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Friday, May 30th, 2008

Peggy Noonan has a great read up on the Wall Street Journal.  In it she expresses in slightly more artful terms, exactly what I was trying to express yesterday.
William Safire, himself a memoirist of the Nixon years, said to me, a future memoirist of the Reagan years: “The one thing history needs more of is [...]

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    Democrats, Government, Political Parties, Politics, Republicans, Scott McClellan | 3 Comments »

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

First, I have to give HuffPo credit.  I exchanged e-mail with Sam Stein shortly before walking out the door to lunch, and before I had finished my brisket at Capitol Q (just six blocks from my office) my e-mail started buzzing with questions/comments about this post.  They work fast.
As for the content, let me expand [...]

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    Government, Operatives, Political Parties, Politics, Republicans, Scott McClellan, The President | 4 Comments »

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Matt Lewis has a good post up at Townhall on the Soren Dayton flap.  He takes McCain to task for his overreaction (which is fair).  He also takes McCain to task for imposing limits on political combat.
Still, reprimanding him may cause future McCain operatives to think twice before doing their job.  Is McCain recommending a sort of [...]

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    Craziness, Elections, Free Speech, John McCain, Operatives, Pandering, Politics, Soren Dayton, Technology, The Internet | 2 Comments »

Friday, February 29th, 2008

A tweet from Mike Krempasky a short while ago asks:
Seriously. How can reasonable adults STILL toss “Nazi!” insults around in casual discourse as if it doesn’t diminish real horror?
It got me thinking about an e-mail I received from Micah Sifry once.  In a post I wrote for TechPresident, I had included a reference to the [...]

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    Democrats, Miscellany, Operatives, Politics, Republicans | No Comments »

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Someone sent me a link to the YouTube video below and suggested I take a look at about the 35-36 minute mark.  I admit, my curiosity got the better of me and I tried to skip ahead, but the gremlins at YouTube would not allow it.  I ended up watching the whole thing.  I was surprised to [...]

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    Barack Obama, Candidates, Democrats, Elections, Fred Thompson, Google, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Mindy Finn, Mitt Romney, Politics, Republicans, The Internet, Washington Post | No Comments »

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