad Watch's Robert Spencer says the same thing. Sort of. ] Anya Kamanetz - author of a self-absorbed whine about upper middle class 20-somethings in debt - thinks it's "awesome" that Obama grew up Muslim. The LA Times . . . more »

Judith | 03/20/07 at 12:52 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

March 09, 2007

Haiku correctness

Found poetry at the Corner: Rudy Giuliani one syllable too many no haiku for you . . . more »

Judith | 03/09/07 at 01:13 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

March 08, 2007

Media elite want to make sure you know Giuliani is a jerk

Yesterday we told you that Rudy Giuliani is a jerk. Just so you have a year to figure out if you want to vote for him anyway. (Right now we think his positives outweigh his negatives.) But just in case . . . more »

Judith | 03/08/07 at 11:31 PM | 2 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

"Liberal" jumps the shark, part II

Re: My bemoaning the changing definitions of "liberal" - looks like John Podhortez is having the same problem. . . . how can a man who has spoken against banning partial-birth abortion and signed civil-union legislation into law not be . . . more »

Judith | 03/08/07 at 10:05 PM | 2 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

March 07, 2007

PJ Media straw poll, week 7

Remember to vote in the Pajamas Media straw poll. (Click on the graphic halfway down the right-hand sidebar.) So far Rudy Giuliani and Bill Richardson are leading by several furlongs, as they did last week. . . . more »

Judith | 03/07/07 at 01:09 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

March 06, 2007

The dark side of Rudy Giuliani

We have promoted the presidential candidacy of Rudy Giuliani since before he actually announced, not only for his clarity on an aggressive response to terrorism, but for his understanding of civic values. We are part of a groundswell of enthusiasm . . . more »

Judith | 03/06/07 at 07:00 AM | 11 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 27, 2007

More votes for Giuliani the "Civ-Con"

Jennifer Rubin in the American Spectator picks up on the "civ-con" theme I explored earlier with regard to Rudy Giuliani: The better, at least the more interesting, question is whether Giuliani can establish a new description of what it means . . . more »

Judith | 02/27/07 at 09:12 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 26, 2007

PJ Media Straw Poll - week 5

It's Week Five for the Pajamas Media straw poll - click on the graphic halfway down our right sidebar. So far Rudy Giuliani and Bill Richardson are running away with it. A dim second on the Dem side is Gore . . . more »

Judith | 02/26/07 at 11:28 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 25, 2007

Hillary Unleashed: Selected Quotes of the Pirate Queen

Over at Little Green Footballs, reader Chinflux has perfomed the vital public service of compiling the thoughtful, nuances utterances of Hillary Clinton. The research effort must have been enormous, with a great emotional toll. Collectively, the quotes give a new . . . more »

Van | 02/25/07 at 08:49 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 21, 2007

Let's continue the conversation . . . .

. . . . yes, let's. Keep talking, babe, so we can find out about all your political calculations. See, I didn't even know about your candy-coated version of Murtha's Slow Bleed program. I knew I wasn't going to vote . . . more »

Judith | 02/21/07 at 03:39 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 15, 2007

Rare cluefulness in punditland

(The Pajamas Media straw-poll is halfway down the right sidebar - click the graphic to go to the poll. You can vote for one Democrat and one Republican each.) Tucker Carlson actually understands Bush and Giuliani. He says Giuliani will . . . more »

Judith | 02/15/07 at 12:03 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 12, 2007

Kerry and Howard and Obama

One could say that it's a bit presumptuous for Australian PM John Howard to criticize the politics of a contender for the nomination for President of the United States. But one could also say that it's a bit of payback . . . more »

Judith | 02/12/07 at 11:36 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 09, 2007

Stuck on Stupid

[ From Judith: if you want to send an automated email to various opinion-makers defending Marcotte and McEwen go here. Of course, you can also edit the email to say anything you want ..... But it's amusing just to read, . . . more »

Alcibiades | 02/09/07 at 11:20 AM | 9 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 06, 2007

Straight talk from Rudy

Sean Hannity interviews Giuliani on the eve of his formal announcement. Rudy talks honestly about his positions on abortion and gun ownership and gay marriage and immigration. He doesn't dodge the issues or try to appease his critics. Conservatives - . . . more »

