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- Harold Ickes Confirms That Wright Is Key Topic In Discussions With Super-Delegates
- Was The Media Unfair To Hillary? Here's Our Rundown.
- The Myth Of The Black Racist Voter
- Obama And Hillary Camps Battling In Today's Texas District Conventions
- The Issue is Black and White
- Doug Feith's Feelings Hurt: Disses House Hearing
- Power Hour (Open Thread)
- Why Obama's Critics on the Left are Sputtering
- Are You Trying To Tell Us Something? Hillary Campaign Sticks Reporters In Men's Room
Laura Hussein Jordan
- : Austin, TX
- : 44
- : left-leaning moderate
- : Independent
- : on the left--Obsidian Wings; on the right (sort of)--Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish; and, for all the really important political INFO--Talking Points Memo
- : A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole
Executive Privilege: When the Hell SHOULD the President Invoke It?
I can't tell you how tired I am of the Bush Administration's crazy-making over the last few years. After the 2006 elections, I breathed a sigh of relief for many reasons. One of the main reasons for my relief was...more »
Posted on June 21, 2008 5:48 PM
Obama and the Internet May Change American Politics FOREVER.
(This started as a comment on another post. I decided to make it a blog entry and see if anyone takes an interest.)Obama's proposed tech policy excites me more than anything else in his policy proposals. What I see in...more »
Posted on May 16, 2008 6:52 PM
Email from Rev. John H. Thomas, of UCC
I just thought I'd share the email I received for the Rev. John H. Thomas, President of the United Church of Christ. The UCC is planning to purchase a full-page ad in the NYT--in part to describe who we are,...more »
Posted on March 28, 2008 7:23 PM
A Specific and General Apology
Since there are so many people posting on their blogs lately, it seems like a post can easily slide into oblivion before it ever gets fair exposure.A TPM blogger called me out on an insensitive post and I owed her...more »
Posted on March 14, 2008 3:04 PM
Keith Olbermann to Make a Special Comment about Ferraro and the Clinton Campaign Tomorrow Night
Keith Olbermann did not hide his disgust tonight for the latest bit of race-related ugliness to flare up during the Democratic primaries. He promised a Special Comment on the situation on tomorrow's edition of Countdown on MSNBC.I'm looking forward to hearing...more »
Posted on March 11, 2008 11:58 PM
TPM Dems Who Act Superior and Sanctimonious are NOT HELPING
I consider myself an independent voter. I live in Texas, a red state, and have recently decided to give all my support to Democratic candidates in order to repudiate George Bush and the Republican Party. I have something to say. ...more »
Posted on March 10, 2008 8:23 PM
Wilentz and Sympathizers Insult Blacks (and Whites) Again
Sean Wilentz is a published historian who has had a long friendship with Bill and Hillary Clinton. He (along with some posters at TPM) has a stick in his craw about widespread accusations that the...more »
Posted on March 1, 2008 2:29 AM
Conservative Visitors at TPM -- Welcome!
Does it smell like condescension in here?Did anyone else get a whiff of self-satisfied schadenfruede?I found the source. It was a conservative who came to visit us over here at TPM. I thought I'd share the exchange I had with...more »
Posted on February 19, 2008 4:05 PM
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I firmly decided on Obama around September or October 2007 after I read his books. I thought he was brilliant and very persuasive. The main reason I decided on Obama was because I felt he was going to appeal to independents and, hopefully, Republicans more than the other Democratic candidates. It's very important to me that we get as many people in this country "on board" with a progressive "shift" in policy-making and governing.
Also, I live in Texas, and I'd LOVE to see my state go Democratic in the Presidential election this year. And I don't think Clinton would've had a snowball's chance here in Bubba Land.
Posted at July 6, 2008 1:03 AM in response to Open Post... When and Why did you start to support Barack Obama?
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I dunno. I really like saying asshole. Talented people really know how to do it justice.
Son of a bitch bugs me because it casts more shame on the mother (a woman) than it does on the man who is being reviled.
Can't we insult a guy without having to drag the slob's poor mother through the mud, too?
Posted at July 6, 2008 12:45 AM in response to Diary of a stubborn, flip-flopping, ideological, traitorous, left wing nut, Republican loyalist Democrat
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Ew. What a creepy story, Ripper. I would feel kinda violated if I found a creepy piece of filth like that in my mailbox! Yeeesh.
One thing I'm sure of--Nazis and skinheads and white supremacists know they aren't accepted in "polite" society. They are still forced to operate pretty much "underground." We need to keep it that way. We need to make sure we openly express our disgust with people and sentiments like theirs.
Posted at July 5, 2008 5:46 PM in response to Nazi professors
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I don't visit TPM on a regular basis, so I've probably missed a lot of your posts and comments, but I've never seen anything offensive from you, Tankard. Heck, I even agree with most of what I see from you, and I don't consider myself as lefty as you claim to be. In fact, I try to avoid getting too invested in a political ideology. I'm a history student and tend to keep a very broad perspective, so I look at transient ideological trends in politics. Maybe that's why I don't have a lot of emotion invested in it. So maybe that's why I don't get angry about the stuff you say.
Here's what does make me angry: comments that are deliberately cruel, bullying, supercilious, emotionally or intellectually dishonest, or otherwise manipulative or exploitative. From what I've seen, you don't engage in any of that kind of crap, Tank.
You're okay in my book.
By the way, what's this "I will not endanger my immortal soul" stuff? You have one of those? Hell, I don't know if I have one.... Why do you get to know??
Who's the atheist and who's the Christian around here, anyway?
:-)
Posted at July 5, 2008 5:39 PM in response to Diary of a stubborn, flip-flopping, ideological, traitorous, left wing nut, Republican loyalist Democrat
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On dit "raison de faire," pas "raison du faire."
Posted at July 3, 2008 12:50 PM in response to Shameless pandering
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You took advice from Billy Glad?? Wow. I would never have guessed. You're good-natured, respectful, and humble--yes, even when "showing off" your intellect.
Posted at July 3, 2008 12:39 PM in response to Shameless pandering
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I think that's a compliment! :-) Thank you.
Yep that's me--cropped from a photo taken at work.
No I'm not fibbin'. I just have a really crappy love life. Sexless relationship. Sucks.
Posted at July 3, 2008 11:29 AM in response to Atheists Rejoice
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I do! Problem is, the only one doing the asking in a long time has been me. I never turn me down...unless I've had to much to drink or act rude or insensitive or something. But usually I'm very polite and I'm glad to accept my invitation.
Posted at July 3, 2008 11:05 AM in response to Atheists Rejoice
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Does that mean you're going to become one of those Bullwinkle Moose guys?
Posted at July 3, 2008 2:05 AM in response to General Quarters, General Quarters - All Hands On Deck
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You and the Missus planning a vacation to the Central Texas area? You better let me know about it if you are! I got some thangs to recommend!!
Posted at July 3, 2008 1:31 AM in response to Songs I Want Played At My Funeral
