Archive for March, 2008
Many in the political commentary class have begun to slip back to a narrative that Clinton is all but sunk mathematically. Many have talked about whether she could be convinced to drop out, or will the remaining primaries cause her to. It’s my opinion that Clinton intends to take the nomination to a floor fight [...]
March 27th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
Having a discussion with one of our contributors about the Gore speculation, he stated, “Seriously, if Gore is the “savior” nominee then I’m going to assume that the Democratic Party is dead.” Now why would this be the case? Gore has a much different place in the Democratic party than most failed nominees. [...]
March 27th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment
Joe Klein subscribes to the TSE Gore speculation. We’re still first.
Is Al Gore The Answer?
March 27th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
We wrote back on Super Tuesday of the possibility of Al Gore as a rescue candidate should the Democratic race be undecided after the primary season. The rest of the political world continues to follow our lead. Check out this from a Florida Congressman.
Mark Tomasik: Don’t Discount Gore-Led Ticket
Just continue to rely on The Sunshine [...]
March 26th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment
In response I can only assume to the portion of our Iraq war rant, Biggus Rickus sent us a detailed piece from National Review about connections between the regime of Saddam Hussein and terror. Now the connection between Hussein’s government and al-Qaeda was only one facet of a myriad group of falsehoods perpetuated about [...]
March 26th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | 7 Comments
I totally think I’m going to call the CGNU student activities committee to get this tour.
March 25th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
After watching the Frontline piece Bush’s War, I’m struck by how much Rumsfeld might be misconceived. The whole small footprint and stay-in-the-bases routine was actually meant to ease withdrawal. The PBS documentary makes him seem like he wanted out all along. Now it’s not a great strategy to employ in the middle of a low-grade [...]
March 25th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
This space has been on record as being against the Iraq war and it’s architects from the beginning. The writing that became this blog actually began as a series of letters to the editor of a major Florida newspaper registering opposition to the invasion. We are not against any war. The [...]
March 25th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments
Please take a look at this great PBS documentary about the Iraq war that you can watch online if you did not catch it last night. This is a thorough look from all sides about the run-up and aftermath of the Iraq war. Too many times we’re told what’s done is done and [...]
March 25th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments