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Understanding Obamamania: the triumph of Republican-style politics

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I want to talk about Obamamania. But to do that, first I need to say up front what I don’t mean by Obamamania, at least for this discussion.

I don’t mean reasoned support for Barack Obama because of his…

The will to lose

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I’m starting to think the Democratic party has a death wish. This of all years should have been in the bag for a Democratic win in November: horrible war, horrible economy, Worst President Ever, etc. Every day the…

The mood shifts

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The Rev. Jeremiah Wright demonstrates his grasp of history. A few days ago I started to write a post. This was just after the media crucifixion of Geraldine Ferraro and after I’d seen the first video (above) of the…

Evil Mommy vs. Jesus

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In a good but mis-titled article, Steven Stark comments on the deep weirdness of the current movement to get Hillary to quit: It is, in truth, an argument virtually without precedent in modern political history, at…

An uncharacteristic post on fashion

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Fashion, as my regular readers may have guessed, is not my thing. They may have guessed this because I’ve never posted on it. I don’t follow it, I don’t think about it.

But today — today, all that has…