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County Conventions Liveblogged on Twitter

By Karoli March 29, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

Today are the Texas and California county Democratic conventions (with one Texas exception, happening tomorrow), and some of my twitter buds are liveblogging via Twitter. Here’s an excerpt from @lnewcomer‘s…

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What Part of Unconstitutional Doesn’t the Press Understand?

By Karoli March 29, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

Listen up, press corps! When a Federal Court declares an election unconstitutional, it means the election results don’t count.. What that SHOULD mean to you is that you quit yammering…

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The Pattern

By Karoli March 28, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

This just dropped into my inbox from the Clinton campaign: Have you noticed the pattern? Every time our campaign demonstrates its strength and resilience, people start to suggest we should…

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Worms, Trojans and Clinton

By Karoli March 28, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

The first item in my news feed this afternoon was this clip of an Al-Jezeera interview with Barack Obama’s Kenyan step-grandmother. Lots of mentions of his “Muslim family” origins, nice…

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Clintons Waterboard Their Constituents

By Karoli March 26, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

I’m breaking my own pledge to ignore the Clintons today. Today’s Bill Clinton statement just shouted to me: “If a politician doesn’t wanna get beat up, he shouldn’t run for…

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Play that Funky Music, White Boys

By Karoli March 26, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

Nice to see some balance. H/T Huffington Post and The Truth About Trinity Technorati Tags: Trinity Church, counterpoint, faith, separatism, unity

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