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Archive for April, 2008

Huffington sums up Hillary’s attacks perfectly…

Blog: April 15th, 2008

John McCain Should Go on Vacation, Hillary Clinton is Doing His Job for Him
By cynically twisting Obama’s comments about small town voters in a way that confirms every right-wing demagogic caricature of her own Party, Hillary Clinton has adopted the frames, lies, stereotypes and destructive clichés long embraced by the likes of Lee Atwater and […]

Devastating Anti-McCain ad makes its debut

Blog: April 15th, 2008

TalkingPointsMemo has the details…
Here’s a first look at the first ad being run against John McCain by Progressive Media U.S.A., the new pro-Dem third-party group headed by David Brock that’s planning to raise $40 million to bloody up the GOP nominee in advance of this fall’s election…

Ollie Johnston

Blog: April 16th, 2008

Sad news that Ollie Johnston, one of Disney’s “Nine Old Men” of amazing animators has passed away. Brad Bird of The Incredibles and Iron Giant has written a lovely tribute to him here.
Ollie was one of the best that ever was and will be. He lives on as an entertainer, a teacher and inspiration for all […]

Clinton and Obama debate tonight in Philadelphia

Blog: April 16th, 2008

Hillary and Barack face off at 8pm ET on ABC. Pennsylvania is an all-but-certain lock for Clinton and Obama will probably lose it by 10 points but the debate tonight will probably set the tone for everything between now and Tuesday’s primary. It’s also a forum where any large blunder could shake the race like […]

Philadelphia Debate thoughts

Blog: April 17th, 2008

From the City of Brotherly Love, there wasn’t much love for the brother.
Charles Gibson, channeling Lou Dobbs and a bit of Matlock, grumped and smugged his way through the debate while his youthful ward George Stephanopoulos sat in the Gib-mobile’s sidecar.
Both did a fantastic job of feigning indignity on behalf of America (Broadcasting Company).
The first […]

State of the strip update: Dental edition

Blog: April 18th, 2008

For as long as this strip has been running - since November of 2007 - I’ve had trouble with one damned tooth. Since then, one dentist and two endodontists have - every copule of weeks - had the tooth capped, root canaled through the cap, posted and filled, insterted with antibiotics and this month root […]

To the Gibmobile!


April 20th, 2008

It’s finally here: The Pennsylvania Primary

Blog: April 22nd, 2008

It’s been a loooooong month and, as predicted, not much has changed. Clinton still has a sizable lead in Pennsylvania. The media and Team Clinton have done their best to amp up the drama and dice the data to make the primary seem closer than it is. It ain’t.
Clinton was ahead 20 points four weeks […]