In my considered opinion, Peter Jennings and David Brinkley would have been absolutely ashamed of the job their respective successors did “moderating” that debate (Transcript). Every Republican talking point in recent history was touched on, from guns and affirmative action to taxes and flag pins. Not a single Democratic one that I can think of …
Obama was right. So says John Baer of the Philadelphia Daily News. As a native-born, small-town Pennsylvanian, a son of native-born, small-town Pennsylvania parents – one from the coal region, one from Lancaster County – let me assure you that the so-called offensive, condescending things Barack Obama said about the people I come from are …
A couple of weeks ago the legendary Fafblog came back from a lengthy sleep or hiatus. Today Giblets explains why Senator Obama’s “bitter” remarks are all wet: America’s impoverished working class are a chipper and cheerful lot, prancing and scampering about their foreclosed homes and crumbling industrial sectors with a spirit of adorable pluckiness, smiling …