And we get?

Anglachel discusses the Catfood Commission’s “disingenuous calls for sacrifice.” The general criticism of the class bias in how the commission weighted the sacrifices (most for the little people, few for the monied elite) has been done by other commenters, so I’d like to focus on the last, rather amazing sentence in the above quote. The [...]

I support overturning Roe v. Wade and so should you

Nope.  I am not a anti-choice advocate.  I am firmly pro-choice.  I wholeheartedly support a woman’s right to choose.  But when I read “hair-on-fire’ posts like Digby’s complete with a list of anti-choice proposals from Katha “Obamabot feminist” Pollitt, I think it’s time to dump this turkey and adopt a new strategy: Katha Pollitt draws [...]

This Saturday in Shero News

Hey news junkies! (Who else would be reading a Wonk the Vote roundup on a Saturday morning?) I’m going to start by rewinding to Tuesday night, when ABC aired Cynthia McFadden’s joint interview with Hillary and Gates in Melbourne, Australia (link goes to youtubes and transcript at my blog). McFadden introduced the segment with the [...]

Stalemate

It just occurred to me that the Obama presidency is like what would have happened if Boromir had succeeded in taking the One Ring to Gondor.  They should have sent Faramir to Rivendell. ANYWAY… Anglachel has (yet another) informative post up, Primary Objective, breaking down the dynamics of primary challengers to incumbent presidents.  Go read [...]

Is it any wonder they keep winning?

There is another CDS Fest going on over at Ian Welsh’s place: Gosh , all the partisan BS about Clinton, Hillary and Obama. and ever wonder why the right wing wins ALL the time? One of my earliest memories was the assassination of JFK – I was only three years old but I remember my [...]