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Mr. Fish on Obama-Wright, That Ad, and the Big Gas Tax Swindle

Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 5th, 2008 at 9:56 pm

The brilliance of Mr. Fish! I really need to start including him in my cartoon roundups.
His take on Obama v. Wright is especially trenchant.
I’m not necessarily saying that I absolutely agree with the cartoon’s comically reductive expression of certain religious beliefs, but its portrayal of the double standard regarding what’s considered fair game for criticism […]

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Roundup: Pansies vs. Chair Sniffers Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 1st, 2008 at 2:40 am

A little sampler platter for you, my pretties …
First up, a brilliant post by Hunter on Daily Kos:
Things I have learned during this campaign season:
In a race that includes a former First Lady of the United States and a multimillionaire Republican senator rumored to share up to eight residences with his wife, the black guy […]

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Bitter

Posted by Ocelopotamus on April 11th, 2008 at 8:31 pm

This is just sublime.

 
Man, he knows how to talk back.
In fact, I have no choice but to haul out the Oh Snap Flowchart:

(Swiped from this diary.)
 

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Mid-January Frosted Mini-Roundup

Posted by Ocelopotamus on January 17th, 2008 at 10:58 am

I’m starting to worry that Ocelopotamus has become like that stock old-man character from sitcoms and things, who falls asleep for a while and then wakes up sputtering and tries to pick the conversation up wherever it was five minutes ago, as if no time has passed.
On the other hand, it’s heartening that I […]

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Roundup: Pottymouth Jar Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 22nd, 2007 at 8:20 am

It’s the foreign policy, stupid: This great post at Crooks and Liars takes apart the simplistic and unhelpful notion that terrorists “hate us for our freedoms.” As Michael Scheuer, former station chief of the CIA’s Osama Bin Laden task force, says:
“The fundamental flaw in our thinking about Bin Laden is that ‘Muslims hate and attack […]

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Roundup: Forest for the Trees Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on April 23rd, 2007 at 12:07 pm

France heads for a runoff election between right-winger Nicolas Sarkozy and left-winger Ségolène Royal. The country’s future hangs in the balance, and a lot depends on where the defeated centrist candidate steers his followers.
Right wing blogs are now trying to push the idea that there was a massive conspiracy to hide WMDs in Iraq. […]

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The Invisible Front Runner in the Living Room

Posted by Ocelopotamus on April 11th, 2007 at 4:12 pm

Despite the ongoing media narrative that the race for the 2008 Democratic nomination is a two-person race between Hillary and Obama, the latest Rassmussen poll shows Edwards beating every single Republican contender by at least six points.
Let me say that again. John Edwards currently beats all Republican contenders by at least six points in […]

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The McCain Candidacy in a Nutshell

Posted by Ocelopotamus on March 19th, 2007 at 5:37 am

This particular incident just so perfectly captures the essence of John McCain, 2007. A reporter asked him for his opinion on using government funds for “contraceptives” (i.e., condoms) as a means of HIV prevention. McCain needed to dispatch an assistant to find out what his position was, and help him remember what positions he might […]

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