New Keyes Strategy: Campaign in New York!
I should stop kicking Mosh Pit Al while he's down but it's just too fun. A guy from Maryland running for Senate in Illinois campaigning in New York.
And apparantly he has some problems with his base:
"State party chairwoman Judy Baar Topinka, who is also a delegate, says she supports Keyes. But she won't say if she will vote for him. Another Illinois Republican, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, has offered only a lukewarm endorsement. Delegate-at-large and former Gov. James Thompson said this week that he cannot support Keyes."
Left the TV off tonight but I see AHnold broke out the Girlie Man line again. I assume the crowd was sufficiently pumped (clap)up.
The more I think about it the less I think conventions matter. The last one with any real doubt was the `76 Republicans, and the last one with any real drama was the `80 Republicans and the botched Reagan-Ford Dream Ticket deal. Now, as an Iowan, I'm spoiled and thus not a fan of national primaries. But the old-fashioned convention has been mostly meaningless for several cycles and seems like a big waste of resources and energy.
I've even skipped our state conventions the last couple cycles. The platform process has been watered down to meaninglessness. And the last one I went to, in 1996, lasted till 3:45 a.m. with the only significant issue being "I want to be a national delegate!" "No, I want to be a national delegate!" Two minutes of voting, two hours of sitting. That was the year I was running. Should have stayed home and doorknocked.
31 Ağustos 2004 Salı
30 Ağustos 2004 Pazartesi
A blog brought this guy down
A blog brought this guy down
Ed Shrock may be remembered as a footnote in history, the GOP Jim McGreevy. But my favorite part of this is Kos's bold assertion:
"A blog brought this guy down. Amazing."
The district newspaper notes:
"The allegations emerged two weeks ago, on Aug. 19, when a Web site called blogACTIVE.com posted claims that Schrock was gay, and accused Schrock of being a hypocrite for opposing gay rights issues.
In the two weeks that followed, Schrock repeatedly declined to comment on the accusations – neither confirming nor denying them.
No mainstream newspapers, television stations or Web sites published the allegations."
I'm not a fan of forced outing but I hate hypocrisy even more (one of the reasons I haven't been watching the GOP convention) and this guy sounded like a classic closeted self-loather. Also more evidence of why you need a decent candidate in every race, just in case. Fortunately the Democrat is viable and credible.
I can't decide if this Power Of The New Amateur Media is good or not. I like the Everynerd as Publisher dynamic, and I like that blogging is a way past the bogus paradigm of Objective (sic) Journalism. But I'm also reminded of the old LBJ joke where he suggests accusing his opponent of barnyard bestiality. Someone suggests the charge is unbelievable - I'm cleaning this up a LOT - and Lyndon says: "I know. But let's make the son of a bitch DENY it."
I doubt this blog will ever boot anyone from office. But I will offer a tiny bit of wisdom that may be useful in real life: Keep your mouth shut on a bicycle and don't swallow any bees. I managed to spit the thing out but in a last act of defiance it stung the INSIDE of my lip. I spent the whole morning feeling like I'd just been to the dentist and sounding like I needed a trip to a speech therapist...
And the homegrown eggplant in homegrown tomato sauce was excellent. (That was before the bee sting.)
Ed Shrock may be remembered as a footnote in history, the GOP Jim McGreevy. But my favorite part of this is Kos's bold assertion:
"A blog brought this guy down. Amazing."
The district newspaper notes:
"The allegations emerged two weeks ago, on Aug. 19, when a Web site called blogACTIVE.com posted claims that Schrock was gay, and accused Schrock of being a hypocrite for opposing gay rights issues.
In the two weeks that followed, Schrock repeatedly declined to comment on the accusations – neither confirming nor denying them.
No mainstream newspapers, television stations or Web sites published the allegations."
I'm not a fan of forced outing but I hate hypocrisy even more (one of the reasons I haven't been watching the GOP convention) and this guy sounded like a classic closeted self-loather. Also more evidence of why you need a decent candidate in every race, just in case. Fortunately the Democrat is viable and credible.
