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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
 
Rolling Stone Does Hard-Hitting Interview With Obama

Any concept that they were just going to suck up to Hopey McChange with softballs is dispelled right from the word go:

When you came into office, you felt you would be able to work with the other side. When did you realize that the Republicans had abandoned any real effort to work with you and create bipartisan policy?


And:

How do you feel about the fact that day after day, there's this really destructive attack on whatever you propose? Does that bother you? Has it shocked you?


And they really grilled him with this one:

You've passed more progressive legislation than any president since Lyndon Johnson. Yet your base does not seem nearly as fired up as the opposition, and you don't seem to be getting the credit for those legislative victories. There was talk that you were going to mobilize your grass-roots volunteers and use them to pressure Congress, but you decided for whatever reason not to involve the public directly and not to force a filibuster on issues like health care. What do you say to those people who have developed a sense of frustration — your base — who feel that you need to fight harder?


Edward R. Murrow would be proud that Rolling Stone stands for first class urinalism.
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Friday, September 24, 2010
 
The New Poster

A perhaps obvious response to this:

The artist whose poster of Barack Obama became a rallying image during the hope-and-change election of 2008 says he understands why so many people have lost faith.

In an exclusive interview with National Journal on Thursday, Shepard Fairey expressed his disappointment with the president -- a malaise that seems representative of many Democrats who had great expectations for Obama.

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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
 
A Picture is Worth 1000 Words

What O'Donnell's victory has meant to the GOP's chances of taking Joe Biden's old seat:

Now who's a RINO?
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Friday, September 10, 2010
 
Dreaming

Gotta enjoy this post by a liberal:

Within hours and possibly minutes I expect the president will name Elizabeth Warren to lead the new consumer protection agency, and if he does, the Democratic base will erupt and turn out to vote in far greater numbers than any current poll suggests.

I could be wrong; Obama might give up at the last minute, which would be the last betrayal of the Democratic base and very possibly the death knell of the Democratic House of Representatives. But if he names Warren, the pundits be will amazed, astonished and flabbergasted by the lift this would give to the Democratic base and by the voter turnout that would follow.


Why? Because Elizabeth Warren is The Greatest; Mohammed Ali was just borrowing the title. She will trump the economy, she will trump the deficit. Liberals will turn out in droves to reelect the Democrats to an even greater majority than they currently enjoy. In fact, the Republican party may have to disband.

Or something. Why all this will happen is left unsaid. Who Elizabeth Warren is, and her qualifications for the job are also not mentioned. It's hard to imagine that Warren's six-year-old son could write a less compelling article.
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Thursday, September 09, 2010
 
Playoff Droughts Updated

With the NFL's season starting tonight, here's something I did a few years ago on the NFL teams that have had the longest wait for a playoff appearance, playoff win, Super Bowl appearance and Super Bowl win, updated as of this season.

Longest Wait for a Playoff Appearance:
Never made the playoffs (years missed in parentheses): Texans (8)
1999 Bills, Lions
2002 49ers, Browns, Raiders
2004 Rams
2005 Broncos
2006 Chiefs, Bears,
2007 Jaguars, Seahawks, Bucs, Redskins
2008 Titans, Steelers, Dolphins, Giants, Panthers, Falcons
2009 Chargers, Jets, Colts, Saints, Vikings, Cowboys, Ravens, Cardinals, Bengals, Eagles, Packers, Patriots

Longest Wait for a Playoff Win
Never won a playoff game (years missed in parentheses): Texans (8)
1990 Bengals
1991 Lions
1993 Chiefs
1994 Browns
1995 Bills
2000 Dolphins
2002 49ers, Bucs, Raiders
2003 Titans
2004 Falcons, Rams,
2005 Panthers, Redskins, Broncos
2006 Bears
2007 Seahawks, Jaguars, Giants, Packers, Patriots,
2008 Chargers, Eagles, Steelers
2009 Saints, Colts, Vikings, Jets, Cowboys, Cardinals, Ravens

Longest Wait for a Super Bowl Appearance
Never Appeared (years missed in parentheses): Lions (44), Browns (41), Jaguars (15) and Texans (8)

1968 Jets
1969 Chiefs
1976 Vikings
1984 Dolphins
1988 Bengals
1991 Redskins
1993 Bills
1994 Chargers, 49ers
1995 Cowboys
1997 Packers
1998 Broncos, Falcons
1999 Titans
2000 Giants, Ravens
2001 Rams
2002 Bucs, Raiders
2003 Panthers
2004 Patriots
2005 Seahawks
2006 Bears
2007 Patriots, Giants
2008 Steelers, Cardinals
2009 Saints, Colts

Longest Wait for a SuperBowl Win
Never Won (years missed in parentheses): Cardinals (44), Vikings (44), Lions (44), Chargers (44), Falcons (44), Titans/Oilers (44), Eagles (44), Bills (44), Bengals (42), Browns (41), Seahawks (34), Panthers (15), Jaguars (15) and Texans (8)
1968 Jets
1969 Chiefs
1973 Dolphins
1983 Raiders
1985 Bears
1991 Redskins
1994 49ers
1995 Cowboys
1996 Packers
1998 Broncos
1999 Rams
2000 Ravens
2002 Bucs
2004 Patriots
2006 Colts
2007 Giants
2008 Steelers
2009 Saints

Note: Years given are the year as of the beginning of the NFL season. Per numerous league rulings the current Cleveland Browns are the same team that played in Cleveland until 1995, and they are considered to have gone dormant as a franchise for three seasons.

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Monday, September 06, 2010
 
War to End Tomorrow; Anti-War Groups to Suffer Most

Gotta love this story:

“We don’t have a very vibrant anti-war movement anymore,” lamented Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Codepink, one of the anti-war movement’s most visible organizations. “The issues have not changed very much. … Now we have a surge [in Afghanistan] that we would have been furious about under George Bush, yet it’s hard to mobilize people under Obama. We have the same anti -war movement and not the same passion.”


Well, you know how it is, when you're a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Democrats, you're not going to be needed once they're in power. The story goes on in that vein for awhile. I don't have a lot of respect for Cindy Sheehan, but I'll give her credit for at least being consistent in her opposition to the war, unlike many of the people around her back in 2005.
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Friday, September 03, 2010
 
The Thrill of Defeat

And the agony of victory. I confess to being a bit baffled by my fellow Republicans these days. Two years in the wilderness seems to have taught them nothing. Consider Erick Erickson, at Red State, rooting for the Democrats to keep the Senate:

I’d rather see the Democrat get elected than see Mike Castle get elected. Seriously, I know many of you disagree with me, but if the majority depends on Mike Castle, to hell with the majority.


Meanwhile, Dan Riehl seconds Mark Levin about the National Review's endorsement of John McCain (which only came about a month ago; sheesh, it's been ten days since the primary election):

Think I'm being too harsh? Leftist movement publications would never do what NRO does.


Yep, he thinks NRO should ape the Nation and the American Prospect. Personally I always thought that those mags were crazy, but not in Riehl's world.
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