Author Archives: John Rove

It sort of feels like you’ve been kicked in the nuts, other than that it is not too bad

In her latest incarnation Hillary Clinton has decided to become a working class hero. Her latest argument is that the white, working class loves her and they will support her in such droves that she is the only democrat who … Continue reading →

At some point this starts to look like a genocide where the weapon is a natural dissaster, although my guess is they are trying to get rid of some poor people rather than a specifc race: Myanmar’s junta seized U.N. … Continue reading →

It’s about time someone started looking at the problems caused by drug ads: “It appears that we need to enforce significant restrictions on DTC (direct-to-consumer) ads to protect American consumers from manipulative commercials designed to mislead and deceive for the … Continue reading →

After reading this it is hard to blame Obama for the demise of Hillary Clinton, one way or another Hillary and her band of merry pranksters were going to blow the election, better she did it in the primaries and … Continue reading →

Everybody is down on this guy for acting like a college student.  Tyler Hansbrough has probably brought millions of dollars into to the school, given they are not paying him, he should be allowed to act like a student when … Continue reading →

After last night it seems extremely unlikely that Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic nominee.  If last night had gone differentely and she won both North Carolina and  convincingly won Indiana, I probably would have admitted that Obama could not … Continue reading →

Preachers say stupid things all the time. Jerry Falwell after 9/11 blamed America for the attacks, I think he said something to the effect that 9/11 was gods punishment for homsexuality. I think it was McCains main man John Hagee … Continue reading →

I have been trying to understand the Hillary gas tax holiday, I know it was McCains idea and then Hillary decided to make it her own.  Bill Clinton was a master at taking good ideas and making them his own, Hillary … Continue reading →

Kevin Drum was the first person to notice her pick A CONTEST….Let’s have a contest. As we all know, Hillary Clinton chose filly Eight Belles to win the Kentucky Derby today. Instead, EB came in second and then had to … Continue reading →

I made an appointment to get a vasectomy today.  The procedure sounds pretty easy, I did not even need a pre-surgery appointment and my co-pay is only $40.  This seems like a no-brainer when one looks at the cost of … Continue reading →

From washingtonmonthly Ninety-two percent of farm-dwellers derive either all or most of their income from sources other than farming or subsidies….The other 8 percent — commercial farmers who derive most of their income from farming and subsidies — earned an … Continue reading →

Taken from Matthew Yglesisas Rob Goodspeed points out that we have substantial evidence that consumers bear only around half the burden of gasoline taxes over the long run, with the rest of the incidence falling on the oil companies. Here’s … Continue reading →

Grown-ups are trying to stop the Hillary/McCain pander fest

She definitely campaigns like a Republican

Reverend Wight is going around the country talking about how America has failed god Maybe it is the other way around, maybe religous belief has failed America and mankind in general. Pretending that their is an all knowing being who … Continue reading →

I have been hearing this from a lot of Hillary supporters: If Democrats are going to win the White House in November, they need a shotgun wedding in June. This is not something that either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton … Continue reading →

This should be the end of Hillary, she will not be the leader in pledged delagates or leading in the popular vote on June 3rd. “The rules say [superdelegates] can make up their mind in August if they want to, … Continue reading →

From Newsweek via TPM I’m beginning to think Hillary Clinton might pull this off and wrestle the nomination away from Barack Obama. If she does, a lot of folks—including a huge chunk of the media—will join Bill Richardson (a.k.a. Judas) … Continue reading →

Rush Limbaugh always a class act: Talk show host Rush Limbaugh is sparking controversy again after he made comments calling for riots in Denver during the Democratic National Convention this summer. He said the riots would ensure a Democrat is … Continue reading →

Steven Colbert may go down as the greatest pundit ever

I don’t think anyone expected this: The two biggest U.S. warehouse retail chains are limiting how much rice customers can buy because of what Sam’s Club, a division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., called on Wednesday “recent supply and demand trends.” … Continue reading →

This presidental campaign has been souring me on politics and specificaly democratic politics, (Hillary please quit before the democrats lose an entire generation of voters) But then I read about sweatshop Bob  and listen to some of the rightwingers that try … Continue reading →

Some foreign countries are refusing to import US beef until the US bans “downer cows” Maybe they could just serve all the the meat from downer cows to US school children and export the good stuff to other countries where … Continue reading →

As this article shows McCain is not a strong candidate. He is starting to look like a philandering buffoon who is mostly interested in helping his friends make money at the expense of the taxpayers. In other words he is … Continue reading →

From TPM Election central “I want the Iranians to know that if I’m the president, we will attack Iran,” Clinton said. “In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be … Continue reading →

McCain has anger issues and Lieberman finds it sexy: Former senator Bob Smith, a New Hampshire Republican, expresses worries about McCain: “His temper would place this country at risk in international affairs, and the world perhaps in danger. In my … Continue reading →

One of these days I am going to stop writing about why Hillary Clinton is not winning the nomination, until then here is another snippet, from TPMcafe, as to why Hillary does not seem to be winning the hearts and … Continue reading →

More Super-delegates including Sam Nunn and David Boren have come out for Obama. Infact the AP says, “Obama appears on track to finish the primary campaign fewer than 100 delegates shy of the 2,025 needed to win.” I hope this … Continue reading →

I got this from Ezra Klein I can’t find the article on the Mother Jones web site, but the new issue has a piece by Paul Roberts (author of the terrific book the End of Oil, and the forthcoming “End … Continue reading →