The above video is brought to you by Preview of Coming General Election Attractions. Guilt by association is the worst of all campaign tactics, lining people together, whether it can be proven or not, as I’ve warned many times before. Sean Hannity is taking out after Obama tonight, targeting Rev. Wright. Unfortunately, this stuff usually works. Truth is not a defense. Ask John Kerry.
Riverdaughter catches a good one today.
If youre like me, you watched the unravelling of the Big Orange Satan with great dismay. TPM jumped the rational shark recently. And Keith Olbermann turned into his own worst enemy. It’s my theory that money is at the root of these evils. All three of these operations are driven by advertising dollars. (Well, not DailyKos anymore, apparently)
Tennessee Guerilla Women repost a wonderful video about sexism in politics (h/t janicen in Hot Topics).
Professor Hutchinson thinks Gary Hart is full of it, regarding Hart’s recent musings on Huffington Post.
Regarding Tucker Carlson, Glenn Greenwald inspires an interesting letter to Salon.com’s editors.
Big Tent Democrat analyzes Mississippi: Mississippi Will Be A Pyrrhic Victory For Obama.
From a new email pal I’ve made during the primary season, I was sent a most interesting article from the Dallas Morning News:
Obama supporters were more likely to vote in the presidential race and then skip the other contests than Clinton supporters, who tended to continue voting down the ballot, a Dallas Morning News analysis finds.
Oh, and Douglas Feith is getting even finally. Remembering this beauty, no doubt, delivered by General Tommy Franks: “…Doug Feith, who’s getting a reputation around here as the dumbest f—ing guy on the planet. …” (source American Soldier, by Tommy Franks, page 362). But let’s get one thing straight. Franks has his own conscience to live with for what happened once we got into Baghdad. It’s been documented in book after book on the invasion.
To add, we salute Army Spc. Monica Lin Brown, the first woman to win a Silver Star in Afghanistan (via boohall in comments).
A 19-year-old medic from Texas will become the first woman in Afghanistan and only the second woman since World War II to receive the Silver Star, the nation’s third-highest medal for valor. Army Spc. Monica Lin Brown saved the lives of fellow soldiers after a roadside bomb tore through a convoy of Humvees in the eastern Paktia province in April 2007, the military said. … ..
Open thread.
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