Archive for the 'Goldwater' Category

Sep 16 2008

Opinion inertia:

Published by jrittenhouse under 1964, 2000_elections, 2008_elections, Findlay, GOP, Goldwater, LBJ, Nixon, USA, WWHS, adoption, advertising, bush, cheney, chicago, china, congress, contractors_feds, corruption_govt, dayton, delusions, democrats, elections, environment, friends, goo_goos, government, greed, idiots, jackie, joe, laws, meredith, news, nostalgia, ohio, orphans, parenting, patriotism, peeves, politics, propaganda, racism, sad, sep_reality, sexism, theocons, thoughtful, women

Going back to my response posts,  I want to stress that I never assume that anyone voting against Obama is a racist, or that Republicans are racists, or that either on the Republican ticket is a racist.  I know better.
I’ve lived with serious racists, had racism and sexism used against me and mine (you do [...]

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Jul 03 2008

Projects: overview

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At various times, I get into research projects; some simmer on for decades in various forms, and some break off and pick up speed because I happen to run into something that really fuels the fire, so to speak.
My library here is largely one that I use for reference. I have a huge amount [...]

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Mar 20 2007

Confrontation:

Published by jrittenhouse under GOP, Goldwater, bush, cheney, congress, democrats, politics, sep_reality

The best review of the coming confrontation between Congress and the White House is at Firedoglake; I agree pretty much with what they have to say.  They have gotten by in the past with bluster and bluff, and a total toss of the dice over their manhood being challenged, not to mention the absolutist policy [...]

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Nov 01 2006

Pretty much says it all:

Published by jrittenhouse under 1964, GOP, Goldwater, LBJ, bush, children, china, congress, elections, meredith, ohio, parenting, politics, renmin, sep_reality

Below the cut is a item from Josh Marshall’s Talking Points Memo that brings it all together; what it comes down to for the election in reality is - as per Reagan’s brilliant summation in 1980 - “are you better off today than four [...]

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Oct 20 2006

“These are the stakes…”

Published by jrittenhouse under 1964, GOP, Goldwater, LBJ, bush, congress, elections, history, politics, sep_reality, terrorism, video

The other day, I was trying to assemble a set of terms of Bushit Bingo, where you have Bingo cards with different Bush common statements on them, and you pass them out before a speech to see who can Bingo on the terms in the speech.  Bush was trying to get through an hour-long press [...]

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