Monday, July 14, 2008

Use McCain (not Bush) to beat McCain

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A substantial part of the Obama team strategy seems to be to Bushify McCain, to convince the public that McCain is really George Bush in dis...
Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Strickland or Webb for Obama

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I can't take credit for this at all. I'm basically just parroting my husband--but he knows everything. Bill says that Obama should ...
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Friday, May 02, 2008

Can you tell the difference between John McCain and a Carrot?

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Take this MoveOn.org quiz and see if you correctly answer 6 short questions about the difference between McCain and Bush-- Click here to tak...
Saturday, April 05, 2008

See Sam Shepard's Fool for Love at Capital Stage

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(:)(:)(:)(:) for a very solid production of Sam Shepard's play "Fool for Love" now playing at the Capital Stage in Old Sacrame...
Saturday, March 22, 2008

The Truth About Me

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Greetings from the Big Apple! Okay, so it's been another long inexplicable period in which I haven't posted a thing. My readers are...
Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Obama's Coattails for Peace

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People need to start recognizing that Obama is the best nominee, not just because he is more likely to beat McCain in November, but because ...
Monday, February 04, 2008

"Nostalgia" for the Clinton Administration; Yes on 93 and other Unsolicited Advice on the California Primary Tomorrow

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1. The Democratic presidential primary. I loved the L.A. Times Editorial for Obama on Saturday ( link above and here ). I can't possi...
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Friday, February 01, 2008

The Edwards Effect by Paul Krugman

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The Edwards Effect By PAUL KRUGMAN in the New York Times Published: February 1, 2008 So John Edwards has dropped out of the race for the pre...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Edwards Fans: Time to Get Serious about Obama

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The party's over, Edwards supporters. It's time to switch your allegiance to Obama, fast and furious. I know Edwards says he's ...
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Friday, January 25, 2008

Bill Magavern's 2008 California Ballot Rx

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Well, they're here! The long-awaited Bill Magavern ballot recommendations. With so many people absentee voting, we get requests for th...
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Watch Obama's New Hampshire Primary Speech

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Listen, I haven't weighed in lately on the Presidential campaign, or anything. Frankly, I've been preoccupied by a health crisis in...
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008

What My Family is Doing to Eliminate Fascism

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While I was emailing a friend threatening to risk a Giuliani presidency rather than vote for Hillary Clinton, my husband was working a littl...
Tuesday, January 08, 2008

California Dreaming in the New Hampshire Primary

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Not knowing (but suspecting) what may happen in the New Hampshire primary today, here are my musings on the way things are shaping up: Despi...
Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Juno is Mandatory Viewing

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(:)(:)(:)(:) for Juno the sleeper comedy in movie theaters now. I'm a sucker for sweet little films. This movie proves that there are...
Thursday, December 20, 2007

"Sitting this one out" by Adolph Reed

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Reprinted without permission--I like this piece. I basically agree with everything he says. It is the best cogent articulation I've se...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

(:)(:)(:) for Escape to Witch Mountain

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Three enthusiastic snouts up for Escape to Witch Mountain the 1975 Disney classic. What is happening to me? I'm in this movie period w...
Monday, December 10, 2007

(:)(:) for No Country for Old Men

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Two snouts up for No Country for Old Men the pointless "thriller" by the Coen brothers (known in Hollywood as "the two-heade...
Friday, December 07, 2007

(:)(:)(:)(:) for The Golden Compass

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Four snouts up for The Golden Compass opening today in Sacramento, California. I struggled with the number of snouts for this one. It is a...
Thursday, December 06, 2007

Meet Top Thought Policewoman Jane Harman

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You wouldn't think the Congresswoman who represents drug and street-people laden Venice, California would be the leading Democrat for th...
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Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Could Hillary's Attacks on Obama Help Edwards?

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In what is seriously a 3-way dead heat in Iowa, Edwards may be the beneficiary of the animosity between the two presumed front-runner camps....