Elitism revealed in fundraising?
Sean Braisted makes the case that fundraising by Obama and Clinton tells the tale:
Hillary has been talking a good game about how Obama is “out of touch” and “elitist”…but I think fundraising figures paint a different picture. While we know that Obama leads Hillary in fundraising, I think its important to show why.
To date, [...]
Bob Tuke: grifter candidate?
Over at The Nashville Scene, Jeff Woods makes the extremely cynical case that Bob Tuke’s nascent Senate campaign is really just a hustle:
I’ve never been a big fan of Lamar Alexander, and I’m all for competitive elections. But it’s hard to resist the temptation to see Bob Tuke’s campaign as a scam. Here’s a guy [...]
White Democrats’ generational divide
Sean Braisted analyzes some interesting data on social values among white Democrats:
I think the most telling example is on inter-racial dating, which shows 21% of those over 45 disapprove, while only 3% of those 44 and under feel the same way. I would be interested to see it broken down even further, as I imagine [...]
More crazy talk from Obama’s pastor
Sean Braisted lays on a bit o’ the snark today as he points to some of the less-publicized quotes attributed to Jeremiah Wright:
The LA Times points to some more dangerous and fiery rhetoric from Jeremiah Wright.
Declaring that blacks have forgotten God and fallen into promiscuity, he urged: “Don’t give up on God! . . . [...]
Read More..>>Bloggers respond to WKRN’s decision to pull the rug out from under Volunteer Voters
As I noted last night, WKRN in Nashville has apparently decided to let the best political blogger in Tennessee go for budgetary reasons. Now, the state’s bloggers are responding.
Jack Lail
It was very sad to hear of layoff of A.C. Kleinheider, the writer of VolunteerVoters, today by Nashville TV station WKRN.
The media business is a tough [...]
Harold Ford, Jr damns the Dems with faint praise
Via Sean Braisted, we hear what Ford had to say at Vandy last night about the now-three-way race among Clinton, Obama and McCain:
Ford said that he has been impressed with Hillary Clinton’s “fight” and said that in some ways she has more experience than either John McCain or Barack Obama. But whatever happens, the country [...]
Read More..>>Forget “A,B,C,D,F” grading; nowadays, it’s all about GLBT
Sean Braisted comments on Stacey Campfield’s no-gay-teaching-in-schools legislation:
I know in my school district they were always trying to get us to be gay, it was actually worth a quarter of our grade in Sexual Orientation class…the grading scale was pretty simple.
A) Home Run
B) Third Base
C) Second Base
D) First Place
F) Struck out
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Read More..>>A jug of wine, a loaf of bread… and some way-savvy PR
I mentioned yesterday that a new blog had launched advocating changing Tennessee’s laws to allow the sale of wine in grocery stores.
Since that time, the blog has been noted and the topic taken up for discussion by a number of different Tennessee bloggers. I actually got the original tip to the new campaign from [...]
Will blog for wine
A new blog is being launched to promote changing TN law to allow wine sales in grocery stores ( a great idea, in this wine-in-the-evening-with-supper blogger’s opinion).
See also:
Micheal Silence
Sean Braisted
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Exhibit A: why McCain might have a shot
The guy has a way of getting positive reviews from even the most outspoken liberals, folks who normally don’t have any time for Republican presidential frontrunners.
Says Sean Braisted:
The Sane McCain
I was listening to a speech by John McCain in Michigan and was struck by two things. One, he’s the sanest (or perhaps just the most [...]
Most wince-worthy state legislative moment of the year
Sean Braisted awards it to an East TN lawmaker:
And the award for the most uncomfortable moment in the Tennessee Senate Judiciary committee goes to…Sen. Raymond Finney discussing his bill regarding bestiality back in March
WARNING: May not be safe for work. Yes, that’s right, this is a video of a proceeding of the Judiciary Committeee that [...]
Where have all the Trumans gone?
Sean Braisted saw the new movie “Charlie Wilson’s War,” and it left him wondering who qualifies nowadays as a good old-fashioned, blue-dog Democrat:
What I’m wondering is if the Conservatives are going to adopt this film and bemoan the lack of Democrats like Charlie Wilson to have the same passion for fighting Islamic extremists that he [...]
