Category: long story short

IMDB.com reports that Chevy Chase and Jon Voight will be starring in an upcoming film called “The Karate Dog.” But wait: The Karate Kid’s Pat Morita co-stars. But wait: It’s from the director of Baby Geniuses. And the writer of The Million Dollar Kid, which was that rarest of rare flowers: a Corey Feldman /…

Just a quick note as we end this primary season: Whatever happens from here on out, this is a primary that truly tested the nominee and left him and the party far stronger than they were when the process started up. Too many times over the last several years, it’s felt like the Democratic Party…

…was as eloquent an argument as you’re going to see for keeping the 2%ers out of at least the final primary debates. Dennis and Al are smart guys with a lot of interesting points to make, but really, right now, for just a minute or two, I was wishing they’d both shut up so I…

In Pharyngula: This is never going to end…but once more into the breach. PZ Myers explains some of the “bias” against the political views of the current ascendant Republicans found in most university biology departments. Meanwhile, Bush has endorsed a constitutional amendment to prevent gay marriage (and possibly civil unions – the language is unclear),…

So Bush has come out for an amendment banning gay marriage. Here’s Kerry’s line from today’s news, unusually sharp and on point: “All Americans should be concerned when a president who is in political trouble tries to tamper with the Constitution of the United States at the start of his re-election campaign.” Very nice thump.…

Brian Dear has taken an interesting look at the Dean site’s running Americans for Dean counters.

According this mini-bit from MSNBC, Mel Gibson was near-suicidal right up to the point he started making the Passion. Also, he’s pretty sure his wife, a very religious Episcopalian who he says is a saint and a much better human being than him, will unfortunately be spending eternity in hell. No disrespect meant to Mel,…

In a blog entry praising Safire’s column in today’s Times, Kaus nonetheless notes that Safire’s main thesis is “insane.” I also couldn’t help noting that his Hillary-paranoia has taken a new turn. He now says that the Clitonistas were hoping for a Dean debacle to clear the way for Hillary in 2008, but didn’t he…

The Philadelphia Inquirer has an insider’s not-for-attribution look at the moment when the Kerry campaign hit bottom and then bet it all on Iowa – and won: The low point of the campaign came on Nov. 10, a cold, rainy Monday in Iowa. The night before, Kerry had fired his campaign manager, Jim Jordan, in…

Right here — a brutal brutal brutal editing job in Bush’s state of the union (one year back, sounds like to me). Well worth your time.

The father was seen as doing nothing to turn around a sluggish economy, and for that, he lost his job. The son learned a hard lesson and now no one can say he’s been idle. Tax cut after tax cut. Spending program after spending program. And we all have the $500 billion dollar receipt to…

On Sunday I’m running to be a delegate to the Democratic convention for Howard Dean. If we win 15% or more of the votes in the ninth congressional district, at least some of the delegates from our slate will go the convention and be able to press for the Dean message that has united and…

Reading Andrew Bayer is Dreaming of China: Edwards Or Clark?, I posted a comment that I like enough to reprint here, with one small addition in an alternate version: We’ll know soon enough. I agree with Philip. Kerry’s joementum will be unstoppable unless something changes the dominant media narrative. This means someone has to attack…

One of Bob Dole’s many yeeeagh moments in his long and cranky career was his surly reference to “Democrat wars” back around 1976, I think it was. (Yes, if anybody earned the right to resent the politicians who sent him to war, it is Bob Dole.) Well, we finally have had a purely Republican war.…

This morning I made the coffee as usual and was about to get the oatmeal started when I thought I heard whispering from inside the refrigerator. I put down the pot and it stopped. Then it started again. I could distinctly hear a voice speaking in French. How strange! I went to the fridge and…

Over at Not Geniuses, Nico Pitney has reprinted Damian Carroll’s Where We Stand, and so will I: January 29, 2004 I was forwarded this message with none of the author’s contact information – but it is an amazing piece for doubtful Deaniacs… (Oh, and before you read on, can I just ask – is it…

Looks to me like we now have two races: one for president and one for veep. A sort of consensus is emerging. The nominee is going to be a northeastern liberal with some crossover appeal, the vice-president will be from the south. The ticket will probably include one veteran and one populist. In the Kerry/Dean…

There’s a simple scenario where someone-not-named-Kerry still pulls it out: come Feb 3rd, victories are shared around. For example, Kerry wins Mo., Edwards wins SC, Lieberman wins Delaware, Dean wins NM and mebbe AZ, Clark wins OK. North Dakota abstains. That’s it. That’s all it takes. If Dean and Edwards get past Feb 3 without…

Not since dotcomania have I worked as long hours without minding it. Lately, between writing a book and volunteering with Oakland for Dean, I’ve been working 70-100 hours a week, days evenings and weekends, and having a great time at it. Still the tension and stress and anxiety of trying to be “on” seven days…

Do the math: allenjj points out why Democrats need to win more states next time than commonly thought.

By the way, want to hear my new counterspin? The “yeeeagh” battle cry will, it turns out, win the election for Dean. Has everyone seen Dean Goes Nuts? People are using the net and their talkback abilities with personal media design (paging Marc Canter, to the multicolored courtesy telephone, please) to “remix” the story and…