Judith | 02/06/07 at 08:32 AM | 14 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 05, 2007

Guiliani the "civ-con"

I wrote previously: Many social conservatives like Rudy Giuliani enough as a presidential candidate (for his clarity on fighting Islamist terrorism) that they are trying to find ways to reconcile their positions with his liberal track record, specifically, that Giuliani . . . more »

Judith | 02/05/07 at 11:34 PM | 4 Comments | 3 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Online straw poll: vote early and often

Scroll down the right sidebar, and just after the first ad you will see the Pajamas Media straw poll. It looks like this: Click on the image in the sidebar to be taken to the straw poll site where you . . . more »

Judith | 02/05/07 at 05:12 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Rudykong vs Hillaryzilla

Giuliani is now officially officially in the race, and Pajamas has a roundup of responses. I commented in response to the usual boneheaded punditry from Kevin Drum, who says Hillary will take NY State with ease, as if this proves . . . more »

Judith | 02/05/07 at 04:42 PM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 04, 2007

I Feel Sorry for Barack Obama

And so the racial politics begins, with Barack Obama's racial background the hot topic. The NY Times and Washington Post both ran articles about the many shades of identity and authenticity. I feel sorry for Obama because he's already getting . . . more »

Van | 02/04/07 at 07:40 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 03, 2007

Giuliani advocates strict constructionist judges

Many social conservatives like Rudy Giuliani enough as a presidential candidate (for his clarity on fighting Islamist terrorism) that they are trying to find ways to reconcile their positions with his liberal track record, specifically, that Giuliani is pro-choice and . . . more »

Judith | 02/03/07 at 07:21 PM | 9 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 02, 2007

Obama

Dick Morris brilliantly sums up Obama: “Obama is like a stem cell. He can become any part of the body he wants to be!” Or that the media wants him to be! In reality, he's an unleavened liberal. But the . . . more »

Alcibiades | 02/02/07 at 11:50 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

January 30, 2007

Giuliani for 2008

Long-time readers of this blog know that I am a big Rudy Giuliani fan. Now that he has officially thrown his hat into the ring, I will be doing my best to convince the GOP to nominate him and . . . more »

Judith | 01/30/07 at 03:09 PM | 11 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

National Review in person

[ UPDATE: Atlas has lots of video and photos from her attendance. Streaming video of John Bolton and Quicktime videos of Newt Gingrich and Jeb Bush at the NRI.] My friend Susan attended the NRI Summit in Washington DC this . . . more »

Judith | 01/30/07 at 10:21 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

January 24, 2007

Listen to the general

If you agree with General Petraeus that sending more troops specifically to pacify Baghdad is a good idea, please inform your Republican congresspersons that you will not be happy with them if they do not agree that it is a . . . more »

Judith | 01/24/07 at 11:58 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

November 28, 2006

The Political Question du Jour

The hot new political question - which I imagine will be with us for some time, but there is nothing like getting an early start to sow doubt among what might be his constituency - is: Will Christian conservatives and . . . more »

Alcibiades | 11/28/06 at 09:49 PM | 5 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

November 20, 2006

Victory in '08

[ UPDATE: Bruce Kesler at the Democracy Project urges voters to hold both parties feet to the fire, if your most urgent issue is national security. ] AJ Strata puts a stake in the ground for proudly standing by President . . . more »

Judith | 11/20/06 at 12:35 AM | 7 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

November 12, 2006

The ACLU Works to Restore Terrorists' "Lost Rights"

The ACLU has wasted no time since the midterm election making its agenda clear. Restoring the "lost rights" of terrorists, that is. From the ACLU's latest mailing: After five long years of profound abuses of power by the White House . . . more »

Cinnamon | 11/12/06 at 11:32 PM | 17 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

November 10, 2006

Remember the good ole days . . .