I can't decide if this Power Of The New Amateur Media is good or not. I like the Everynerd as Publisher dynamic, and I like that blogging is a way past the bogus paradigm of Objective (sic) Journalism. But I'm also reminded of the old LBJ joke where he suggests accusing his opponent of barnyard bestiality. Someone suggests the charge is unbelievable - I'm cleaning this up a LOT - and Lyndon says: "I know. But let's make the son of a bitch DENY it."
I doubt this blog will ever boot anyone from office. But I will offer a tiny bit of wisdom that may be useful in real life: Keep your mouth shut on a bicycle and don't swallow any bees. I managed to spit the thing out but in a last act of defiance it stung the INSIDE of my lip. I spent the whole morning feeling like I'd just been to the dentist and sounding like I needed a trip to a speech therapist...
And the homegrown eggplant in homegrown tomato sauce was excellent. (That was before the bee sting.)
29 Ağustos 2004 Pazar
New York Times: Abolish the Electoral College
The New York Times > Opinion > NY Times: Abolish the Electoral College
The main problem with the Electoral College is that it builds into every election the possibility, which has been a reality three times since the Civil War, that the president will be a candidate who lost the popular vote. This shocks people in other nations who have been taught to look upon the United States as the world's oldest democracy...
About time this got on the front burner.
I'm still in shock that in the 21st Century the American people are so docile about the fact that the guy who got less votes took office. I remember explaining this to a group of Russians who visited our office. And they LAUGHED at me. Russians, who've had maybe 10 years of democracy in the last thousand, laughing at an American about democracy.
Even the Democrats who complain are upset about Florida, not about the Electoral College. And no prominent Republican will endorse an end to the Electoral College because it's a tacit admission of Bush's illegitimacy.
I have mixed feelings about Colorado's split-the-electors referendum. No minor tinkering will solve the fundamental problem.
The main problem with the Electoral College is that it builds into every election the possibility, which has been a reality three times since the Civil War, that the president will be a candidate who lost the popular vote. This shocks people in other nations who have been taught to look upon the United States as the world's oldest democracy...
About time this got on the front burner.
I'm still in shock that in the 21st Century the American people are so docile about the fact that the guy who got less votes took office. I remember explaining this to a group of Russians who visited our office. And they LAUGHED at me. Russians, who've had maybe 10 years of democracy in the last thousand, laughing at an American about democracy.
Even the Democrats who complain are upset about Florida, not about the Electoral College. And no prominent Republican will endorse an end to the Electoral College because it's a tacit admission of Bush's illegitimacy.
I have mixed feelings about Colorado's split-the-electors referendum. No minor tinkering will solve the fundamental problem.
28 Ağustos 2004 Cumartesi
Co. Pulls Toys Depicting 9-11 Attack
Anyone check how much this is getting on E-Bay yet?
Small toys showing an airplane flying into the World Trade Center were packed inside some of more than 14,000 bags of candy sent to small groceries around the country before being recalled...
Padron said Lisy did not notice the small plastic figurines until two people complained, but there is no mistaking what the toys represent: At the bottom of each is the product number 9011...
Small toys showing an airplane flying into the World Trade Center were packed inside some of more than 14,000 bags of candy sent to small groceries around the country before being recalled...
Padron said Lisy did not notice the small plastic figurines until two people complained, but there is no mistaking what the toys represent: At the bottom of each is the product number 9011...
26 Ağustos 2004 Perşembe
Nothing in particular
Instead of actual significant content, a few one liners.
Happy birthday Shirley Manson
My brother has the remarkably Dylanesque address of Zimmerman, Minnesota. Next time we talk I'll ask "how does it feel?"
Live from the smallest farm in Iowa: I've picked five red Roma tomatoes and an eggplant is ready.
As much as I admire democracy for democracy's sake, it's sure a relief when the filing deadline passes and your boss has no opponent.
25 Ağustos 2004 Çarşamba
What was I cynically saying yesterday?
What was I cynically saying yesterday?
"Republicans endorsed an uncompromising position against gay unions Wednesday in a manifesto that contrasts with Vice President (sic) Dick Cheney's supportive comments about gay rights and the moderate face the party will show at next week's national convention..."
"Republicans endorsed an uncompromising position against gay unions Wednesday in a manifesto that contrasts with Vice President (sic) Dick Cheney's supportive comments about gay rights and the moderate face the party will show at next week's national convention..."
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