I can't even imagine having to defend John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin for vice president. It sort of makes sense — a "family values" conservative who will rouse up an apathetic base. But if you're a Bush-apologist, Republican talking-head or a midwestern soccer mom with an AOL e-mail address and a fear of all people and things "exotic" and "dark," you're going to have to be careful not to fall over when you pull that sharp 180. After all, wasn't it you who spent the last year running the "We don't know enough about Obama" campaign? Here's what I know about Sarah Palin: While announcing that her teenage daughter was pregnant, she said she was proud of her daughter's choice to keep the baby. However, in policy statement after policy statement, Sarah Palin has said she would ban abortion in all cases, including rape and incest. So Bristol Palin made a choice to keep the child — a commendable choice to be sure — but with a President Palin you, your daughter, sister or friend would not have a choice at all. The Republican surrogates have been all over the TV in the past few days touting Palin's experience as Commander-in-chief of the Alaskan National ...

George W. Bush via last.fm Dear Republican Party, There is nothing harder than letting go of something that has been such a big part of your life for years. Being a Republican has meant everything to me, but our differences are just too great to ignore anymore. I just can't I lay in bed in my "W2000" t-shirt and elephant boxer shorts and pretend any longer. That's why I think it's best that we say goodbye. I know it's really difficult to do, I mean, we've been together, walking trunk in hand since I was old enough to know the difference between an elephant and an ass. Remember when we beat Michael Dukakis in the '88 elections? You were smearing him with stories about Willie Horton and pictures of him looking like a doofus, sticking his army helmet-clad head out of the top of a tank like a mole on an arcade game. I was still eight years short of being able to vote, but when we did a hand count in my fourth grade class to see who was supporting who, I shot my arm up as high in the air as I could when the teacher said "George Bush." I knew ...

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Read this column. This kid made me so angry, not because some overzealous college newspaper columnist with an overinflated sense of self-worth thinks it is his duty to tell the world all the crazy conspiracy theories about the Bush administration he can. I'm mad because his idiot editors didn't call him on it. Here is our email exchange: -------------------- You're kidding, right? I may not agree with your politics, but I support you, nay, I encourage you, to tell me and everyone else all you can about why I should vote for your guy. The problem is, when you write things like this column, you cloud people's view of the situation. How are your readers supposed to make an informed decision when all you provide them with is 15 inches of name-calling and conspiracy theories? I'm amazed that your editor didn't challenge you on this column. It's your duty as a columnist to provide commentary backed up with solid facts. More importantly, it's their job to call you out on the carpet when you don't do that. Today, you both failed. -------------------- I apologize for the delay in my response but no I was not kidding in any respect. First of all Senator Kerry was not "my ...

Kerry conceded Ohio, and the election. Four more years of Bush, which is what I wanted. Am I, and the rest of the country, asking for trouble? I guess we'll have to wait and see. Captain Obvious statement of the election: "If Bush wins the same states he won in 2000, he will be returned to office." This is from the article entitled "Election hunges on Ohio" (No, that's their typo, not mine). In their defense, they are a college newspaper. It's a place for learning.

So here we go again. I sat at the bar at Chili's with Cannons while F'ing P was tending bar last night. He introduced us to everyone as his brother and his girlfriend. Isn't that the best? Anyway, I voted for Bush based purely on foreign policy. I knew the Republicans controlled the House and would continue to do so, but the Senate is split, and everything I read said that it would remain so. A lot of, nay, most of, Bush's domestic policies fall on the opposite side of the fence from my points of view, but I thought the upper chamber of the legislature would keep the far right from going too crazy up there on Capitol Hill. With Daschle losing and the Republicans picking up another seat in Louisiana, they are solidly in control. Top that with the fact that almost every state that had the option approved measures to ban gay marriage, it's shaping up to be a frightening time if you're not a member of the religious right. Personally, I'm socially liberal. I'm pro-choice and pro-affirmative action. I think criminals in jail for drugs need more counseling and less incarceration, I think marijuana should be legalized and ...

Goddammit Bronson, you fucking hippy. Just because some bitch who happens to hate the President says it, doesn't make it true. This is exactly the kind of intelligent discourse we need in this country. In case you don't feel like watching the video link above, let me give you the synopsis. Judy Bachrach, the editor of Vanity Fair magazine was on Fox News to talk about the inaugural. Instead of talking about who will be wearing what to the festivities, she starts railing about how the President is wasting $40 million dollars on parties while soldiers in Iraq don't have the armor to protect themselves. The thing is, while she's busy going off trying to demonstrate her pseudo-intillect in front of the entire nation by yelling at the show's host, she only serves to dig herself deeper and deeper into the hole of a specious argument based on misinformation. Before we go any further, let me just say that the plight of soldiers in Iraq in regards to them not having the proper equipment highly offends me. I think it's a tragedy that soldiers haven't had the necessary equipment to keep them safe. A huge chunk of the $80 billion the President ...