I think people will remember, especially when Pelosi starts dismantling all of this. Buyer's remorse is already setting in, apparently. . . . more »

Judith | 11/10/06 at 04:28 PM | 6 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

November 09, 2006

Pelosi defines "bipartisanship"

Nancy Pelosi: "I told him (Bush) what I said last night -- that I looked forward to working in a bipartisan way with him, that the success of the president is always good for the country and I hoped that . . . more »

Judith | 11/09/06 at 08:05 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

So It Begins....Impeachment, That Is

Despite protestations to the contrary from soon-to-be Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi, talk of impeachment proceedings against President Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney has already begun. Never to be quelled by the "right-wing" Democratic Party leadership, Bay Area . . . more »

Cinnamon | 11/09/06 at 01:44 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Whither Iraq: More Background on Bob Gates

I really don't like realist conservatism. It often produces detestable, morally-cringeworthy Republican policy: for example, the retreat from Lebanon after Hezbollah bombed our Marine barracks, abandoning the Shi'ites and the Kurds in 1991, the decision to abandon Afghanistan to rack . . . more »

Alcibiades | 11/09/06 at 12:40 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

November 08, 2006

If they do strip all our defenses . . . .

Occasional Kesher Talk contributor, and fellow "one-issue Republican voter" Ben opines on the election: "Well This Sucks." Skipper the Penguin, in "Madagascar". Actually it won't be that bad if the numbskulls don't manage to strip all our defenses. I don't . . . more »

Judith | 11/08/06 at 10:20 PM | 13 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Election 2006: What It Means for Princeton University

People have pondered at length the meaning of the mid-term elections for the GOP, for the Democrats, the Iraqis, Hillary, the bloggers, Daily Kos and on and on. That's not the real story. The BIG story is this: What does . . . more »

Van | 11/08/06 at 10:12 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Election 2006: What Went Wrong for the Republicans

The midterm elections are over and those who hoped for a Republican victory are still digesting the results. The usual pre-election mainstream media hype led many to the mistaken impression that the Democratic Party's much-vaunted success might not pan out. . . . more »

Cinnamon | 11/08/06 at 02:10 PM | 14 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Election '06 postmortem

Updates continuing below . . . The UN articulates my biggest problem with the Dem win: Democratic gains in Congress were seen around the world Wednesday as a rejection of the U.S. war in Iraq that led some observers to . . . more »

Judith | 11/08/06 at 11:51 AM | 6 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

November 07, 2006

'06 Election Coverage

Surfing the election - some bloggish predictions, musings, and rallying cries which may not be picked up by the behemoths of the blogosphere. Updated throughout the day. (Anything neither I, Pajamas, Instapundit, etc. are linking to, that you think is . . . more »

Judith | 11/07/06 at 08:58 PM | 6 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

It's Starting to Look Still Looking Pretty Damn Glum

UPDATE XIV: Back around to Webb. Is the Senate going to go Democrat by 1? We won't know until tomorrow. UPDATE XIII: Tennessee holds Republican. Allen is now back ahead by 2000 in Virginia with 99.18%. UPDATE XII: So is . . . more »

Alcibiades | 11/07/06 at 08:49 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Casting a Wide Net in Stamford

I voted before 7 a.m. today at a school here in Stamford. I didn't have to wait on line before I entered one of the photo-booth sized voting machines, the kind with the reassuringly clanky handle to open and close . . . more »

Van | 11/07/06 at 07:08 AM | 2 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

November 05, 2006

Nancy Pelosi's Future Plans

If they win, Democrats will immediately reach out to Bush to find a bipartisan way to begin redeploying troops "outside of Iraq," Pelosi said. They will also apply pressure to disarm the militias, amend the Iraqi constitution and engage in . . . more »

Alcibiades | 11/05/06 at 06:47 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

A Caring and Sharing US Armed Forces

The Nanny mindset as a factor in the debate over the Iraq War: Earlier today, I was perusing a take down of John Kerry in, of all places, Newsweek, that bastion of liberalism, simply for the novelty. Actually, I was . . . more »

Alcibiades | 11/05/06 at 04:48 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

November 03, 2006

Congressional Candidate Steve Beren: Another Ex-Lefty

I make it a point to try and keep track of fellow former lefties, whether pre-9/11 or, as in my own case, post-9/11. And some of them have gravitated towards the online discussion group I started for this purpose, the . . . more »

