Pictured above: Several people, including what appears to be a sailor, stand around the outside of the John Edwards Election headquarters in Second Life. Keep in mind, people, you can only vote for him in the real world.
My Political Future
I should go home to Concord, NH and run for political office as the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate. Hell, everybody else there is.
Al Franken Running
As predicited, former Saturday Night Live writer/performer, actor ("Stuart Smiley"), and liberal talk show host Al Franken is running for the U.S. Senate from Minnesota. Good chance of winning, too. And why? Because he’s good enough, he’s smart enough, and doggone it — people like him.
L’Affaire Marcotte: Shakes Is Out, Too
Her announcement: I regret to say that I have also resigned from the Edwards campaign. In spite of what was widely reported, I was not hired as a blogger, but a part-time technical advisor, which is the role I am vacating. I would like to make very clear that the campaign did not push me out, nor was my resignation … Read More
Sticking Up For Bush
The latest taped statement from al Qaeda has a rather personal attack against President Bush, calling him: "an alcoholic, liar and gambler with an addictive personality." This is just plain poppycock — Bush isn’t a gambler.
Amanda Marcotte Resigns [UPDATE: Jesus Lovers Show Their Love]
If you’ve been following this story on this blog, this is the latest: Amanda Marcotte has resigned from the Edwards campaign. She explains why here: I was hired by the Edwards campaign for the skills and talents I bring to the table, and my willingness to work hard for what’s right. Unfortunately, Bill Donohue and his calvacade of right wing … Read More
“The Hoohaa Monologues”?
Are you kidding me? The whole point of the play is to demystify, confront, and embrace the concept of the vagina as a natural, healthy human organ. You defeat the purpose when you censor the damn play: A modified marquee in Atlantic Beach has been drawing some attention. "Hoohaa" replaced a word in the title of a play after a … Read More
All Right, John. We Need To Talk
The Edwards/Blogrrrls "scandal" continues today. I really loathe blogger inside-pool (where bloggers criticize bloggers about blogging about blogging, blah, blah, blah), but this has jumped to the mainstream media and become, for reason beyond my comprehension, a genuine campaign issue and a watershed moment for a leading presidential candidate. The best, sanest take I’ve read is here: John Edwards? Get … Read More
The Marcotte Brou-ha-ha
Last week, I noted in passing that the Edwards campaign had tapped Amanda Marcotte of Pandagon to assist in his presidential campaign, as his "Blogmaster" in charge of internet outreach. He also hired Melissa McEwen of Shakespeare’s Sister for the same purpose. I’m an avid reader of both blogs, and have corresponded with Ms. McEwen a few times. Both writers … Read More
Rudy’s Running For Prez
Somewhere I have a picture of me chatting with Rudy Guiliani at some private office party. It was taken in the late 80’s, when he was the D.A. in Manhattan, and I was working for the "other side" (criminal defense). He was pals with my former boss. Wish I knew where that was.
Bush Administration Strongarms Scientists
This is, well, orwellian. A new report presented to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee by the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Government Accountability Project shows 435 instances in which the Bush administration interfered into the global warming work of government scientists over the past five years. Some other findings of the survey: – 46 percent of government … Read More
Amanda Marcotte Joins Edwards Team
Greenwald comments: In an obviously growing trend of political campaigns hiring bloggers, Pandagon’s Amanda Marcotte has been hired by the John Edwards presidential campaign. That is part of a larger trend whereby the blogosphere is slowly ceasing to be its own closed, separate system and is instead seeping into, even merging with, all of the more traditional political and journalistic … Read More
The White House Gets A New Pastry Chef
The New York Times reports that the White House has hired a new pastry chef named William Yosses. He’s well-suited for the job, having co-authored this: [H/T: Nico]
And A Rose Is A Rose….
Bush is no longer “The Decider”; now he’s “The Decision-Maker.” (TP has the video clip)
Google Bomb Defused
For the past couple of years, if you searched the phrase "miserable failure" on Google, the top result would be the White House biography of George Bush. This was the result of mass prank, known as Google bombing. It took advantage of Google’s algorithm. You see, a couple of years ago, there was a campaign to Google bomb the President. … Read More