The Thrilling Sequel! Based On A True Story!!!

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Monday March 01, 2010 · 8:18 PM PST

2010/03/01 · 20:18

Coming to political theater this Spring and Summer and Fall and Winter!!! Come see the thrilling continuation of Mr. Smith's Senate career.

Faced with the impossible task of making a rational decision, Mr. Smith is saved by parliamentary procedure! Aided by a his inept colleagues and an impotent Senate leadership, Mr. Smith single-handedly takes over Washington!

Presenting Frank Capra's Greatest Work:

Mr. Smith Invokes Rule XXII Prohibiting Debate in the Senate By Convincing the Senate Majority Leader That He Does Not Have The Votes To Invoke Cloture Then Gets A Good Night's Rest Without Actually Having To Do Any Work in Washington

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Tuesday November 04, 2008 · 8:27 PM PST

2008/11/04 · 20:27

I must enter an intro to my diary entry between 300 and 1150 characters long. I am speechless, so I'm not sure what to say. Most pictures say 1000 words. This one says millions. To every voice silenced in the past and ever hope from every child in the future, I say, I hope I could help.

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Wednesday August 20, 2008 · 5:23 PM PDT

2008/08/20 · 17:23

Has anyone else noticed how brilliantly Obama is employing a rope-a-dope strategy?

This week, everyone is aflutter because he's down in the polls and not hitting back hard enough. McCain appears able to hit Obama again and again and again without any sustained blow-back. While McCain's numbers aren't rising (he's been stuck below 44% for 3 months now), Obama's numbers have "tanked" from 51 to 47. Everyone from every corner is, for lack of a more artful way to put it, freaking out.

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Will Barack Obama win this election?

Yes.

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Wait, wait, wait... Obama raised more in ARIZONA?

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Thursday July 24, 2008 · 9:52 AM PDT

2008/07/24 · 09:52

If this has been diaried elsewhere, I will gladly delete and rec the first, but I didn't see it.

Obama reported $432,000 in donations from Arizonans in June, compared with McCain's $313,000, based on an Arizona Republic analysis of Federal Election Commission records.

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Okay, I'm excited by the Berlin speech. I'm frustrated by the traditional media's addiction to the "surge." And am dismayed by the new Quinnipiac polls. But...

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Tuesday July 01, 2008 · 9:02 AM PDT

2008/07/01 · 09:02

After watching [politician] yesterday on [major news network], I had something of an epiphany. Of course, conventional wisdom would dictate that a vice presidential candidate should come from an important swing state, so it helps that [politician] is from [important swing state]. But what matters much, much more is the ability to fire up the base and appeal to swing voters.

I think we can all agree that after yesterday, there is no better choice for VP than [politician who was in the news yesterday].

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Who would make the best VP?

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Who would make the best VP?

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[Politician #3]

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[Politician unmentioned in this article]

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[Obligatory Republican politican]

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[a baked food having a filling of fruit, prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust]

4 votes

A Conversation with Tyler

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Wednesday June 04, 2008 · 10:12 AM PDT

2008/06/04 · 10:12

Necessary background: My friend Tyler voted for Bush twice. He was an early McCain supporter and flirted with Romney. I have been a long-time and fervent Obama supporter. I first created a banner for my website in January 2007. In fact, I started hoping he'd enter the Presidential race soon after subscribing to his podcast (which I miss terribly) in 2005.

Two months ago, I sent him a link to Obama's speech on race in America, A More Perfect Union. This was literally the first time he had ever seen Obama speak. His first reaction was to say, "Wow. He's so likable."

Then silence for 40 minutes.

When it was over he said, "That was the best political speech I have ever seen."

One final, necessary piece of information: We are both Mormon. Active, happy, and in good standing with the Church. We both served missions (he to France, I to North Carolina), we're both married and we both have young children (2 for him, 3 for me).

Here is the conversation we had this morning through iChat:

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Thursday May 15, 2008 · 9:46 AM PDT

2008/05/15 · 09:46

William Edgar Borah was known as "the Lion of Idaho." He served in the Senate from 1907 until 1940, winning by popular vote five times. He served as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for eight years. He became known for his pro-Soviet views and was a staunch isolationist.

Upon hearing that Hitler had invaded Poland, he said, "Lord, if I could only have talked with Hitler, all this might have been avoided."

Bush just used this quote to equate Democrats with Nazi appeasers.

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Wednesday May 14, 2008 · 9:09 AM PDT

2008/05/14 · 09:09

With so many comments and so many people contributing to yesterday's entry, I wanted to compile it all in a single entry. I am absolutely convinced that this image (especially its context) is the most powerful image we could use for the general election. I'm serious when I say we should be using it every single day. What follows is a series contributed by the DailyKos community. This first one is my own Photoshopping. Several more pictures and videos below the fold.

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Monday May 12, 2008 · 9:36 PM PDT

2008/05/12 · 21:36

I know the photo of McCain hugging Bush is popular around here, but this may be the most powerful image for the general election:

Just for a bit of history, this is President George W. Bush in Phoenix as he joined John McCain in a small celebration of McCain's 69th birthday Monday, Aug. 29, 2005. The President later spoke about Medicare to 400 guests at the Pueblo El Mirage RV Resort and Country Club in nearby El Mirage.

As if it were bad enough, I copied and pasted the above text directly from WhiteHouse.gov.

Here's what else was happening that day:

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Tuesday May 06, 2008 · 11:28 AM PDT

2008/05/06 · 11:28

Back on Feb 4th, Markos caused a minor stir when he said this:

...Hillary's best hope at this point appears to ride out the clock. For Obama, his task for Tuesday is simply to survive. He needs to finish within 200 delegates of Clinton to keep it close...

Now, if you can remember a billion years ago before Super Tuesday, this statement caused something of a tussle. The hardcore Obama supporters felt it was unfair, demanding too much of a candidate with no name recognition. The hardcore Clinton backers said it was unrealistic, claiming that a simple Clinton victory on Super Tuesday would seal Obama's fate and should rightfully end his campaign.

No matter where you fell back then or align yourself now, there's something we all have to admit:

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Monday April 28, 2008 · 11:20 AM PDT

2008/04/28 · 11:20

Today's New York Times op-ed by William Kristol is titled, and I kid you not, "Hillary Gets No Respect."

But I do think I can speak for most of my fellow right-wingers when I say this: We once looked forward with unambivalent glee to the fall of the house of Clinton. Many of us still do. But we also see the liberal media failing to give Hillary Clinton the respect she deserves. So, since we conservatives believe in giving credit where credit is due, it falls to us to praise Hillary.

Are you f'ing kidding me?

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Sunday April 13, 2008 · 1:58 PM PDT

2008/04/13 · 13:58

An offhand comment by Hillary made it's way to the ticker today:

Pressed on whether she truly believes Obama is an elitist, Clinton called him “a good man,” but recalled the narratives of the 2000 and 2004 president election.

“You don’t have to think back too far to remember that good men running for president were viewed as being elitist and out of touch with the values and lives of millions of Americans,” she said.

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The Thrilling Sequel! Based On A True Story!!!

Yes We Did.

Oh, I do love "rope-a-dope"

Wait, wait, wait... Obama raised more in ARIZONA?

[Whoever's in the News] for VP!

A Conversation with Tyler

A REPUBLICAN said that, Mr. Bush.

Like I said. Every. Single. Day. [UPDATED]

We Should Use This Photo. Every. Single. Day.

Why I love the DailyKos [Updated, slightly]

Bill Kristol said WHAT?!?

Wait, Al Gore is an elitist, too?