Cinnamon | 11/03/06 at 09:53 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

November 02, 2006

Uncle John Wants You

Via Hot Air: . . . more »

Judith | 11/02/06 at 09:38 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

November 01, 2006

Comic Relief

It seems John "Effing" Kerry has stepped in it once again with his recent comments indicating that the U.S. military is comprised of a bunch of uneducated idiots. Well, those (in actuality) enterprising soldiers serving in Iraq came up with . . . more »

Cinnamon | 11/01/06 at 04:54 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

We R stuck hear in Irak

Courtesy of one of my regular commenters: Background. [ Alcibiades adds: Fox News Channel quoted Army officials saying that the picture looked authentic and appeared to be taken in Iraq. "We are always amazed at the creativity of our troops," . . . more »

Judith | 11/01/06 at 03:54 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

October 27, 2006

Dick Morris, Flaming Sword of Vengeance

The only political columnist I always read, and will always watch on TV, is Dick Morris. His website, Vote.com, rather blandly describes him thusly: Dick Morris, the President of Vote.com, was President Clinton's chief strategist and advisor in the 1996 . . . more »

Van | 10/27/06 at 08:01 AM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

October 26, 2006

The Antidote to Democrat Political Stupidity

You have to read this interview with Camille Paglia at Salon. If all Democrats were this clear thinking, if the tenor of political discourse took pace at this level, the whole country would be in a much better place. Reading . . . more »

Alcibiades | 10/26/06 at 10:35 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

October 23, 2006

Moonbats Disrupt CT Senate Debate

By accident I caught the last 15 minutes of tonight's CT Senate debate with Ned Lamont, Joe Lieberman and Alan Schlesinger, moderated by George Stephanopolous. I had never heard Lamont or Schlesinger in action, so I am glad I stumbled . . . more »

Van | 10/23/06 at 09:05 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Up Next: Nutmeg Daughters of the Confederacy for Lamont

Trapped between a rock and a soft place (the Dynamic Diaspora Duo of Joe Lieberman and Alan Schlesinger), Ned Lamont is getting serious about connecting with non-Democrats. The proof is below: Lamont's outreach comes as polls show his campaign drooping . . . more »

Van | 10/23/06 at 07:47 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

October 19, 2006

Clumsy GOP ad

I think this could backfire. Bush is already accused of exaggerating terrorism as a fear tactic to gain more power (by the conspiracy-mongering Left, it's true, but that mindset has deeply infiltrated the Democratic Party). This ad is a blatant . . . more »

Judith | 10/19/06 at 09:58 PM | 5 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

October 18, 2006

The Lancet Report

Just in case you want to know why the current Lancet Report is completely flawed in its methodology, read this. Steven Moore deconstructs the flawed statistical metholodogy employed by the researchers. It comes down to two factors, far too few . . . more »

Alcibiades | 10/18/06 at 11:03 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

October 17, 2006

It's Hunting Season For Democrats

UPDATE: According to Red State this outing is payback for not voting against Alito at the confirmation hearings, before which time Mike Rogers threatened to out a closeted United States Senator at a politically opportune time tif he voted for . . . more »

Alcibiades | 10/17/06 at 11:49 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

October 16, 2006

Nutmeg Debate-a-mania Forecast: Beware TLC

Ned v. Joe v. Al is the match-up for today's Connecticut Senate debate at the Stamford Marriott. Expect Lamont, Lieberman, and Schlesinger to throw TLC (tables, ladders, chairs) at one another in this start of a series of debates. The . . . more »

Van | 10/16/06 at 07:36 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Lieberman Win = Good News for 'Liberal Hawk' Rudy in '08

This fascinating analysis of the Lamont-Lieberman race puts it in the context of the 2008 presidential election. I especially like its use of the term "liberal hawk," as applied to Rudy Guiliani vis-a-vis John McCain. The entry says, I think . . . more »

Van | 10/16/06 at 05:50 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

October 15, 2006

¡Viva El Matador Mas Mejor, José "Pepe" Lieberman!

