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I did something that some people won’t like

November 2nd, 2008 – 11:27

I’ve saved this post for a while, for fear of pissing off a couple of my readers (about 40% of my normal readership, in fact). I now no longer really care what they’ll say, and my wife already knows this anyway.
I didn’t vote Republican.
There, I said it. I didn’t vote Republican. Now [...]

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Quick and Dirty Multi-Link

June 16th, 2008 – 14:49

Via Marie: When McCain drops out. Conjecture that McCain can’t possibly win the election, Republicans know this, and are entertaining making McCain drop out and replacing him with new Folger’s Crystals a candidate who stands a better chance of winning. I doubt it, as Republicans snicker and scoff at the Democrats’ Superdelegates, [...]

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Modern US politics, a 100-word rant

January 15th, 2008 – 21:44

Democrats, Michigan was an eye-opener for me.  It should be for you, as well.
First, congratulations on operating within the letter of the law.  Masterfully done, no matter how unoriginal (Jesse Jackson in 1988, George Wallace in 1972).   Second, yes, congratulations on achieving today’s stated goal.
Today, Michigan proved that the party of tolerance (of all except [...]

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