Sarah Palin is kind of a big deal

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Monday September 01, 2008 · 8:57 AM PDT

2008/09/01 · 08:57

We've already heard about Sarah Palin, secret grandmother; Sarah Palin, secret Bridge-to-Nowhere builder; Sarah Palin, secret expert on Russia; and Sarah Palin, secret mooseketeer.

But it seems that that Sarah Palin has another secret.

While posing as the mild-mannered Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin is really...

JimTXDem

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Saturday July 26, 2008 · 10:08 AM PDT

2008/07/26 · 10:08

Much sturm and drang on the Interwebs today about reported rumors that Barack Obama's Veepsquad have started vetting former Bush Administration Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman as a potential running mate.

The American Thinker is not happy, declaring:

I would give her chances of being chosen at 100-1 but the fact that Obama's vetters are even looking at Ann Veneman, former Bush Agricultural Secretary, proves that the Democrats are looking more for symbolism over substance in their choice of running mate.

Folks here at the Great Orange Satan (a/k/a "Buy Markos's Book Dot Com") are not happy either.

And I'll admit, this idea superficially seems like some sort of Dr. Who alien conspiracy.

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Ann Veneman would...

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Ann Veneman would...

... be qualified to be President.

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... not be qualified to be President.

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I LIKE PIE.

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Time For Another Blogger Ethics Panel...

JimTXDem

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Tuesday June 10, 2008 · 7:27 AM PDT

2008/06/10 · 07:27

Doubtless most of you have already seen Dave Weigel's take-down of the Very Serious Larry Johnson, proprietor and agent provacateur of the anti-Obama hate site No Quarter.

As a former blogger-bombthrower, I have my own thoughts on Mr. Johnson, and needless to say I think we should all be prayerful (even those of us who are mostly irreligious, such as myself).

JimTXDem

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Sunday June 01, 2008 · 6:07 PM PDT

2008/06/01 · 18:07

Secretidentityx suggested an out-of-the-box convention approach which I think bears repeating and polishing.

While I disagree with his suggestion of having former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan anywhere near a Democratic convention podium, I want to set forth the reasons why it would be an excellent idea to ask someone like Warren Buffett address the American people on the important issues facing America in this election.

JimTXDem

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Wednesday May 14, 2008 · 10:39 AM PDT

2008/05/14 · 10:39

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton stated in her West Virginia victory speech last night that no Democrat since 1916 had ever won the White House without West Virginia. The implication, of course, is that Hillary will work the Clinton magic to win West Virginia and the nation as a whole.

That is undoubtedly true. But it is also undoubtedly irrelevant, and betrays a fundamental inflexibility in the Clinton view of the electoral map that does not grasp the changes that have taken place in America over the last 20 years.

JimTXDem

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Wednesday May 07, 2008 · 10:26 AM PDT

2008/05/07 · 10:26

I get e-mails. I hope this dispenses with any notion that Hillary is going quietly into the night.

SUBJECT: Here's Why

FROM: info@hillaryclinton.com

DATE: Today, 12:12 p.m.

JimTXDem

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Saturday May 03, 2008 · 7:14 AM PDT

2008/05/03 · 07:14

Hillary Clinton was right. It took a village!

The Dededo Village, the most populous village in Guam, has finally reported. 509 for Clinton, 313 for Obama. This results in a win for Obama of exactly seven (7!) votes.

OBAMA 2,264 50.1%
CLINTON 2,257 49.9%

Source: Pacific Daily News.

The results have to be certified, and the Obama folks areupset about spoiled ballots, according to the Pacific News Center.

Barack Obama lead the count all day (it is now morning on Sunday, March 4th in Guam), but his margin was always too small to be sure of victory.

The likely delegate split for the pledged delegates from Guam will be 2-2 (4 half delegates each).

A superdelegate slate to Obama was also elected in a landslide.

My final "magic map" of Guam is attached:

Congratulations to Guam and to Senator Obama!

JimTXDem

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Tuesday April 22, 2008 · 11:06 PM PDT

2008/04/22 · 23:06

I would like to thank my friend (possibly plural, but probably singular) who apparently cast a write-in vote for me in today's Pennsylvania Republican Primary.

You know, I may have been outspent by at least 3-to-1 by John McCain in Pennsylvania, but did I give up? No! Except for when I cast my own ballot in Texas for Obama... that might be construed as giving up... but Obama won Texas so it's not a state that matters, unlike Pennsylvania, which totally matters!

I'm in this race for all the people who were told they couldn't win, and in fact, can't win, but won't admit it and keep on fighting for no apparent reason at all!

JimTXDem

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Tuesday March 11, 2008 · 3:04 PM PDT

2008/03/11 · 15:04

The latest news, as you may know, in the on-going saga of Florida and Michigan is that the states are considering holding snap mail-in primaries:

Democratic leaders in the two states are considering a mail-in election to allocate delegates to the Democratic National Convention between Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. The Democratic National Committee will not seat delegates chosen by primaries held in January, earlier than allowed under party rules.

There are a lot of good reasons to think this might not work. But what if it does?

JimTXDem

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Sunday March 09, 2008 · 8:01 AM PDT

2008/03/09 · 08:01

Howdy.

As you all may remember, there was an effort about four or five years ago to greatly improve the Democratic Party's voter contact / fundraising lists.

I've seen what the Texas Democratic Party offers through VAN, and I'm not entirely impressed (yet, for I hope).

Could someone familiar with this give us an update as to where we stand vis-a-vis the GOP with our databases today?

Thanks.

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Which Political Machine Will Rule The Universe?

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Which Political Machine Will Rule The Universe?

McTron and the Republicons

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Obamus Prime and Demobots

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Senator Starscream (D-NY)

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The New "New Politics": Why Obama Needs to Go on the Offensive Now

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Wednesday March 05, 2008 · 4:56 PM PST

2008/03/05 · 16:56

Like millions of Americans, I am drawn to Senator BarackObama's message of hope, progress, and an end to the cynical "Old Politics." And, like most Democrats, I am not keen on negative campaigning -- especially against fellow Democrats.

Heretofore, Senator Obama has been blessed in his political career not to have to run a so-called "dirty campaign." Mud-slinging is so disliked that it now goes by the clumsy euphemism of "contrast." And certainly, Senator Obama grasps this; he has written approvingly of the lack of negative advertising in the 2004 Senate race.

But as Ecclesiastes says, there is a time and place for everything. And while some may fret about the supposed hypocrisy of "going negative," the Obama campaign can, and in fact must, go about the "dirty" business of telling the awful, unvarnished truth about Hillary.

JimTXDem

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Wednesday February 27, 2008 · 3:38 PM PST

2008/02/27 · 15:38

America has been threatened many times by the horrible British. They raped our women and took our guns away. They put tacks in our tea. They burnt down the White House. They gave us the Spice Girls.

What Barack Obama doesn't want you to know is that he is the son of a BRITISH SUBJECT.

Can we really trust Barack Obama to keep us safe from the existential threat posed by limey dry humor?

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This revelation is

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TERRIFYING

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SHOCKING

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