The sports political world cheered "Olé!" last week at the brilliant performance of the greatest matador in El Estado del Nutmeg, el senador José "Pepe" Lieberman. He wielded his elegant red cape with confidence and bravery in El Coloseo Stadium . . . more »

Van | 10/15/06 at 07:10 AM | 2 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

October 12, 2006

New Lamont Ads: Vote for the Entrepreneur

No sooner did Kesher Talk plead for more details about Ned Lamont's business career than he obliges with new TV ads that highlight exactly that. The Thursday New York Times fishes the turbulent waters of the CT Senate race and . . . more »

Van | 10/12/06 at 05:58 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

October 11, 2006

Hollywood Director David Zucker: Another 9/11 Republican

As a self-proclaimed 9/11 Republican who started an online discussion group for people like myself called the 9/11 Neocons (as in new conservatives), I've been following the various additions to our ranks with great interest. And Hollywood has been the . . . more »

Cinnamon | 10/11/06 at 01:20 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

I am Curious (GateHouse): Ned Lamont as Entrepreneur

Ned Lamont's campaign website and various news profiles shed curiously little light on a key aspect of the man: his record as a cable-TV entrepreneur. His online biography notes that he started Lamont Digital Systems in 1984, and he makes . . . more »

Van | 10/11/06 at 07:55 AM | 2 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

October 05, 2006

If Rep. Mark Foley was a Democrat . . . .

[ UPDATE: Add Mel Reynolds to the list. ] The People's Cube compiled a table which drives home the point: Compare these two columns: SURVIVAL OF THE SLICKEST SURVIVED (D) RESIGNED (R) Bill Clinton Barney Frank Ted Kennedy William Jefferson . . . more »

Judith | 10/05/06 at 06:00 PM | 5 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Leaving Base Camp: KT Transforms Ned Into an Unstoppable Killing Machine

The strong response to the idea about how Ned Lamont can reach out to GOP and independent voters in the CT Senate race inspired Kesher Talk to consider Ned's next steps. The idea, presented here, is that Lamont should get . . . more »

Van | 10/05/06 at 07:24 AM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

October 04, 2006

The Deer Hunter: How Ned Can Reach Beyond the Base

Last week's results of a Quinnipiac University poll on the Ned Lamont-Joe Lieberman race shows Lieberman well ahead, with a 10-point margin. QU says, In this latest survey, Lieberman leads Lamont 69 - 15 percent among likely Republican voters, with . . . more »

Van | 10/04/06 at 07:41 AM | 1 Comments | 3 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

October 01, 2006

Lamontie's Lament: If We Lose, Blame the Lousy GOP Candidate

Ned Lamont's campaign blog has a classic paranoid comment. A Lamontie connects the dots from the media to the Republican candidate Alan Schlesigner to Joe Lieberman to the voting booth. Thus, a conspiracy is born. It's all so clear, and . . . more »

Van | 10/01/06 at 11:17 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Ledeen on Woodward

Bob Woodward has cannily published his new book - State of Denial - just before the 2006 election to make it the must-read bible for the Democrats, thus to drive up his sales and to make his book itself into . . . more »

Alcibiades | 10/01/06 at 11:06 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

September 22, 2006

More Democrat Party Anti-Semitism

As an addendum to yesterday's post on George Allen's discovery that he is Jewish, we learn, via the Captain, that Allen's campaign is now reporting on James Webb's anti-semitic tricks in his campaign to replace Allen as Senator. Several of . . . more »

Alcibiades | 09/22/06 at 12:27 PM | 0 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

September 21, 2006

So George Allen Is Jewish after all

Does it make a difference? Not much, although one day it might to him. Still, at the very least, it's an interesting story. His mother is from the well known Jewish Tunisian Lumbroso family. But after witnessing her father's treatment . . . more »

Alcibiades | 09/21/06 at 11:09 AM | 1 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

September 17, 2006

There's a reason it's called "Islamofascism"

The Jewish Week catches Russ Feingold in full presidential candidate pandering mode:[Feingold] called on President Bush to stop using the term “Islamic fascism,” saying it harmed the war on terrorism. “We must avoid using misleading and offensive terms that link . . . more »

Judith | 09/17/06 at 10:38 AM | 9 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

September 15, 2006

Fury in Fairfield County: Shays v. Farrell

With all the focus on Lieberman vs. Lamont, people tend to overlook the hard-fought races for the House of Representatives in Connecticut. They also pit incumbent GOP members against anti-war Democrats. In my district, Chris Shays faces a rematch with . . . more »

Van | 09/15/06 at 07:37 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

September 08, 2006

KT to Joe: Bubbele, Kill the Blog Before It Ruins Your Campaign

KT told Joe Lieberman, over and over again, beware the blog on your campaign website. Don't get into a blogwar with Lamont, focus on your campaign, stick to the issues and your identity as the sober, serious senator. But did . . . more »

Van | 09/08/06 at 03:54 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

September 06, 2006

Lieberman's Website, All Over the Map

Joe Lieberman unwrapped his refurbished campaign website yesterday, www.joe2006.com. Alas, it still suffers compared to www.nedlamont.com. While Lamont's site has a clear vertical focus -- here's why I'm running, here's how to get involved, here are links to the blog . . . more »

Van | 09/06/06 at 04:00 PM | 0 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

September 03, 2006

Lieberman Cries "Havoc!" and Lets Slip the Blogs of War

An email yesterday from "The Friends of Joe Lieberman" shows that the CT senator is tanned, rested and ready for political combat. Filling the alarming silence emanating from his bare-bones www.joe2006.com website, the email outlined what Lieberman and his team . . . more »

Van | 09/03/06 at 03:50 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

August 24, 2006

Lamont, the Photo Comic Version

Blogger PIllage Idiot, a frequent commentator here on KT postings, produces "photo comics" of figures in the news. His latest, on CT Democratic senate nominee Ned Lamont, had me laughing out loud. Almost delivering the gevaldic level of enjoyment I . . . more »

Van | 08/24/06 at 09:22 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

August 21, 2006

Republican Jewish Coalition Comes Out Swinging Against "Islamo-Facisim"

Today's post brought a direct-mail piece from the Republic Jewish Coalition. It makes me glad I never donated money to the group. An attached letter from the RJC pitches membership as a way to combat the new cossack hordes, starting . . . more »

Van | 08/21/06 at 11:12 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Schlesinger for Senate: The Elephants Stomp One of Their Own

While Joe Lieberman and Ned Lamont duke it out for the Senate, let's not forget the third member of this political menage a trois, Republican Senate candidate Alan Schlesinger. We should remember him, because the election wizards at the Republican . . . more »

Van | 08/21/06 at 02:12 PM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

August 18, 2006

Oh, Those Lamonties: Inevitable KKK Reference

Joe Lieberman continues to fail to capitalize on the fresh curiosity about his independent Senate run with his woefully bare www.joe2006.com website. Say it ain't so, Joe! However, the action over at www.nedlamont.com provides plenty of amusement, especially the blog. . . . more »

Van | 08/18/06 at 09:52 AM | 1 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

August 17, 2006

Lamont: Hey, I'm a Capitalist Tool, Too!

Ned Lamont asserted his status as a hard-nosed entrepreneur in this piece in the Wall Street Journal yesterday. The op-ed, titled "Democrats Mean Business," tries to connect his success with a cable TV company to his bid for the Senate . . . more »

Van | 08/17/06 at 09:08 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

August 14, 2006

Joe's Back; Loose Cannons on the Good Ship Lamont

[ UPDATE: More dueling websites from Lieberman and Lamont. ] Joe Lieberman managed to pry his website back from the claws of the nutroots, and he's retooled his message for the independent campaign, found at www.joe2006.com. The site is still . . . more »

Van | 08/14/06 at 11:24 AM | 2 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

August 10, 2006

Take your pick

Senator Joseph Lieberman: This should serve as the latest, most serious evidence that we are in a war against a brutal enemy that intends to attack us over and over again in the most indiscriminate way. At Daily Kos (the . . . more »

Judith | 08/10/06 at 04:09 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

August 09, 2006

Stalinist Indeed!

Down below, Van headed a post, Nutroots Go Stalinist in CT. Stalinist, indeed. It turns out that Lamont's father is: Corliss Lamont was a brilliant, very wealthy by inheritance, communist fellow-traveler through the ‘30’s and ‘40’s and ‘50’s, who continued . . . more »

Alcibiades | 08/09/06 at 07:46 PM | 2 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

After Lamont: Will Jews Change?

Correspondent DesScorp asked, regarding the Lamont victory in CT, an excellent question: BTW...with all of the Jew-hating crap being spewed on places like DailyKos and DemocraticUnderground, I'm wondering what your take on these events is here at Kesher Talk; do . . . more »

Van | 08/09/06 at 05:48 PM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

August 08, 2006

Nutroots Go Stalinist in CT

Lanny Davis, former special counsel to President Clinton, shows just how batty the left is getting in the current Lieberman-Lamont campaign. A Lieberman supporter, Davis has had an eye-opening experience with the response from Lamont supporters. Writing in the Opinion . . . more »

Van | 08/08/06 at 10:28 AM | 3 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

The Nutmeggers Vote: Not Early, Not Often

I just returned from voting in the Democratic primary here in CT. I had the elementary-school gym all to myself, with four election officials keeping a gimlet eye on me. The place gave an air of dead calm, despite the . . . more »

Van | 08/08/06 at 08:46 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

July 31, 2006

Thinking about the '08 election . . . .

I notice Rudy is not on this list. Yet John McCain is ties with Pat Buchanan as No. 1. I think the reasons "right-of-center" bloggers don't like McCain is the opposite of why they don't like Buchanan, but the fact . . . more »

Judith | 07/31/06 at 07:21 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

July 28, 2006

Lamont v. Lieberman: What's a Jew to Do?

[ UPDATE from Judith: Van, there's another wrinkle. How do you feel about Michael Schiavo? ] The donnybrook between class traitor Ned Lamont and doomed centrist Joe Lieberman for the Senate in Connecticut is picking up steam. The NY Times . . . more »

Van | 07/28/06 at 11:36 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

July 21, 2006

Coke Fiends for Lieberman?

Judith would like me to say something about the zesty Connecticut cage-death-match Democratic primary contest between incumbent Joe Lieberman and challenger Ned Lamont. To start, they're both liberals and based on their campaign materials they agree on 90 percent of . . . more »

Van | 07/21/06 at 04:36 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

July 09, 2006

Unity: It's Time to Third-Party Like It's 2008

I've always had a fondness for third-party candidates. In 1980 I proudly voted for John Anderson, and in local races I've voted whimsically, at times for the Natural Law (transcendental meditation) folks. In such way I support the off-brand candidates . . . more »

Van | 07/09/06 at 08:40 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

July 03, 2006

Tight Mexican Election Seen as Threat to Al Gore's Political Sainthood

The deadlocked presidential election in Mexico poses a dire threat to the political sainthood of former US vice president Al Gore, who could soon lose his status as the only man in the Western Hemisphere who can say "I used . . . more »

Van | 07/03/06 at 11:10 AM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

June 21, 2006

Those Darn Kos Kidz

The Onion has highlights from the Yearly Kos Convention, including "Special booth where guests could pay $5 to win a political argument against Joe Lieberman." (via Snarksmith) In the manner of P J O'Rourke, Matt Labash takes you to Las . . . more »

Judith | 06/21/06 at 12:15 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

June 09, 2006

Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010: Democrats Claim "Smashing Moral Victory," Declaring, "We've Got the Bush White House On the Run."

Declaring that "the American public is responding like never before to our message," the Democratic Party claimed a "smashing moral victory" in yesterday's mid-term elections, which saw the party double its presence in both the Senate and the House of . . . more »

Van | 06/09/06 at 11:10 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

May 30, 2006

Accounting for Al Gore

The best explanation yet for Al Gore: Look at it this way; in early July 1947, a spaceship crewed by extra-terrestrials reportedly crash-landed near Roswell, New Mexico. In late March the following year, almost exactly nine months after the “Roswell . . . more »

Alcibiades | 05/30/06 at 09:27 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08